I've appliqued all 7 of my butterflies I made last week to my quilt. I then made a bullion knot (with between 15-30 wraps depending upon the butterfly) for the body. The antennae are pistil stitches. I used 1 strand of #8 black perle and 2 strands of DMC glow in the dark embroidery floss. The entire quilt is quilted in glow in the dark threads (more on that in another post later on) so I think the butterflies needed a bit of glow too. Now I need to finish sewing that purple spider and web binding down around the 59x63 quilt and I'll be ready to show off my challenge project in more detail. So...I'm about ready to sit and relax and stitch down that binding.
And if there's more time left before bedtime after that then I'll work some more on my CQJP 2013 Project - my Crazy Cravings lap quilt.
The way things are going in this crazy world all of the foods in my quilt might well be banned in my descendants life times.
Registration is open for Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2014 in case you are interested. I already know what my project will be!
If you are doing some slow stitching this Sunday or want to see some awesome slow stitching projects visit Kathy's Quilts Slow Stitching Sunday.
7 comments:
I love crazy quilting although I don't have the patience to do it myself. Love your butterflies - they are AMAZING!!!
Love the way your butterflies turned out! Every time I see your crazy cravings quilt I want some hot coffee and chocolate! Love the idea of a theme incorporated with crazy quilting.
Your butterflies are just lovely! And, that CQ is adorable; I have signed on for the CQJP for next year and am pondering the theme for my blocks....hugs, Julierose
The butterflies are lovely / what a fun project to view :)
I love your butterflies!
You are making amazing progress on your sweets! It might be a real historically significant souvenir of what humans used to be able to eat in the good old days!! LOL
Thanks for linking up!
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