Alice Jenks
IQI Machine quilted. Spider is hand beaded with wire wrapping. I machine quilted it on a domestic sewing machine. The spider is an original design taken from a photograph of a spider on Google. The eyes are beads, the legs faux leather and the feelers twisted wire. He sits on a strip of Velcro soContinue reading “The Itsy Bitsy Spider’s Halloween
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Alice Jenks
IQI Machine appliqued, embroidered and quilted on a domestic sewing machine. Hand and machine beaded. Started in an NSNG workshop several years ago. It was supposed to be double-sided, but I opted for one side only.
Alice Jenks
Beading wire and beading thread used. Freshwater pearls come in many sizes and shapes. This set was planned to wear to my daughter, Susan’s, wedding but it wasn’t done by August 16. Now it’s ready to be worn.
Alice Jenks
Fused appliqué, machine appliqué & machine quilting. This exuberant rendition of the color wheel spins off into a cyclone.
Alice Jenks
Started in a Laura Wasilowski workshop using silk she dyed. The bird is a smaller version of a wire and yarn wrapped piece I designed many years ago. (Silk hand dyed by Laura Wasilowski. Bird is an Alice Jenks Original design. Crocheted edge of silk piece appliqued to background. Chain stitch variations on bird.)
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(somehow I missed this piece. If you have a photo of it, please e-mail it to me. Thanks-317)
Alice Jenks
Using a pattern I folded on an iridescent organza fused to interfacing, I added bugle beads, seed beads and one Swarovski crystal to each side. It will hang in my west window to add sparkle to my condo. (Folded paper pattern cut from iridescent organza, embellished with iridescent beads.)
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Beading, This is my interpretation of a classic beading stitch, Right Angle Weave. The center embellishment is what makes it original and special.
Alice Jenks
Polymer clay tube created with Mokume Gane technique. Kumihimo (Japanese braiding with a special device) strand was woven with a variegated thread in clear glass beads. Mokume Gane is a technique that was used by Japanese metalsmiths to imitae woodgrain. It first came to the attention of polymer clay artists in Nan Roche’s book “TheContinue reading “A Japanese Inspiration
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Alice Jenks
Polymer clay with quilting-type designs on the background. Started in an NSNG polymer clay workshop with Christi Friesen. The swirls in the background are very quilt-like. Beads were added using wire or thread.
Alice Jenks
Machine pieced and machine quilted by me. This is the third quilt I’ve made using this pattern from a class led by Judy Gould at an IQI Quilt-In sometime in the 1980’s. It was made for my son, JR, and his wife, Kara, and now also for their twins, Emerson Lee and Riley James JenksContinue reading “I Spy a Pair of Twins
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Alice Jenks
IQI Beading and wirework This potpourri of turquoise glass beads is accented by wirework components of Argentinian Silver. This has a higher silver content than Sterling and is less likely to tarnish.
Alice Jenks
IQI Machine pieced and quilted. A workshop with Linda McGehee was intended to result in a table runner. Instead I decided to make a Halloween Vest. A lime green Ultrasuede dress provided trim and ties to make this tabard-style vest adjustable.
Alice Jenks
/ IQI Hand-dyed fabric with some sun-dyed parts. Beads over all the black lines.
Alice Jenks
/ IQI Off-loom bead weaving.
Alice Jenks
/ IQI Wire working using silver wire with purchased glass beads.
Alice Jenks
Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted. Embellished with decorative butterfly buttons that were created by Susan Clarke. Started many years ago in a workshop with Nancy Pearson (probably in the 1980s). The appliqué was finished that year, but the piece was put away. It recently surfaced and I decided to finish it. I had originally started toContinue reading “Butterflies on an Iris Wreath
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Alice Jenks
Off-loom beading using peyote, right-angle weave and free form embellishment stitches. The bracelet was started in an NSNG workshop last April with Rachel Nelson Smith using her pattern and beads she provided in the class kit. For the necklace, using the same beads and starting with her concept of a peyote stitched background, I addedContinue reading “Sand and Surf
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