Altered Shapes

Depending on which way you read the panels, two very different stories are created.

Reading from left to right, nine butterflies are pinned in a collection/display box. On the second (centre) panel, they begin to break free, the box becoming a window frame. Viewed through the third window, distant landscape provides a haven " only three small butterflies remain in sight. The others have already found freedom.

Reading from right to left, the free and wild butterflies are trapped, then mounted for display.

100% Cotton & 10 metal straight pins; hand appliqu, pins hand stitched in place, machine pieced, machine quilted