Sunday 27 March 2016

Crochet Butterfly


I have been doing quite a bit of crochet lately and I thought it would be fun to merge quilting and crochet together.


I found this butterfly as a free pattern on MyPicot.  It was too big for the project I had in mind so decided to make a quilted setting for it to go on.
I appliqued some leaves and quilted on my Q'nique using 2 layers of Hobbs 80/20 but did not really think two layers added much.

 I used a fine no8 crochet cotton and a 1mm hook to make the flower blossom and a slightly thicker cotton to crochet the branches. An embroidered French knot in the center finishes the flowers.



 The finished piece is quite small, measuring just over 12" square.
I quite like it and will probably hang it in my workroom somewhere.
Now onto something bigger.......
Happy quilting.
Rhianon.

6 comments:

Seams French said...

Your crocheted butterfly is beautiful and what a great idea to make it into a quilted wall hanging. I love it!

Carli The Quilter said...

Bravo! Wonderful blend you've accomplished.

Carli The Quilter said...

Bravo! Wonderful blend you've accomplished.

Mary R said...

Gorgeous!

karenquiltz said...

Love it! Combining two fiber art forms, three really because I see some beading too. Lovely quilting and aaahhh it's just so pretty.

Corina said...

wow, I love the combination of techniques to make this special project!

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