Butterfly with color on ecru

Butterfly with color from our 20x20 20th Anniversary Exhibition.

Playful yet sophisticated, this design from our 20x20 20th Anniversary Exhibition turns a simple butterfly into a multi-colored, enchanting creature.  Bring a friendly crowd to any space you decorate with this pillow. Designed by Mary Elizabeth Schleier.

Every cent of every piece sold goes back to our associates in Honduras. Every day, these women expertly craft table runners, pillow covers, shawls, and other fiber arts items. Their income from each sale covers food and medical needs for their whole family, and school supplies and transportation to school for their children.  Ultimately, this work creates dignity and self-respect.

Gardens are what inspire Mary Elizabeth Schleier.  She has slipped away to paint gardens and landscapes over the years. To her, gardening is a fluid medium of art. She likes the tension between the organic and the geometric she often finds in the structure of a garden or a garden path. She said painting gardens allows her to take part in the dance between the realism and abstraction she finds in gardens. Schleier usually works in charcoal, oil and watercolor.  She won her BFA with honors from the University of Georgia and an MFA and an MA in art education from SMU. She has taught art at various levels, from elementary school to college and adult classes. She has traveled to Honduras for several years as part of Saint Michael and All Angels mission trips. Designing a pillow, she said, is a very different experience from working in her usual mediums.

Butterly with color:

• Designed by Mary Elizabeth Schleier
• Hand-embroidered interpretation by Erika Lopez Martinez
• 20" x 20"
• Cover - 75% cotton, 25% polyester.  Insert -100% down-like polyester
• Dry clean or wash on gentle in cold water.  Lay flat to dry.