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Second – Asheville Quilt Show – Asheville NC 2009 | Best of Show Hartwell Quilt Show Hartwell GA 2009

This quilt is fourth in my series of Carolina Butterflies. The markings and the body are digitized from my drawings. The under part of the butterfly is machine satin stitched while the top of the wings are turned on Mylar, batted and hand appliqued. The background is pieced in sections. The centers top and bottom are a tree print batik quilted with the design of the fabric. The next triangles down are silk organza over batik and Angelina fibers quilted in a grid with copper metallic thread. Next is a section that is silk organza over the fabric which has been randomly quilted with flower shaped beads. I call this bead quilting. The organic batik stripe which comes next is quilted with copper metallic thread. On the batik border I couched variegated yarn to give the look of random vines. Then I placed the leaves to balance the border. The leaves are batik fabric backed with wonder under and matte silk fabric fastened down only in the center with beads. To tie the border design together I designed flower petals with the colors of the overall quilt. The border is quilted with traditional straight lines and diagonal lines on the corners. Narrow purple piping is used to accent the colors of the quilt.