Mouring Cloak Front

Mouring Cloak Back

Honorable Mention at LMQG Seneca SC 2006

This vest is the third Carolina Butterfly. The background is a beautiful multi colored batik. The wings and lower body are turned on Mylar, batted and appliqued by hand then the wings stitched with a decorative stitch on my machine. The body is randomly beaded and the yellow markings are satin stitched. The black on the wing and the top of the body are digitized to my embroidery unit and stitched on organza and solve. The edges are burned with a stencil burner to eliminate the raw edges. The purple was placed under the holes and stitched in place by hand. The design on the front is a traditional one using bias around the shapes and beading in the center. The purple bias is done using bias bars which makes a continuous line from front to back Yarn is couched on either side of the bias and narrow purple piping accents the binding.