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Wired Butterfly • Stumpwork

You’re really keen to try out stumpwork, but “it must be so complex that surely you’re not up to the job?”

NOT. TRUE.

Stumpwork does require a little patience and precision, but it’s much easier than it looks. Give yourself a chance and a bit of unpressured time, and you’ll soon be creating fabulous 3D shapes.


Let’s create a beautiful butterfly!

First things first, let’s make a wing:

Here are some other tutorials you may find useful:


It feels pretty good, doesn’t it!

You’re doing great – let’s keep going and assemble all the wings to finish our butterfly, now:


Fancy trying out this new skill? Here is a selection of patterns that include wired shapes:

Happy stitching!

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