Hey friends! 

This week I’ve got a new needlework butterfly to share with you, I became quite attached to the little male brimstone that over-wintered in my butterfly house (my fun and fancy shed!) that wanted to create one to add to my ever growing collection of handmade butterflies. 

This is #13 on my Embroidered Butterfly challenge – only 63 more to go!!! If I can make at least one a month that means it should only take like another four or so years!

The Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) is a large butterfly and member of the white and yellows family (like the Large white or Clouded yellow).

They are just lovely with a real life wingspan of up to 6cm, so my needlework versions have a massive wingspan of about 12cm to keep them inline with my ‘twice life size’ scale and I’ve made both sexes to show the colour difference between the two. 

I love the bright yellow of the male but the pretty pale green of the female is also very pretty.

Its been quite nice to create a different wing shape too!!

Do you get Brimstones where you live? Thank you so much for checking this out and I wish you a wonderfully happy week ahead!

Ps. If you want to have a look at my other butterflies they’re HERE!

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