Check out the link to the left marked, “Stash Quilts”.

My site has been officially approved and is now an active site in the webring, “Stash Quilts”.

Thank you Judy!

Happy Easter!

This is a quilt I made several years ago that hangs in my house each year at this time.

The little yellow birds – or goldfinches as they are properly known – are back.

My husband has had the feeder filled with black Niger seed in anticipation of the return of his birds for the last two weeks. Tonight was the first we have seen them this spring. They are fascinating to watch as they hang upside down to eat.

Today’s class was a lot of fun! There were 20 of us and by the end of the day, 4 people had managed to finish their butterflies.

This is a picture of me working on copying out the pattern onto freezer paper.

This is what the leading looks like when it is completely cut out and before the fabrics are added.

Here are the 4 butterflies finished in class today. Everyone’s butterfly is a different colour, but they are all beautiful!

I didn’t manage to get my top finished in class. However, after getting home, I set up shop on the dining room table and managed to finish my butterfly by 8:30 tonight.

Here is my butterfly:

At this point the top is fused and there has been no sewing. I will be adding a three inch border to my butterfly before sandwiching with batting and backing before quilting. This is one of those projects where the stitching doubles as the quilting. Once the stitching is done to hold the leading in place, the project is complete.

By the way, I did substitute that dark purple for a different purple – not quite as dark. The substitute allowed for more contrast against the black leading.

Tomorrow, I am taking a quilt class from Brenda Brayfield. The class is called, “Stained Glass Butterfly”. This is a day long class hosted by our local quilt guild. I signed up for this class many months ago.

These are my fabrics. The fabric on the far right looks black but it is really dark purple. I may end up trading it for something lighter as I am not sure that it will show up against the black leading in the stained glass technique.

Brenda has authored a couple of quilt books, one of which is about stained glass applique.