Butterfly 3

I kept it "simple" for day 3.  Gaining practice in my free-motion quilting skills.  I tried to do more organic stitch lines initially, but then I got into the "groove" and stitched past the boundary of the butterfly.  So I abandoned that for a somewhat parallel stitch line.  I will revisit the organic style later.  I really do prefer that one.



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