Beading. During a week-long session of the Split Rock Seminar at the University of Minnesota in July 2006 with Virginia Blakelock and Carol Perrenoud, Carol taught us how to make her Sea Urchin bracelet. It incorporates glass daggers from the Czech Republic and assorted seed beads. The hidden closure is a large hook and eyeContinue reading “Shimmering Sea Urchin
Beading. This was taught to me at a weekend retreat of the “Beaders’ Day Out” group by Doris Weinbaum, owner of the Bead in Hand store In Oak Park. The pattern came from the book “Beader’s Stash.” It is a compilation of patterns from various bead stores. This design was by Carol Cook and AnneContinue reading “Rose and Burgundy Collar
Put a Box top picture on Front Left Side (as on a puzzle box top) that shows that the Puzzle will look like when you reassemble the pieces on the back. Piece was appliquéd & then assembled onto a shirt. I used two colors of sweatshirt fleece and made the shirt half pink and halfContinue reading “Puzzle This!
Machine pieced, iron-on metallic thread, crystal beads, fabric sticks, some hand painted fabrics, double-needle play. When I look out my window I see the sun setting through black willow trees. The colors beautifully sway and change every evening, all summer long.
Hand painted, shibori, tulle-trapped appliqué, adhesives, felted wool, yo-yo’s, ? strips, cut-out ?, glittered fabric, fabric manipulation, machine quilted in layers and squished for movement. Inspiration was endless for this creation. Mickey Lawler’s fabric painting techniques as well as Bonnie McCaffey’s fantasy fabric ideas added to my already overflowing imagination that is constantly stretched byContinue reading “3DC
Hand piecing and quilting; machine piecing and quilting Find the cross-eyed Prince. View the back to see the Prince and His Bride. From a block by Pepper Cory called Pepper’s Pepper.
Hand-dyed, discharged, over-dyed and sun-printed cotton, machine stitched. The natural silhouettes of these simple weeds attracted me with their pure energy.
Hand-dyed, discharged, overdyed cotton. Machine pieced and stitched. I reflected on this piece while training for a long distance bike trip in Florence.
Hand dyed fabric, machine quilted, hand beaded Rain is a constant in Hong Kong. Every where you look, there are people with umbrellas, trying to stay out of the rain.
Beaded embroidery With every little bead sewn, another thought is woven. In the Chinese culture, 8 is a very lucky number. Many of the elements of this embroidery are based on the number 8.
Beaded embroidery I am an unofficial member of the Beaded Journal Project. This is my July page. I used found objects from a trip to Hong Kong in July and included memories of my trip. The pandas are included as my daughter was working with the new pandas in Hong Kong.
Hand dyed fabrics by quilter, machine appliqué, embroidered and quilted using wool batting. The lady slipper is hand painted. This quilt was constructed as part of a challenge for the 62nd Annual Orchid Show in Miami, Florida. I chose the lady slipper to honor wild orchids.