The Accidental Embroiderer

If you don’t like bugs, look away now….

I know that many people don’t like bugs and beetles, and I’m not all that fond of them myself. But sometimes they are so unusual and distinctive in shape that I can’t help sketching them, and even using them in in designs.

Some time ago I got carried away and did a lot of funny-looking beetles embellished with various flower and leaf designs. Goodness knows where the ideas came from, and I can’t say that I’d ever use them myself in a quilt or a shirt, but I couldn’t resist doing them anyway.  Who knows – they might come in handy for some eccentric project

 

Three flower bugs

Now, I know I’m late with February’s freebie, but what with one thing and another things have been pretty busy here. Anyway I’ll do my best to get something up next week – and don’t worry – it won’t be a bug!

9 thoughts on “If you don’t like bugs, look away now….

  1. The bugs look great, I can see them crawling up a flower pot or even on someone’s shoe.They don’t “bug” me, 😄
    Linda

  2. Your bugs are beautiful. I’d definitely add them to a shirt (it might say, “Don’t Bug Me”) hahaha.

  3. I also really like your bugs. I collected bugs from my entomology project in 4-H club for 7 years. Won money with my collections and learned lots of interesting things about them. But these are the best dressed bugs I have ever seen, Mia! So cute.

  4. Hi Mia, Your bugs are just so delightful, colorful, and cute!!
    They would look adorable embroidered on anything! My partner and I won 4th place in the St. Louis science fair when we were in the 7th grade. I was really interested in bugs at that time, and had a pretty large collection of bugs that I had collected.

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