Little Butterfly

 Although i love making quilts, i also love making smaller patchwork projects too........a lot of the work i do for books and magazines involves creating smaller makes like this little pincushion......

 ..............this little butterfly pincushion was inspired by two projects from my latest book called  *modern vintage gifts*...........the strawberry pincushion is shown below........

 ..........and the butterfly gift tag set, one of which is shown here...........

 .............i paper pieced the shoofly block for the front of the pincushion using sweet pam kitty garden and lecien fabrics from my scraps, as well as some kona cotton in white............

 ...............have i told you before that i just LoVe english paper piecing?.....i really do!........

 ...........using a very pale grey cotton to sew the patches together seems to make a neat look to the seams.......

 ..............for the back of my new pincushion i fussy cut this pretty butterfly from one of my favourite lakehouse fabrics............

 ...............the applique butterfly uses bondaweb to secure the two sides so it can look pretty when flapping its wings...........i pinned the butterfly in place to check it looked just right before attaching it securely with a dab of glue...........

 ...............the butterfly applique shape is inspiring me now to make something else too....another project will be coming soon :)..........this week's little cakes have these flowery flags decorating them.......

 ...............these were inexpensive paper flags from a home shop.........

 ................i also found some colourful sprinkles in a supermarket which were not inexpensive but i just loved the mixture of colours.............

................thank you for visiting me here in my little crafty place dear readers....it is always a pleasure to see you and to read your lovely comments too............wishing you a wonderful week with happy crafty sunshiny days..................back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx