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Thursday, 6 October 2011

A Friday Finish - purple butterfly.

Ok, well I'm fibbing a little because I actually finished this yesterday.
Another trapunto butterfly made for Karen, a quilter friend of mine who lives in South Africa.

Karen had seen my butterfly and asked if I could do her one in purples.  No problem.
I used exactly the same method as before and I still don't like having to cut the wadding away from the back.
It's just so nerve wracking!

Preparing to quilt


Detail

I love  how the early morning light shows up the trapunto in this photo.


another angle
I have a full free day ahead of me - and a full list of works in progress - just don't know what to work on next.    DH modified my darning foot on my new sewing machine, so I can actually see where I am going now.   Have a great weekend - I'm off to do lots of sewing now.
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15 comments:

  1. Editfolt6 October 2011 at 23:08

    I love the color purple. I really like your pictures. Beautiful. I also want such a thing! : D

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  2. Laura7 October 2011 at 00:03

    Gorgeous, as always! Can you link up with TGIFF? Will it let you add your link? :)

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  3. Linda Coleman7 October 2011 at 00:44

    love the purples, the butterfly looks like it is about to lift off

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  4. The Nifty Stitcher7 October 2011 at 01:04

    Thank you for your comments Edit, Laura and Linda. Laura I am trying to link up with TGIFF - please bear with me - sometimes I'm not very good at this computer stuff :(

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  5. MulticoloredPieces7 October 2011 at 02:40

    Just stopped by from Quilter Blogs to enjoy your lovely textile work. Your trapunto pieces are beautiful--exquisite work.
    best from Tunisia,
    nadia

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  6. Lynette7 October 2011 at 04:45

    This is just stunning!! Gosh, it makes me want to try one. Looks like you have multiple trapunto layers on the butterfly? Not just one? What batting did you use? I can imagine how nervous it'd be to cut it away - probably worse that cutting the background out from behind an applique piece.

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  7. happydaysquilting7 October 2011 at 06:48

    Love the trapunto and beautiful quilting, A gorgeous quilt!

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  8. M-R Charbonneau7 October 2011 at 07:28

    Wow, Rhianon, this is gorgeous! Your machine quilting is beautiful and I love that butterfly. Thanks for linking up to TGIFF!

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  9. Rona7 October 2011 at 11:41

    Another beautiful butterfly! It makes me want to get some coloured pencils.

    I'm looking forward to where you take this idea. A big quilt would be absolutely stunning!

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  10. Janine @ Rainbow Hare7 October 2011 at 14:23

    That's really stunning! I'm visiting from TGIFF

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  11. judith7 October 2011 at 19:21

    You do gorgeous work. Love your blog.

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  12. The Nifty Stitcher7 October 2011 at 22:43

    Thanks to everyone who has visited and left such lovely comments. Lynn - I used 2 layers of the polyester batting (because it's fluffier), then a final layer of Hobbs Heirloom 80/20.

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  13. Ginette8 October 2011 at 10:04

    This is gorgeous!! I am visiting from TGIFF.

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  14. Connie Kresin Campbell12 October 2011 at 08:19

    Oh my gosh how beautiful! Love your work and my husband modified my foot too.

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  15. Mary-Frances23 October 2011 at 09:39

    Wow, that butterfly is amazing!

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