The Butterfly Effect...

A calling ~

The Butterfly Project is an effort of the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Texas. In the spring of 2013 the museum is planning a special exhibit to memorialize the 1.5 million Jewish children who were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. They are collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. 

I heard about this special project through Debbie at The Gathering Nest who heard about it through Trudi at Two Dresses Studio. Click  on  Trudi's blog name or the “Butterfly Effect” button on my side bar to find out how you can participate and help the museum  to reach their goal. 

Here are two butterflies I've made and will be sending to Trudi.

A painted toggle button, a bead, a little scrap fabric, ribbon and antenna.

 

A vintage butterfly from "The Graphic's Fairy" printed on cotton fabric, lightly stuffed, stitched and frayed at the edges.

 

On the back of the vintage butterfly I've written the poem, "The Butterfly" the author of the poem was a young man, Pavel Friedmann, who was deported to  the Terezin ghetto in 1942 and two years later he died in Auschwitz.