Buttercup appears in Sandy Steen Bartholomew’s, Totally Tangled, the book I recommend to anyone new to drawing because of the very helpful tips in it.
When I first got the book I tangled Buttercup a lot because it’s such fun and I was fascinated by how it comes together.
It’s also one of my favorite types of tangles, a grid-based pattern.
Until now there have been no online instructions. But now there are!
Buttercup is included as a sample “swatch” in Sandy’s latest book Tangled Fashionista and when Sandra Strait recently wrote a review, Sandy B. gave Sandra S. (are you still with me?) permission to post the steps along with her review.
Sandra illustrates the steps for drawing Buttercup here.
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Thank you Linda for linking to my version of Sandy’s pattern. It’s such a cool pattern!
I am having a problem finding the instruction on how to draw a buttercup. The link above take me to Sandra Straigts blog page. If you clink on buttercup in her post it brings you right back to this page. I feel like I am going in circles. Can someone enlighten me as to where to find these instructions?
Thanks, Jo Ellen
Hi Jo Ellen, I hope by now you’ve found the instructions – they’re on the page you arrive at from the link. Read that page and you’ll find the steps.
Yes, I did. They were close to the bottom of page. Thank-you, Linda, for inquirying
Buttercup is one of my favorites. Time consuming but worth it.
Thanks for all your tangles. I SO appreciate this!
I love this beautiful pattern, thank you very much!