Butterflies & Boys. Befores and Not Quite Afters...

For some time now I have been appliqueing these butterflies

over papers and making them into cushions.

(2 such cushions got donated to the Village auction

in aid of school funds.)

I'm a real English Paper Piecing kind of girl

and that's how I like to applique too...

As usual, a few grew into many 

so I'll probably put them together into a(nother) quilt.

I thought I'd make a few blocks for quilts

for boys.

So I have been playing around 

with a tractor design that works well over papers....

I think this one should work.

Now to make a few more....

In the meantime,

my wonderful DH has been working on my new studio..

 Whitewashed walls, new floor....

I'll share the space with the utilities...

But there's plenty of room for my Longarm quilting machine.

(All 12 foot of it!)

and storage for fabric.

And the view will be very pleasing!

When we lived on the farm,

I always joked that I wanted to escape FROM the country.

I do love the country, but being in the village is so convenient.

Looking forward to being able to post the 'After' pictures of my studio.