Hooped Butterflies

Butterflies are in the hoop. 

Actually this block is officially called "Beggar's Block", "Spool Block" or "Butterfly Spool Block" 

I started making these 9 inch blocks a few years ago as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project after I saw a vintage quilt that showed up in a google search of "vintage butterfly quilt". 

And actually, the little 3 inch butterflies that make up the nine inch blocks are exactly the same block as the spools in the quilt top I showed last week. 

I'm not marking anything but the butterflies for the centers.  

I'm stitching inside each wing and all over the black body. 

Slow Sunday Stitching

Oh Scrap!

Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

Hand Quilting

I'm still working, slowly but surely, on hand quilting my butterfly quilt.  

This time of year it is either too hot, I'm too tired after a long and busy day at work, or I have gardening to do or garden produce to freeze or dry or can so hand quilting a very large quilt is last on my list of priorities. 

I do only have three side sashings left to quilt. 

I might have to add something to the corners up there. 

I have found I actually love hand quilting. Who knew? 

I'm still working on perfecting my stitches but I'm very used to a thimble now.

Not sure I like to applique, though. Jury is still out. 

Slow Stitching? 

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