Fused, beaded, quilted. It was a cold winter and I needed to see the spring flowers.
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Spring Awakening
Meditation in PurpleCathy Mendola
beaded, machine pieced, fused, machine embroidered, stapled to canvas frame & mounted in a floating frame I started the beaded centerpiece in order to practice beading. I became ‘hooked’ on the calming, repetitive motion of beading. To me it’s like meditation. The remaining quilted portion just grew as I continued to ‘meditate’ on this piece!
Meditation in Turquoise & RedCathy Mendola
beaded, machine pieced, fused, machine embroidered, stapled to canvas frame & mounted in a floating frame This piece was started after finishing the beaded centerpiece for ‘Meditation in Purple’. I was hooked on the beading process & needed to do more!
Almost Vintage StarsMary Meyers
Machine pieced and machine quilted by Debbie Bookman. I had fun selecting the 54+ fabrics for this quilt. My biggest challenge was blocking the stars to make them lie flat and then trimming them!
Only in RoatanElizabeth Mini
Machine quilted, hand dyed background, hand appliqued small fish, machine satin-stitched large fish, hand=stitched binding backing – tropical fish If we look at our oceans with all these beautiful creatures, we remind ourselves that we can start NOW to protect them for future generations so that when we travel to places like Roatan, Honduras ourContinue reading “Only in Roatan
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Unlocking MysteriesElizabeth Mini
Hand-quilted, use of a fabric known as “Gosien”. Back fabric is a pattern of keys. The keys were collected & hand sewn to the quilt. Quilt is hand-stitched binding. If you ever had a bucket of keys collected over the years, here is an interesting way to recycle them. Also, the smaller ones from myContinue reading “Unlocking Mysteries
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Giant Churn DashArdis Mistak
Machine pieced and quilted. This bed quilt was designed for and used as a bed spread in my winter home guest room.
Play on CirclesArdis Mistak
Machine pieced by me. Machine quilted by Sallie Leuth. This quilt was started in a workshop and so much fun to complete.
Textured Shawl / PonchoArdis Mistak
This shawl was knitted with every textured yarn I could find in my “stash”.