Gift for Niece

 This is a fleece blanket for my niece's birthday. She wanted zombies. I used a tutorial from the internet making scalloped edges, faux braids. When I took a close up image of the braid, the details got lost in the colors. 

It is supposed to be a no-sew pattern, but I used a walking foot and a zigzag stitch to secure the edge of the blanket about half an inch from where the braids start. 

 My niece's birthday is in December and this is now ready. 

Butterfly Quit progress

Here is the progress of the butterfly quilt. I still need to add a border before I work on the back. 

Butterfly Block

This is my butterfly block. It is applique. The head and body are trapunto. I hand stitched the head and body onto the green butterfly fabric. I used a simple chain stitch to connect the antenna tips to the head. I used the sewing machine with a zig-zag stitch to sew on the wings. I need a total of 3 butterfly blocks and I think I'm going to use a different stitch for each block. I haven't decided if I'm going to use white thread and give the butterfly a smiling face.