The Butterfly Quilt is all quilted and bound! Thank you to Tula Pink for letting me test her pattern, Thomas Knauer for designing my text background fabric for me, and Lisa Sipes for her earth-shattering longarming skills! This quilt is a 5th birthday present for my daughter.
Quilt Stats
Pattern: Tula Pink ‘Butterfly’ quilt pattern, available August 2013 as a printed pattern
Size: 88″ x 94″
Fabrics: 5-2/3 yards of purple and pink solids (mostly Cotton Couture, but some Kona too)
Michael Miller Cotton Couture can be found at Fat Quarter Shop, Pink Castle Fabrics, Stash Modern Fabric
Background fabrics: text fabric in 2 different sizes; I wrote a letter to my daughter, and my friend Thomas made the file repeat-friendly, and I had it printed on Spoonflower.
Backing: white cotton sateen, recommended by Lisa to best show off the quilting
Batting: Pellon polyester batting
Piecing: I used Aurifil 50wt white thread to piece the blocks
You can read more about my process making this quilt right here!!
Very pretty! Love the quilting!
It’s so very beautiful (everything; the pattern, the text fabric, the colors)!
Ahmaaazing!I love it!
What a wonderful Quilt! Georgeous! Such a great work!
Happy week to you and happy quilting :O)
Hugs
Claudia
Absolutely breathtaking!
WOWZA!!!! So pretty! What a beautiful finish 🙂
COR!Love the way the butterfly shows on the back too just with the quilting ( amongst every other thing about it).It really is a stunner.If your daughter doesn’t like it, just wrap it up and pop it in the post………………………..X
Love the printed messages. Beautiful in every way. My prediction: Award winner!
Stunning. What an amazing gift for your daughter, something she will cherish forever I’m sure.
Wow. It’s so lovely and meaningful. Great gift for a daughter!
I love this quilt….when I first seen it in pics at some quilt show, I feel in love with it. Do you know when the pattern will be available?
Awesome job all of you! Love it!
truly stunning, well done!
Really beautiful! Your daughter will love it!
OH MY GOODNESS!! It turned out sooooo nice. You must be thrilled. LOVE IT!- LOVE IT!!- LOVE IT!!
I just can’t wait to order the pattern when it comes out. Your little girl certainly has a “Special Gift” from her mommy. 🙂 🙂
It is absolutely amazing Sara!
A beautiful quilt. I am sure you daughter is very happy.
I’m still convinced you need to adopt me….
I’m left speechless at the beauty of this quilt, and in awwww about the letter fabric you created!
(I guess your daughter can have this one- Happy Birthday to her!)
Outstanding!!!!!!!
I don’t know where to begin. Amazing. The text fabric is genius. Tula’s butterfly is a perfect pattern for a little girl. Quilting is jaw dropping. Gorgeous fabrics. Wow. Congratulations on making something very, very special.
Love love love this!
Spoonflower for a letter from you to your daughter…BRILLIANT!! What was their fabric like to work with?I have thought about it, but was afraid to try it.
wonderful your daughter will love and treasure this
wonderful, your daughter will love and cherish this
That quilting is amazing! What a stunning work of art.
wow – this is a beautiful quilt 🙂
So awesome!
Absolutely freaking beautiful. Lisa has done an amazing job – it complements the piecing perfectly. Your daughter is one lucky girl :o)
Lucky girl!
What an awesome quilt. Your daughter is a lucky girl. Love the pattern and the quilting, good job Sara!
That is incredible! The custom text fabric makes me cry — that is such a treasure for your daughter.
Beautiful. Lucky daughter, blessed Mom. Love the text fabric!
That is awesome! I am totally going to copy you and make one for my six year old daughter 🙂 lovely idea with the words too.
Gorgeous quilt. I love butterflies and I think this will be a perfect thing to make.
Irene (Multi Carrier Shipping)
Absolutely great!!
Sara, this is absolutely beautiful!
It’s gorgeous, I’m sure she loved it