We have just arrived back from showing at Country Living’s Spring Fair in London, where on alternate days Sarah was running workshops showing how to make these pretty and easy origami butterflies.
The ingredients :
Two lightweight contrasting but complementary fabrics such as Liberty Tana Lawn cut to 16 x 12cm rectangle
Double-sided fuse-a-web cut to 16cm x 12cm rectangle
Iron
Needle and tonal sewing thread
Small button
How to
To make the double-sided fabric for the butterfly follow the manufacturer’s instructions to apply the fuse-a-web to the wrong side of one fabric and then the wrong side of the other with an iron.
Choose which fabric you would like to be the predominant pattern on your butterfly and place in front of your face down with a short edge close to your body.
Apologies for the very snuffly dog!
These are really quick and easy to make – you could vary the sizes, keeping the ratio of 3:4 for the rectangle
Use for a string of bunting, add a brooch pin to pin to a cushion, or add to a headband.
Love these butterflies. It’s making me think of spring projects for Easter. 🙂
I must be really stupid I found this quite difficult but I won’t be beaten!!!!
Oops!
It helps to read the instructions correctly!
Now it’s easy!! 😊