New this week Butterflies (& Towel Toppers, Too!) Bring spring into your sewing room with new butterfly designs! Beautiful, delicate creatures flutter around the Embroidery Library this week, bringing sunshine and warmer days. Crewel butterflies look beautiful when sewn with bright colors onto dark, denim jackets. These ornate, graphic designs have a low number of color changes, making sewing quick and easy. Realistic butterflies perch on ferns and lilacs and birch leaves, their colorful, dainty wings a magnificent contrast against the flowers and leaves. Also, eight new towel toppers for any room in the house! Bring personality to kitchen cabinets and towel racks with creative towel toppers. A shamrock with Celtic knots is just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Or, bring a bit of Mardi Gras into your home with a grinning gator in a purple mask. All designs are sold individually, and some of the new designs are also available in value packs. Bring spring into your sewing room with these newest designs! (Click on any image to go to the design information page.)
New this week Butterflies (& Towel Toppers, Too!) Bring spring into your sewing room with new butterfly designs! Beautiful, delicate creatures flutter around the Embroidery Library this week, bringing sunshine and warmer days. Crewel butterflies look beautiful when sewn with bright colors onto dark, denim jackets. These ornate, graphic designs have a low number of color changes, making sewing quick and easy. Realistic butterflies perch on ferns and lilacs and birch leaves, their colorful, dainty wings a magnificent contrast against the flowers and leaves. Also, eight new towel toppers for any room in the house! Bring personality to kitchen cabinets and towel racks with creative towel toppers. A shamrock with Celtic knots is just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Or, bring a bit of Mardi Gras into your home with a grinning gator in a purple mask. All designs are sold individually, and some of the new designs are also available in value packs. Bring spring into your sewing room with these newest designs!
Bring spring into your sewing room with new butterfly designs! Beautiful, delicate creatures flutter around the Embroidery Library this week, bringing sunshine and warmer days. Crewel butterflies look beautiful when sewn with bright colors onto dark, denim jackets. These ornate, graphic designs have a low number of color changes, making sewing quick and easy. Realistic butterflies perch on ferns and lilacs and birch leaves, their colorful, dainty wings a magnificent contrast against the flowers and leaves. Also, eight new towel toppers for any room in the house! Bring personality to kitchen cabinets and towel racks with creative towel toppers. A shamrock with Celtic knots is just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Or, bring a bit of Mardi Gras into your home with a grinning gator in a purple mask. All designs are sold individually, and some of the new designs are also available in value packs. Bring spring into your sewing room with these newest designs!
(Click on any image to go to the design information page.)
Butterflies, with their colorful wings, are found in legends and stories around the world. The Blackfeet Indians believed that dreams are brought by butterflies during the night.
Available in two sizes: 4.28"X3.16" and 3.04"X2.24"
Blackfeet women embroidered a butterfly onto buckskin. When she wished her baby to go to sleep, she would tie the buckskin in the baby's hair.
Available in two sizes: 5.06"X4.84" and 3.87"X3.68"
Available in two sizes: 4.87"X4.97" and 3.85"X3.87"
The butterfly is seen as a creature that connects the earth to the skies. It flutters through the air, never rising too high, but also perches on trees and plants.
Available in two sizes: 4.20"X3.66" and 3.00"X2.61"
The Papago Indians have a myth that emphasizes the butterfly's beauty. The great creator took pity on children, thinking that their destiny was to grow old, and weak, as they moved through life. The creator gathered colors from the sunlight, leaves, flowers, and sky, and put into a magical bag. He gave the bag as a gift to a group of children. When the children opened the bag, beautiful butterflies flew out of the bag, enchanting the children.
Available in two sizes: 4.18"X4.11" and 3.02"X2.95"
According to the Papago, the butterflies also sang. But the songbirds became jealous, and complained to the creator. The creator took away the gift of song, so now the butterflies are beautiful, but silent.
Available in two sizes: 4.27"X4.19" and 3.02"X2.96"
The Aztecs believed that souls of brave warriors and relatives visited the living in the form of butterflies. High-ranking members of Aztec society carried bouquets of flowers to attract the butterflies. The Aztec believed that bouquets should always be smelled from the side, never the top, so space would always be reserved for the souls and the butterflies.
Available in two sizes: 4.77"X4.96" and 3.72"X3.87"
One Ojibway story tells of the time when animals were responsible for raising children. The animals spoiled the children so much that the children never learned how to walk. One powerful woman tossed pebbles into the air, and the pebbles turned into butterflies. The children saw the butterflies and began to walk and chase the beautiful creatures. And that's how the butterflies taught the children how to walk.
Available in two sizes: 4.87"X5.46" and 3.51"X3.86"
Eight crewel butterflies have been packaged together into a value pack! Click on either image below and add the pack to your basket. Eight designs for only $15.97!
In Irish folklore, the butterfly represents a person's soul. Its light and airy wings allows the soul to cross into the Otherworld. This design combines the shape of the butterfly with Celtic knotwork.
Available in two sizes: 5.29"X4.83" and 3.87"X3.54"
The Gaelic word for butterfly, dealan-dhe', has other symbolic meanings. The word also refers to the lightning of the gods. This design features Celtic knotwork forming the shape of a butterfly.
Available in two sizes: 5.49"X4.87" and 3.87"X3.46"
Available in two sizes/styles: 6.85"X1.15" and (Single): 1.72"X1.16"
Available in two sizes: 5.87"X8.24" and 4.83"X6.80"
3.87"X3.73"
The Ornithoptera Goliath Procus is the second-largest butterfly in the world. Its wingspan can measure up to nine inches. It is found on the island of Ceram, in Indonesia.
Available in two sizes: 5.86"X8.24" and 4.83"X6.81"
3.61"X3.46"
Available in two sizes: 5.86"X8.20" and 4.83"X6.79"
3.69"X3.27"
Available in two sizes: 5.83"X8.21" and 4.81"X6.77"
3.86"X2.87"
The comma butterfly has tiny crescents that divide the upper wings from the lower wings.
Available in two sizes: 5.79"X8.58" and 4.60"X6.82"
3.86"X3.00"
Some Irish mythology says that a white butterfly or moth is the soul of a pure and blameless person traveling to paradise. If the wings are spotted, the soul must spend some time in purgatory before traveling to paradise. This design features a luna moth resting on a birch leaf.
Available in two sizes: 5.50"X6.16" and 4.55"X5.09"
3.87"X3.83"
This zebra swallowtail design is sheer, and uses negative space. The sheer fabric fill and open spaces in the flowers allow your fabric choice to peek through.
Available in two sizes: 4.86"X5.09" and 3.70"X3.87"
A monarch perches on a flower in this sheer design. The sheer fabric fill and open spaces in the flowers allow your fabric choice to peek through.
Available in two sizes: 4.81"X5.13" and 3.61"X3.87"
This tiger swallowtail design is a sheer design. The sheer fabric fill and open spaces in the flowers allow your fabric choice to peek through.
Available in two sizes: 4.81"X4.85" and 3.81"X3.85"
This garden of bright flowers and long, thick grasses, is a haven for delicate butterflies.
Available in two sizes: 9.51"X7.29" and 7.53"X5.79"
A new value pack has been created with a mixture of new and existing butterfly designs. Click on the images below, then click on 'Pack contents sheet' to view the designs in the pack. 20 butterfly designs for only $39.97!
Bring personality to kitchen cabinets, oven doors, and towel racks with new towel topper designs. This week we're pleased to present designs for any room in the house. A shamrock with Celtic knots is just in time for St. Patrick's Day, or bring a bit of Mardi Gras into your home with a green gator in a purple mask. Assembly instructions for towel toppers can be found on the Project Instructions page.
Available in two sizes: 5.53"X9.44" and 4.03"X6.87"
Available in two sizes: 5.53"X9.43" and 4.02"X6.87"
Available in two sizes: 5.49"X9.42" and 4.00"X6.87"
Available in two sizes: 5.52"X9.42" and 4.02"X6.82"
Available in two sizes: 5.46"X9.43" and 3.94"X6.81"
Available in two sizes: 5.50"X9.42" and 3.96"X6.78"
Available in two sizes: 5.29"X9.39" and 3.87"X6.87"
Available in two sizes: 5.51"X9.41" and 4.02"X6.87"
Please check the size of the designs before you purchase them. If you are going to split the design, then choose the size appropriate for your project. If you want to sew the design without editing or splitting, be sure that the design's dimensions are not larger than your hoop's sewing field.