Hexie Butterflies

 Years ago I did a little bit of EPP of these hexie butterflies I finally used them in something!

It's so cute don't you think?  It was fun to make them, I only did four of them and then didn't know what I was going to do with them.  Last year I worked up a table runner design in EQ8 and then never progressed after that.  So in keeping with my goals for this week on working on a UFO, and since the butterflies are definitely in the UFO category, I made this a finish.  I love how it turned out and used a few of my many 30's print scraps.  I used current white polka dots for the background. 

This was quilted on my Nolting Funquilter 17" longarm.  While still on the longarm I laid the butterflies on the background and stitched around the outside of the butterflies to attach them. Then I switched to black thread to stitch a () shape on the body and I got the brilliant idea to stitch the antenna's with the black.  I followed a longarm curved ruler to guide me and I stitched over the line four times to make it a bit thicker.  

It looks so springy doesn't it!  For the backing I used two different prints as I had to lengthen it as the runner is approximately 46" long. 

Happy Mother's Day to all you fine Mothers!

Linking up with Oh Scrap, Monday Making and Design Wall Monday.