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    Old 04-26-2011, 11:40 AM
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    Today was group sewing day here in Viñuela Spain.

    Some very unusual things appeared so I thought I would share them with you.

    the silk Cacoons will be incorporated into some Fabric Tecniques

    Silk Cacoons and Silk Wool.
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]189506[/ATTACH]

    Created with different materials hand dyed
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]189508[/ATTACH]

    Cross Stitched Door Plate
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]189509[/ATTACH]
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    Old 04-26-2011, 11:42 AM
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    REAL silk cacoons??? and REAL silk from silk worms???? or am i just a dumb blonde!?
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    Old 04-26-2011, 11:44 AM
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    Some more

    Baby Quilt front
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]189512[/ATTACH]

    Baby quilt back
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]189513[/ATTACH]

    This quilt would have headed out to Japan for relief but the postage costs were so prohibitive we couldn´t afford to do it
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]189514[/ATTACH]
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    Old 04-26-2011, 11:45 AM
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    Originally Posted by bluteddi
    REAL silk cacoons??? and REAL silk from silk worms???? or am i just a dumb blonde!?
    You have it that is real silk
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    Old 04-26-2011, 11:47 AM
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    Some more

    Hand pieced and hand quilted
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]189515[/ATTACH]

    Close up
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    This is to put on the corner of your page when reading
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    Old 04-26-2011, 11:53 AM
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    Beautiful projects!
    It looks like a fun group!
    Thanks for sharing!
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    Old 04-26-2011, 11:54 AM
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    and a few more.

    One of our members is leaving to go back to England to live so this is her parting gift. i love it and I am sure she will treasure it
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    Old 04-26-2011, 11:57 AM
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    Wow! Great projects, thx for sharing! Love the signed houses quilt and the pink 9-patch especially.
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    Wow! the quilts are beautiful.
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    Old 04-26-2011, 12:07 PM
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    Originally Posted by bluteddi
    REAL silk cacoons??? and REAL silk from silk worms???? or am i just a dumb blonde!?
    That was my question too and I am not blonde :-D :-D
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