The lace on the tablerunner is from AnitaGoodesign and each piece took approx 1 hour to stitch out. The butterflies are cutwork FSL and are from John Deer (Adorable Ideas) unfortunately this design is only available if you attend a John Deer workshop ie. you are not able to purchase it. Cheers Claire
5544Very beautiful delicately awesome butterflys and the passion of colors. Wow! I do love this!
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5955Hi Claire, I hope you posted this on Echidna - you would win with this beautiful project. Love Chris
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37638This is beautiful I can imagine the hours of work in this. Love it. Joyce
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54619Look soo beautifull to me. You sure can be proud on the result ! Super piece !
148884Wow! Did you learn cutwork at the workshop? This is Wow! Live Laugh Download Stitch!
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25546Beautiful. Very nice job, could you please tell me how to attach the lace to the main material and get a nice finish like you have.
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by cuddlebear
15 Aug 2010
Thank you. Firstly I stich the lace together. To attach the lace I start with a piece of fabric about 2 inches larger on all sides than the hole in the middle of the lace. I make sure the fabric is well starched (quite stiff) place the lace on top and measure in numerous spots to ensure it is even, then I do a tack down row using straight stitching (this is easier to remove if there is a problem). Once I am happy with how it is sitting I trim the fabric back to just outside the stitching - a bit like applique, then I do a wide satin stitch which covers the straight stitching and the fabric edge. Hope this helps. Cheers Claire
17488This looks great & I know it must have taken you a really long time to make this. Beautiful. Arlene
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31366It is impressive! You do the so pretty work with all of your projects. You should have much patience to start everything in a manner need most! I love their jobs ! Congratulations!
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27683oh Claire this is what i love well done great work
hugs Sonja
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29648Claire, this is incredibly beautiful, special combination idea, congratulations!
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38135Beautiful tablerunner. The lace must have been a labour of love, so many stitches, but the result is breathtaking. Great work!
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by cuddlebear
12 Aug 2010
Thank you, I am fortunate to have 2 embroidery machines so I was able to set one running doing the lace whilst I did other things on the other machine.
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105306356Beautiful and what a lot of work but it certainly was worth the time
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119791Congratulations Claire I really love this runner. A lot of work but well worth the effort
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Breath taking indeed...love it 2 bitz clair.
Was this part of your challenge?
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by cuddlebear
12 Aug 2010
Thanks Kerry. I already had the table runner done before our challenge was determined so I decided to do the matching doily as my challenge. Cheers Claire
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8287Clair, this is stunning - great job. That is alot of hours of work in this set.
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by cuddlebear
12 Aug 2010
Thank you Shirlene, yes the project spanned many many weeks with the pieces of lace being done in between other projects. Cheers Claire
by shirlener88
12 Aug 2010
That is what I thought - lots of work and taking your time with it and breaking up your time also helps.
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