Here is my first attempt at decorating a sheet to cover our dead soldiers. I bought the twin sheets I have from Macy's (on sale). I bought 6 colors. This one is a pretty yellow/gold. The others are lt purple, med blue, lt green. I used double sided iron on sheets to do the butterfly outline. I cut out the wings from a beautiful fabric that I found at Wal Mart. Now I have to sew this pattern down.

My thoughts: One of the most time consuming tasks is ironing the sheet. Also, this pattern appears to be a bit small for the size (twin) sheet.

I plan the cover the top of the sheet with the same print pattern. Will have to do some smaller butterflies at each corner to fill in.

What do you think? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Yolanda Wood River

Oh, my, I didn't realize they used sheets. Are you affiliated with a charity that collects donations of decorated sheets?

Oh my! The butterfly is georgious!! Keep going it is gonna stunning.

Beautiful!

did u stitch it down after fusing....?

I love ur design.... care to share where u got the lovely butterfly design???

thanks for sharing

WOW! That is a stunning butterfly :D:D:D

What a considerate person you are to do this. I'm sure those are left to mourn appreciate your kindness.


Could you please share a little more about the back story on this project?

Thanks!

That is so beautiful! I remember your story about these sheets. Is there anything we could do to help you?

Oh, my. Pretty.

WOW- this butterly is beautiful!!

I would like to know the story behind it also.

Hi MaryAnnMc! A request went out from seasaw2mch for sheets (other than white) and decorated with bright colors, i.e. butterflies, angels, doves, Am flag etc. This hospital wants to use them to cover our dead soldiers when they take the soldier to the morgue. I know! Very, very heart wrenching. Things that we don't ever think about. Anyway, here is the site with the request and directions for making the sheets or quilts.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-110542-1.htm

Glenda5253! Here is the entry with all of the directions.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-110542-1.htm

Bjolly! Here is the original request. I am sure that the hospital can use all of the help they can get.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-110542-1.htm

QuiltE! Here is the original request for the sheets and quilts. I am sure they can use all the sheets that we can send them.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-110542-1.htm

You did a beautiful job. Bless you.

WOW! Your butterfuly is gorgeous!
Nice job!

I am sorry this is so late. I grabbed the butterfly image off of Yahoo's image section - typed in butterflies. The black border was attached over the print fabric with Wonder Under. Then I stitched it down with my Pfaff. I used a blanket stitch.