Quilter in Distress: Mistianne M. Guzman
Rescuer: Ellie Holbein
"Butterfly Collection" • 17" x 18'
Mistianne: "A few years ago I took a class from a French
teacher on trapunto embroidery and hand quilting. This design was inspired by
that class. I had planned to create ethereal and sparkly butterflies. What I
got instead was puckers, a dislike of beading, and painting that overpowering the
threadwork. I stopped after the puckering and tried the beading then I stopped
after the beading and tried the painting. You guessed it, after the painting
(spray painting was fun though), I stopped again. Now I will happily turn it
over for someone else to have fun with!"
Ellie: "When I opened the box and took out the challenge I could immediately see why the maker got discouraged and set it aside. i wondered what her vision might have been. I had to think long and hard to transform her work into a decorative little work of art. The final decisions were to cut the inner borders of the same butterfly fabric with embroidery in the corners. Then I chose burgundy for the wide outer borders. My vision was to create a more traditional work that can hang on the wall showing a collection of butterflies."