Fabric Butterflies in Cloche

                                                       

You know how you have an itch to make something but aren't quite sure how to go about it?  I've been wanting to make a very large wire butterfly using sheer fabric but wasn't quite sure how I could make one successfully.  When I heard about  Marty's Cloche Party, I thought this would be a good outlet to make a smaller version, and move on to a larger one if it turns out ok.  This is what I did:

     I used a small paint bottle and glue tube to shape the wire into a butterfly.

 After spreading tacky glue all around the wire, I pressed the butterfly wire firmly on the fabric, put parchment paper over it and placed a heavy object on top for a few hours til dry.

               I made two differently shaped sizes of wire butterflies.

Next  I cut the material close to the wire and formed the body using double folded wire and beads.

For added decoration, I painted mod podge on smaller posterboard butterflies and smooth fabric over them til dry to cut out.

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The beauty of the fabric wire butterflies doesn't show through in these photos of the cloches.  I think they are rather pretty and would definitely be a show stopper if done bigger. Anything done in cloche is awesome!


Take a little time to enjoy,

 




Linking up to Marty's Cloche Party  



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