Cocoon for an embellished butterfly

Another one from the art doll round robin, the owner of this doll goes by the nickname of "Purple Butterfly" so when it reached me, the butterfly doll had already undergone her transformation.

I decided that such an embellished butterfly must surely have emerged from a wondrous cocoon, so that's what I made for her:









The next lady after me took a tree branch and felted over it to hold the cocoon:



and here she is:

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