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Butterfly quilt feature of Open Studio next week.

Kat’s Bali Butterfly pattern has been the most popular of her commercial quilt patterns.  It is a wall hanging and features the use of a pack of 40 Bali fabric strips 2.5 inches wide usually sold as Bali Pops, Rainbows or similar.Measuring 60 inches square (1.52m), the pattern makes an attractive wall hanging using the Bargello technique, and can decorated with glass beads for the body and wings of the butterfly. 

KoolKat Quilting is part of the Quilts, Stitches and Textiles Trail during Carnival of Flowers Week.  Kat’s Open Studio with her popular range of textile art and craft pieces (you can see a sneak preview of some of these at Laidley Quilt Show which finishes early this afternoon) will be featured.

For more information go to: www.koolkatquilting.com and scroll down to find the links.

Bali Butterfly pattern spreads it wings

For a pattern designed in a weekend as occupational therapy while Geoff and a friend went camping, Bali Butterfly has proved to be Kathy Adams’s most popular pattern during her decade of experience as a quilt pattern designer. Several hundred Bali Butterflies have winged their way to many parts of the world, especially in the US and also have swarmed throughout Australia.  It is purchased regularly by quilt shops and distributors.  Kathy has taught classes in this pattern throughout western and south western Queensland, while it has been purchased in bulk by quilt instructors as far north as Bali and Mount Isa down to northern NSW.  It has also featured in quilting retreats in Bali. The pattern has been made in many colour combinations and sizes.  One particular fan of this pattern has made it several times, including one king size quilt where the design was used as the centre panel.  Happy birthday Bali Butterfly, the pages of this blog testify to Kathy’s very inspired weekend some years ago!   Thank you all those who love this pattern and it is still part of Kathy’s teaching program.

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Bali butterfly extended to twin bed size Pink Butterly 2010 Purple butterfly 2010 Wandoan Quilt Club May 2011 001 cropped photo IMG_6208 edited large Bali Butterfly pic