My wonderful mother and sister heard about this upcoming project and sent me a mountain (well, may just a small mountain) of seed beads to work with. I have this Batik panel that I bought in Hawaii a few years ago with the intention of someday making it into a small wall-quilt for my bathroom. Now that I have Friday's free to work on hand-work (while my daughter is skiing) I decided to work on a bead project. I just recently received Nancy Eha's new book
"Bead Creative" and decided now would be a good time to practice beading on a small quilt. Not having the time (or patience) to actually piece something I decided that the Batik panel would be the perfect practice recipient. Stay tuned for more updates.....
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After a quilt quilting session with Quilters Dream blend batting and Superior Threads the batik is ready for beading. |
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A small section; partially done after 7 hours of beading. I'm sure glad that I decided to start with a small panel! |
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The selection of seed beads that my mom and sister mailed to me. Jackpot! |
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Nancy's book is a wonderful resource for quilting on art quilts. |