It’s Spring down here in New Zealand, my part of paradise. So yellow seems a very Spring like colour to be stitching. So what have I been doing? More butterflies, a trio of yellow lovelies. The two brighter yellow scraps certainly brought back memories, I had used them on family quilts quite some time ago, one for my son, and one for my grand-daughter.
Three yellow butterflies
It was time for all the butterflies to get together for a “meet and mingle”. I’ve made thirty, so I’m going to call it quits. This should be enough for a girls quilt with sashing and borders, I think. I’ll be mixing the colours up more when I come to assemble them.
Thirty pretty butterflies.
It’s been fun choosing the fabrics each month for this RSC project. “I’ve done my yellow butterflies”, I told Robin, but his response was to look at me blankly. “You know, for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge”, I added. Don't think he really cared that much, although he does know all about leader and ender sewing, he tells me.
There is a splash of yellow in our back garden, with our Kowhai tree covered in big fat yellow blossoms. Sometimes the native tui birds come calling, as they love the nectar. This lovely tree was a self sown seedling and traveled from our former garden in Upper Hutt when we moved here to Levin seven years ago. It has grown big and strong and we love this native tree.
Kowhai tree in flower
Spring is also time for the clocks to be altered for Daylight Saving Time. I love Daylight Saving and the longer evenings, when Summer arrives we will have those extra mild summer evenings to enjoy outside.
22 comments:
I love daylight savings too. I can't wait for tomorrow to be here. Spring is beautiful
yellow is very pretty for this months blocks
Your butterflies look beautiful all together...nice work on these...
that is such a pretty tree--so colorful...enjoy your burgeoning Springtime...
Hugs, Julierose
Your butterflies are so cute, and they’re going to make a lovely girl’s quilt! Meet and mingle - that’s such a friendly way to describe their initial assembly! The kowhai tree seems so exotic to me as a non-native. It’s beautiful - and a perfect sign that spring has arrived. Enjoy!!
❤️ the butterfly blocks - they look wonderful together and will surely delight a young lady. So unusual to see yellow flowers on a tree. Do they have a lovely smell?
Such very pretty butterflies. Any girl would love to have that one!
Happy Spring! The yellow flowers are beautiful, what a wonderful tree. Your butterfly quilt is so cute. Happy stitching!
It's so fun to see all your butterflies together! They're going to make a lovely quilt. And that's a really pretty tree, with the yellow flowers, too!
I LOVE your flutterbys
Happy springtime, Jenny! Your butterflies will make a lovely quilt. Thanks for showing us your tree in flower. It is simply amazing.
Nice!! Love all those colours in the blocks.
I started your trick of rolling the dice and by tomorrow should finish one of the projects on my list. The beeswax wraps for myself and to give as gifts to the sons. Today I cut them out, and grated beeswax. Tomorrow will be the finishing touches, or at least I hope.
God bless.
Oh it will be fun to see all your butterflies flirting all together! Some lucky girl will love it!
Your lovely Kowhai tree with the pretty yellow flowers certainly shouts Spring! Love all your pretty butterflies. How beautiful they look all grouped together.
Lovely to see your butterflies mixing and mingling on a spring day! Fall is in full gear here...we have yellow leaves on some of the trees, not yellow flowers. Your yellow flowers are a beautiful sign of spring
The yellow butterflies have added a great touch to your layout.
It will look great as a quilt.
lovely butterflies. How nice to be heading into spring. My favourite time of year.
Your butterfly blocks are so pretty! And so is the Kowhai tree! Reminds me of the Tabebuia trees in spring we'd see in southern Florida. :-)
Yellow was just what we needed this month.... will go hunting for some fabrics in my stash for my Sisters...
Pretty flowers on the Kowhai Tree...
Your yellows are beautiful!
Congrats on finishing those YELLOW blocks for your Butterfly quilt, Jenny! They look to be enjoying the "meet and mingle'. I'll be looking forward to seeing how you will proceed.
Your butterflies are gorgeous! So is that beautiful tree xx
So much yellow to enjoy here. The butterflies are sweet and the tree is gorgeous. How nice - a "free" tree!
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