Selected for Bernina of America BU Fashion Show and Competition 2005 – First – A Mountain Fest Quilt Show Pigeon Forge TN 2006 – Juried into AQS Paducah KY 2006 – Second NQA Columbus OH 2006
This was the first Jacket made on my new machine and digitizing software. A modified Homestead pattern is used for the main jacket. The feet and beaks of four different birds are digitized from my drawings and the bodies are turned on Mylar, batted and appliqued by hand. The fantastic batik lining provided the quilting design which is stitched free motion with invisible thread. The skirt and top are nubby silk and have the same lining as the jacket. The ultra suede design on the skirt (Simplicity 9825 modified) is machine embroidered from a modified version of “Chinese Embroideries”. The flower petals are batik turned on Mylar, batted and hand appliqued. All those points prove my Mylar method is the best. The front of the top (Kwik-Sew modified) is fastened with a satin braided cord laced around raku buttons. The back is a batik leaf print covered in black silk organza which is machine embroidered with a motif on my Bernina that has been modified. In the center oval are two digitized birds on poly organza over batik. The oval is edged with the same bias used to accent the rest of the back.
Country Elegance Front
Country Elegance Back
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