I’m a Believer

September 6, 2012 / Jenny /

I thought I was done with “Mom’s Lily Bed”, formerly known as “Lily Quilt“. Just for grins, I thought I might add beads to the outer border, since I already had put them in one of the inner borders. I’ve been following Kathy Schmidt’s blog and she does some really nice beading on her art quilts. I guess her beading got stuck in my head and I thought what the heck, let’s see if this does anything for this quilt. So here we are without beads. Pretty. I’m a little leary of the whole embellishing thing because IMHO the quilting world has gone crazy with Embellishing. I’m not conviced that all that, um, stuff, does anything for the quilt. But Kathy does it well and I like how her beads enhance her quilts, so I gave it a try. Wow, this really does enhance the quilt! It’s pretty subtle I know, and it won’t slap you in the face from across the room like some embellishing does. But it really makes the quilting here pop!

So I guess I’m a convert to beading and maybe even a little bit to the bling side. Sure worked on this quilt!

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14 Comments

  1. Roxane Lessa on September 6, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    I love it!



    • jennyklyon on September 6, 2012 at 4:01 pm

      Thank you! Love it when something actually works!



  2. quirksltd on September 6, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    Wooo hoooo!!!! Another convert! Love it, love it, love it! And while I also love over-the-top beading, it truly is not suitable for everything. Your beading is a definite enhancement to this quilt without any ‘in your face’ scariness. Lovely! (Beads….hahahaha!)



    • jennyklyon on September 6, 2012 at 4:00 pm

      Yup, you’re my inspiration! I’m a convert.



  3. quiltfever on September 6, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    You chose a perfect color for the beading. It does really work!



    • jennyklyon on September 6, 2012 at 11:12 pm

      I spent about an hour at the bead store-unfamiliar territory to me-to choose the beads. The owner must really wonder about a customer that spends an hour on a $6 purchase!



  4. Laura Conowitch on September 6, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    That looks terrific Jenny!



    • jennyklyon on September 6, 2012 at 11:12 pm

      Thank you!



  5. bertcollections on September 6, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    The beading finishes it beautifully. Definitely a good addition to the design.



    • jennyklyon on September 7, 2012 at 3:33 am

      Thank you- really wasn’t too sure it was a good addition until I got a few rows on and I saw that it really did enhance it!



  6. Marti Meadows on September 7, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    Beautiful! I can’t wait to see the final reveal.



    • jennyklyon on September 8, 2012 at 1:42 am

      I have some “remedial” work to do and will try your soaking method once I get done beading.



  7. Franki Kohler on October 12, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    The beads are perfect! So glad to see you’ve fallen for the bling.



  8. jennyklyon on October 13, 2012 at 5:29 am

    Don’t expect TOO much bling out of me!