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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

What do Butterflies and UFOs have in Common?

Oh, my!  I unearthed a bin of "stuff" under my longarm and found a stack of butterfly blocks that I had completely forgotten about.  These were made as part of an exchange in 2002 (I think)!  I had intended on making these for a grandbaby.  Well, four grandbabies later --  I really did forget!  I'm on a mission this year to cross off a lot of "to-do's" -- wholecloth, art quilt, feather meandering, UFOs, stash-busting!! 

I have no idea who will be the lucky recipient of this cute little quilt.  The first picture is without a flash, and letting the quilt "relax" on a bed of beautiful maple leaves.  Taking this picture without the flash highlights the dimension created by the batting. 

This second picture is with a flash.  This is indicative of the true color of the fabrics. 

I got home from work a little too late tonight to take a good picture and won't have time for quite awhile to get a good pic in late afternoon sun - the best time! 


The final picture is of one of the "ghost" butterflies that I stitched in.  I've never tried this technique before, and it was fun.  I found a great new website for creating templates for machine quilting:  Coloring Book - Free Images for Templates
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8 comments:

  1. Teresa SilvaOctober 19, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    This is really cute....I love the butterflies.

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  2. Linda October 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    Beautiful, beautiful quilting, Mary!!

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  3. RachaeldaisyOctober 23, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    I'm glad you found those blocks and made them into a beautiful quilt. The quilting is stunning, I especially love the ghost butterflies.

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  4. RachaeldaisyOctober 23, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    Thank you for the lovely comment you left on my blog about the amazing dessert we had. You show up as a No Reply blogger so I'll answer your question here. We didn't quite know how to eat our desserts at first. We just nibbled on the sugary shards, then as we got braver we crunched it down into the vanilla custard. It's a dessert we wont forget in a hurry. Yum!

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  5. GlendaOctober 26, 2011 at 12:28 AM

    What a lovely discovery, I have these every now and then too, and it is such a surprise. This wee quilt is charming.

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  6. BunnyOctober 26, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Great quilt and quilting. It is a WOW for sure.

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  7. WendyOctober 26, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Beautiful quilting on a beautiful quilt...

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  8. Ulla's Quilt WorldNovember 6, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    Hi! Greetings from Finland! That quilt is so fantastic! All of your quilts are so fantastic!
    It’s so nice to find other quilters all around the world!

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I love to read your comments, truly! I will answer each one, too! Unless you are a no reply blogger... Please check to see if you are a no-reply blogger.