Does anyone know of a good butterfly quilt pattern? The friends we went away with this weekend help to run a charity set up by their family to raise funds for sensory play equipment for brain damaged children. Their logo is a butterfly, and I offered to make a quilt for their next auction. So now all I need is a pattern. Any ideas?
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Good luck, Amanda! I wish I could help. I came right over when I saw your title but you know me... I have no idea how to even start quilting.
What about Butterfly House designed by Leanne Beasley, I'll find a link and email it to you.
Oops its called Butterfly Garden
HIH
I'll look today - I remember seeing one or two in some back issues of magazines I have. What about using butterfly fabric - in case you can't find a satisfactory pattern?
I made a very cute flip and sew butterfly with Anna a few years ago. I put a picture and some basic instructions on my blog: http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2009/07/butterfly-quilt.html
There are also a bunch of ideas at a free pattern site:
http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/QuiltCategories/FreeButterflyQuiltPatterns.htm
Have fun, butterflies are a great chance to use lots of fun patterns.
Have you tried Marcia Hohn's site for butterfly blocks? http://www.quilterscache.com/
http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/QuiltCategories/FreeButterflyQuiltPatterns.htm
Also found this list at With Heart and Hands:
http://with-heart-and-hands.blogspot.com/2008/07/butterfly-quilts.html
I noticed that Kate suggested Leanne's Butterfly Garden - that's a beautiful quilt.
I was catching up on your blog and read about you going to Tewkesbury and I wondered why you were so excited, until I recalled that you don't live in NEW England! We have a small town called Tewksbury, just a little "hole in the wall" - nothing to get excited about! So when I popped over to your other blog and had my "two by four moment" I had a good giggle. Your Tewkesbury is definitely better than our Tewksbury! Looks like you had a wonderful time.
Are you thinking of appliqued butterflies or stitchery butterflies or pieced butterflies?
I just saw a prettier-than-I've-seen-before appliqued butterfly somewhere yesterday - will try to find it again.
What a lovely thing for you to do!
What about this one...I just came across it while searching the free quilt patterns and so had to hunt your blog down again....lol
http://andoverfabrics.com/QuiltDesigns/WashtubButterflies.pdf
Gosh, my mom used to make butterfly quilts during the war but none are around here now and all of her stuff is gone too. Too many years ago I guess.
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/patterns/details.html?idx=7196
This is a pretty one.
Here's a very cute pattern I just found surfing around
http://www.thepatternbasket.com/item_86/Butterfly-Bliss-NEW.htm
It's very cheerful!
Hi Amanda - lost the links to your blog so only just caught up with you again. Look back over my blog probably fairly near the beginning in the archives and you'll find a very simplistic butterfly I drew up using just two hearts place strategically together - I hand applique but it would be just as good larger and machine appliqued - far quicker than piecing complicated blocks. If you can't find anything email me and I'll send you some sort of instructions by snail mail
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