December 4th, 2017
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The photo above is of the original “Kissed by a Butterfly” quilt. I love how it came out and I think a big part of what makes the quilt nice is the striking colors of the hand dyed fabric in the center block. Shortly after I made it, I started a second version of the same quilt, but it’s made in commercial fabrics with more “pastel-ish” colors. I am not a fan of pastels, so working on this quilt became quite a chore. I pieced the top except for that last border and then set it aside. It sat, waiting to be completed, for several months, and I finally picked it up again last month. Here is a shot of it on my basing wall:
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I like the embroidered details on the butterfly applique shapes, but that’s kind of the end of what I like about the quilt top:
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I started quilting this center block. I began by adding a ruler work framework along the seam line. In this shot, the first row of the framework is in and I’ve filled in 4 of the spaces underneath the framework:
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…and in this next shot, the remaining spaces have also been filled in with a featherette inside each:
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I added a circular ruler work framework that rotates around the center applique wreath, then filled each triangle with a small featherette. This left a small adjacent space that I filled with a different featherette. I used 2 different thread colors to differentiate them better:
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This close-up shot is a better illustration of what I was trying to do:
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Then I got bored and moved to a different part of the quilt! More on this later…
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Free Motion Quilting, George Sitdown Quilting Machine, Machine Embroidered Applique.