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1. Robbina
   Administrator

   Okay, so I haven't started doing this yet! However, I indulged in a set of the GST colors that were available and I've been trying to think of a way of using them. I thought that it might be fun to stitch the butterfly from the beginner's kit, especially since I worked it 9 months ago and I've had some time to work more of the stitches since then.

   My thought was to work the body and under wings with the Soie Perlee and then work the detatched wing with the GST. What do you think? Do you think both wings should be in GST? Or upper parts in Soie Perlee and lower in GST? Any thoughts would be welcomed.

   I can't wait to do a little something with this thread that I can see at home. I've really enjoyed using it on the Jacket.

   Robbin

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. coral-seas
   Member

   Hi Robbin, I would work it exactly as your first suggestion with Soie Perlee on the underwings. I have to make a book mark for a fund raiser and was thinking about doing the butterfly 'sitting' at the top of the mark so that it sticks out of the book. I think it would look great but I am a bit concerned that it would get battered about too much. Can't make up my mind! What do you think?

   CA

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. Robbina
   Administrator

   Well, my first thought is that this thread is fairly expensive and no one will pay what it's worth for a fund raiser unless you get a better response than I've had in the past. I do think that it would look great, but if you put it inside a book it's going to get rather swashed and be lumpy. I've got a couple of stitched bookmarks and they're rather grubby right now.

   Personally I'd do something else for a fund raiser and maybe mount something like this in a trinket pot or something else where you can really appreciate the work.

   Robbin

   Posted 1 year ago #

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