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Friday, December 2, 2011

That UFO is *gone*! - "Lori's Irish Butterflies" flies away. . .

It's finished! It's finished!!



(Actually, it's been finished for a week, but I never could remember to take pictures in the morning - there's really only a one-hour window right now for light that gets the colors right.)

For the quilting, I did stitch-in-ditch on all the chains, using some pretty dark violet Madeira rayon thread I had on hand. I did FMQ in the butterfly fields - used a nice sky blue, chose 1 or 2 or 3 butterflies to highlight, and meandered in the rest. I didn't want the quilting to get too heavy because we wanted minky on the back and I wanted to keep the drape super soft. And since we had minky with all its forgiving fluff, I used a bobbin color of the same thread to match the back instead of the color being quilted on the front. There are only a couple of tiny turn points of the violet that peek through, so I'm happy.


Love the way the back looks.  :D   Becca was very choosy with the minky color samples I had. She wanted one that would highlight the butterfly colors. She did a great job.


I discovered the joys of "Paint" recently and patched together a fun butterfly label.


It's all ready and waiting for her to snuggle under for our next weekly Movie Night!

12 comments:

  1. You did a wonderful job with this, Lynette! The darker purple thread makes the chains pop and I love how the quilting looks on the back. Great idea to highlight some of the butterflies and meander the rest. Thanks for linking in to TGIFF!

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  2. Great job! I love all the fabrics including that scrumptious border! Whoop! Whoop!

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  3. Just a pretty quilt - love the butterfly fabric. Nicely quilted and love the label.

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  4. Preciosa! me encantan los colores y la tela de mariposas esta genial

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  5. Oooh i love irish chains and the colours are great. Fab job on the quilting too! How did you print the label?

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  6. That butterfly fabric is just wonderful. Your quilting is amazing. Glad you found some sunshine for the great photos.

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  7. Your quilting looks amazing on the back - not to say the front doesn't look simply gorgeous too! I must try to make some labels like yours too. Thanks so much for the inspiration :-)

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  8. That turned out just perfect. It is fun to see what the Irish chain does to the butterfly fabric.

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  9. Love love love this quilt! The colors are so unexpected, and your quilting is wonderful! Whoop Whoop!!r

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  10. Front and back are both amazing. Well done for such a nice finish. I think it will be a truly loved quilt.

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