My local quilt shop (Brooklyn General) has a crafty contest each summer. This year the challenge was to
honor the bug. All entries have to be 5" or less, and the have to be 3-D. I had this contest in the back of my mind for a little while, and then inspiration struck like a bold of lightening:
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Lightening Bug! |
I made a design for a 5" square, traditionally pieced lightning bug. I may enlarge the pattern into a pillow size and share with you later. This small one is awfully fiddly. Suffice it to say, all these teenie tiny pieces were hard to get an accurate seam allowance on, but they are so cute that it doesn't matter (to me)! I ended up adding some hand embroidered embellishments because the wings looked a little odd without definition, and buggy needed some legs and antennae. This is maybe my second time embroidering, and I used 4 different stitches! One of my favorite parts of the pincushion are the sides and bottom in the neon yellow stripe. I got it as a remnant, and am not even sure what kind of fabric it is, but it fit in with the theme perfectly!
Here are a few close ups, pardon the cat hairs!
That is so cute! I love the neon fabric too - such a great touch!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness that is awesome and your tiny piecing skills are so impressive! Well done!
ReplyDeleteVery creative and so cute!! Good luck :)
ReplyDeleteI thought they were called Lightning Bugs.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for pointing out my typo! I wish you had left some contact information so that I would have been able to personally thank you.
DeleteWow! This is a fantastic pattern! I hope you win the contest!
ReplyDeleteBTW, thank you for leaving your comment about my blog during the first week of New quilt Blogger blog hop!
I love it, it is too cute!!! I remember catching lightening bugs years and years ago.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! And those pieces are so tiny!
ReplyDeleteThis little guy is adorable! My family was running through the yard trying to catch them the other night. We didn't have much success. This is a winner for sure :)
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