Pearl Feather

Connie Matheu

Hand beaded and painted with fabric paint. Machine quilted. This was my first attempt at beading on my quilts and painting the figure. I learned a lot from the experience.

There’s a Bug on the Wall

Connie Matheu

Fused, fabric, machine quilted, embellished with beads sewn on by hand. This evolved based on the background fabric which reminded me of wallpaper and the bug just evolved, a metamorphosis.

Star Dreams

Connie Matheu

Strip pieced and fused, beaded and machine quilted. I wanted to create a stripped piece using blue, green and red to show a color harmony.

Star Dreams

Connie Matheu

Machine quilted, beaded, painted. This is a picture of the moon as a multicolored satellite. I got the idea from a show in Houston, TX on space.

Sunset Marsh

Connie Matheu

Used pieced strips & templates to make the design. Machine pieced & hand beaded. I wanted to make a colorful nature quilt that would depict a marsh, night sky and a sunset sky.