Tuesday, July 1, 2014

June Bee Blocks

 Daisy Aschehoug from Ants to Sugar gave Hive 3 of the Stash Bee a generous portion of artistic liberty this month. She requested a butterfly theme with some low volume. I decided to try out an art quilting technique I learned from Betty Busby at Art Quilt Santa Fe. Check out my tutorial about using Reemay for a detailed glimpse into the process. I put some stabilizer behind the butterflies and free-motion stitched around the outer edge of each butterfly. I used a tiny satin stitch combined with a decorative stitch to add antennas.



This month's block for the Hope Circle of Do. Good Stitches was a Curved Log Cabin block. Ellen McKee requested navy or orange with a light blue background.


6 comments:

  1. Those butterflies are gorgeous! Great work.

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  2. I love those butterflies! Sounds like quite a process to make them.

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  3. Beautiful butterflies; they sound like hard work, and they turned out wonderfully! I think Daisy is going to love them. :)

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  4. Oh, I love how you made the butterflies! Thanks for sharing the process, and for the Reemay link. I am inspired! Thanks, also, for the link to the curved log cabin. I wasn't sure what that meant until I checked it out! Great post, Afton.

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  5. Love your butterflies! Seeing everyone's interpretation of the block idea is so much fun : )

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