I made one for my daughter a few years ago with butterflies fused on and then zig-zagged around. It gets washed often, and for the most part has held up well -- there are a few butterfly pieces that have come loose, but I think it was more the fabric than anything, I raided some friends stashes to finish all my butterflies and I don't think all of thier fabrics were prewashed, while mine were. So they shrunk away from the stitching.