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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Beadaliscious: Eye candy and puctuation

As addictions go, it started small. I worked in an antique mall for a while where there  were several people working in old Czech glass beads. I can ignore most gem beads. I can ignore crystal. But Czech glass can empty my pockets so fast it's like there's a hole. I made my fair share of necklaces and earrings and found myself way too involved quilting to play endlessly with beads.
But beads sneak in. They're so pretty. They're shiny. They're almost like candy without the calories. They also make fabulous details. When I did the embroidery for Tigrey Leads the Parade, almost all of the flowers in my gardens were great glass beads.
Where do they come from? I never pass on a bead shop, no matter where I'm traveling, but the bulk of these beads came from an amazing store that's literally down the street from me.
Blue Stem Beads. They're in my little town of Porter, but their collection is mighty and for the size, it's one of the best bead stores I ever saw. Almost all the beads for this book came from there.
These were hand stitched onto tea towels I embroidered. They were fabulous flowers and too much fun. You can see and purchase Tigrey Leads the Parade at my web site www.ellenanneeddy.com
You'll find Blue Stem Beads in Porter,Indiana (just an hour out of Chicago. It's an astonishment.
For the next few posts I'm going to talk about other cool and wonderful ways I've used beads and seen beads used in  quilting.
You'll find 



Blue Stem Beads at
300 Lincoln St # 1X


Porter, IN 46304-1894
(219) 926-9004

3 comments:

71square said...

Gorgeous. As always!

Rosalind Pollock said...

I am exactly the same! In fact the title for a display of my quilts is "Does it need beads?" as it is the last thing I do to give a little extra zing! :o)

Gloria said...

I've not yet added beads to my quilts, but am interested in knowing more about how they are used. Thanks for putting this together and I will be following along with you.

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