because that's how large the design actually is.
Please read the entire text to find out exactly how much you need to buy to get mirrored wings. Beautiful, giant black and white "Melanargia galathea" butterfly wings - large enough to wrap yourself into, or to make a large cape or skirt or actual wings plus several smaller tops, capes or whatever you like! Please set the design repeat to two yards, because that's how large the design actually is! Set it to four yards to see how it repeats and mirrors. The design is also made to fit on the wider fabrics (at least 54 inches wide) - if you should order it on any of the more narrow fabrics, parts of it will be cut off! You can use parts of a wing to cover a bodice, so you could create an entire butterfly dress. There are wings in several sizes in this design. Of course you could also create large butterfly wings; all you would have to do is to add strong wire to the edges of the wings and pin them to your clothing. This is a large scale design - two yards of fabric will give you several small size butterfly wings - one giant one, one medium one and a smaller one. In case you need mirrored wings (as in, left and right wings), please order four yards of fabric, since the wings will be mirrored every second yard. So ordering two yards will give you one of each wings, without having a mirrored one of any of them - not even the "swatch" size wings in the lower left corner are mirrored. This design is optimized to print on 54 inches wide fabrics; I recommend having it printed on Silky Faille. In case you need a setup for a less wide fabric, like the cotton silk (where the wings would be partially 'cut off' in this layout!), please send me a message! A coordinating fabric with lots of small butterflies can be found here (http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4308196), another version with smaller wings to make a skirt is available here. (http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1698444) and finally, a smaller version at 1/4 the scale of the adult skirt version, suitable for a child, is available here (http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/2822340). If you would like to order a swatch to see what the colors look like when printed, just order this fabric at "swatch" size. The lower left corner has one wing at a smaller scale which will print perfectly on a swatch. Please also have a look at the other 'Butterfly' designs in my "Chasing Butterflies" collection (http://www.spoonflower.com/collections/26958) here on Spoonflower. As usual, if you would like to order this design at a different scale or in different colors, please don't hesitate to send me a message - I can quickly set that up for you. If you were always wondering how different colors print on the various fabrics that Spoonflower offers, please do have a look at my website where I have quite a few comprehensive photos of color swatches printed on various fabrics! (http://www.naergilien.info/real-life-research/how-spoonflower-prints-colors/) If you like my designs, please like my page on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/BonniePhantasm)!