Patchwork butterfly

A quilter focused on original design, creativity, color, and designing your own fabric through dyeing, printing, shibori, and paint.

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There are many different techniques for quilt making and paper piecing is one. You either love it or you hate it. Either way, it produces amazing and beautiful results and these 8 ideas…

This new Butterfly pattern, "Caroline" is now available. This Crab pattern, "Jimmy" has been very popular. We have had many requests to do this same technique with different objects. Somehow we got busy with other things and that idea got put on a back burner. Then, a teacher that my daughter, Faith, is very close with got pregnant with her first child. Faith wanted us to make her a quilt. When they found out it was a girl they decided to do the nursery in purple with butterflies…

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Today I'm back as a guest blogger on my friend and fellow Riley Blake fabric designer Amy Smart's blog Diary of A Quilter, where I'm sharing a tutorial to make this sweet butterfly wall art! There is something about butterflies that are just so cheerful, don't you think? I loved making them in all these mixed colours, using some of my favourite fabric prints. The butterflies are backed with felt, and the fusible web used to adhere them to the felt adds an additional layer of stiffness. So…

​Yes, that’s a lot to cover!! However, life is busy. So I thought a one and done blog/email, would be great. ​I’ll get to the quilts in just a few minutes, first I wanted to remind you of the sales going on. Not only on my website, but also the 20% code from

Choose Between Two Quilt Sizes! Graceful butterflies dance across this delightful quilt. Beautiful floral fabrics make the quilt even more appealing. Choose between the large quilt or the mini. Both are lovely and will be wonderful accents for your home. The mini will be beautiful on a wall or table. We love how the designer …

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