bead embroidery – Page 4 – Bead Art by Deb McQueen

AURORA

Beautiful show at Alaska House Art Gallery. Great First Friday crowd in town. Thank you, Yolanda Fejes.

Finished! I put in about 8 hours of beading today. Trimming, backing and edging. This is the last of 4 pieces I am doing for a March show. I will post all of them on the day of the Show. Thanks for following along, deb

Follow Along Day 8

I completed the main beading late last night, added some tassels tonight. I will trim, add backing and start the edging tomorrow. For those asking about the size, it is a 5 inch circle.

Follow Along Day 7

Almost done with the main part, should be done tomorrow. Now to decide on my edging.

Follow Along Day 6

Making progress

Follow Along Day 5

No beading yesterday, bummer. I got a good bit done today. This piece is filling in nicely. Enjoy.

Follow Along Day 4

I am pleased with how this is coming together. I put in 2 hours earlier today and 1 hour this evening.

Follow Along Day 3

I am using a mix of bead sizes in this piece, so placement is a little more time consuming than usual. but I love to use my tiny 22/0 beads.

Follow Along Day 2

This is 3 hours of beading. I put down 3 beads at a time, go back through those beads, then lay a stitch between every-other bead to keep them in place. After I have finished a complete row around I go through each bead again.

Follow Along

I have been beading busy! Yes, beading busy. I have a new show in Feb. just set up for that today. Will get pics up soon. I also have 1 piece in an invitational show, and I am working on 4 pieces for a show in March. Whew. I think now is a good timeContinue reading “Follow Along”

New Bead Art

Three new bead art pieces for my next show! Au; The Northern Element This is a multimedia invitational art exhibit . Curated by Elizabeth Eero-Irving.

64th Parallel

First Friday at the 31st Annual 64th Parallel Exibition The guest juror this year was Jovencio de la Paz. He gave a very interesting lecture Monday night, after a long day in the Bear Gallery. Fairbanks area artist submitted over 200 entries. I think we wowed him Fairbanks! I don’t know how he narrowed itContinue reading “64th Parallel”