Hello my friends! 

A few weeks ago I posted some photos a summer Butterfly Conservation trip to a special MOD site called Penhale sands which is a special home for Dingy and Grizzled Skippers (super rare and are only found in this one place in the whole of Cornwall) but is also home to Red Admiral, Meadow Brown and Brown Argus.

It was amazing to see so many butterflies and Penhale Sands is outstandingly beautiful.

Now, in the UK we actually have three brown-coloured-argus-named butterflies, Brown Argus, Northern Brown Argus and Scotch Argus. Three beautiful little brown fluttery things and I decided to make one of each for my ever increasing collection of embroidered butterflies… 

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Greetings friends! 

Firstly, if this looks familiar its because I scheduled this post for yesterday but forgot to change the photos 😂

Lets try again shall we…

I’ve got a new needlework butterfly to share with you this week! I recently met so many butterflies during my recent exploration of Penhale sands including the Brown Argus and really excitingly I spotted my very first Grizzled Skipper – a tiny black and white fella similar to the much more brown Dingy Skipper (#14 of my challenge, link at the bottom) so obviously I wanted to create one of these very special butterflies to add to my ever growing handmade collection. 

This is #23 on my Embroidered Butterfly challenge the Grizzled Skipper – and isn’t one I expected to be making this year!!!

Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) is found in Britain and Ireland but is super rare, literally its only found on Penhale sands in the whole of Cornwall so spotting them is really special. Its black and white wings are covered with mottled patchwork markings and they have super fluffy bodies.

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