Sunday, February 22, 2009

Beading again

I added a feather stitch border because I thought the piece needed a little balance


and made a leaf pin.

I could not resist to try a beaded version of my embroidery doodle:

Saturday, January 31, 2009

To Bead or not to Bead

That's the title of Susan Brittingham's online beading class at Quilt University. First I made a sampler:



And here is my "masterpiese", lesson one done:

I really do like this swirl pattern called pathway. Here are some details.





Susan recommended to try beading on a quilted surface. I decided to bead one of my earliest quilts - a beginner piece, not well done and boring but important to me. I will try an allover tulip pattern in pink, pale pink, orange and green. I made a first test and it turned out better than I had expected. So here is the first tulip on my "Tulips" quilt. (When will this be finished?)


Tuesday, January 27, 2009

More Chicken Scratch

My second (and last) part of chicken scratch variations. Adding some beads was really fun.