Bead Quilt 2012-2013

These rose patterns are from the first set of patterns I ever designed for the Bead Quilt three or four years ago.  The theme that year was "roses."  Since this year's theme is "flowers," I thought I would go ahead and post these here as well.  They were originally posted on Jeanette Shanigan's Yahoo group Beady Shanigans.

 As I mentioned, These were some of the very first I did for the Bead It Forward project.  I have to confess to having made some mistakes.  This first pattern accidentally is missing it's first row of colors.  I recommend just repeating the colors from the row below it.

Third Installment in the Bead Quilt patterns.

Holding hands

Shadow puppets

Psychedelic hand

These are the third batch of Bead Quilt patterns.  I will post more when I get back from the beach towards the end of July.  I plan on spending some time with my feet in the sand and water!

Bead Quilt 2011

Jeanette Shanigan has announced the new theme for the 2011 Beaders Against Cancer Bead Quilt on her Yahoo group, BeadyShanigans.

Jeanette wrote:

"Yes, the theme for 2011 will be hand or hands, so those of you who are eager to
get started, may do so. Remember that the guidelines for 2011 will not be
posted on my web site until late September, though."

So it's time to get busy with our hands and do some beady hand work depicting hands.

I jumped the gun a little bit and did a few patterns already.  Hopefully over the next few weeks I will be able to add several more.

more bead quilt patterns

I just wanted to let everyone know I added a few more patterns to the 2010 bead quilt patterns album.

Bead quilt patterns finally uploaded!

I have to tell everyone right now, that trying to get an image that looks anything like a turtle is hard! I got more amorphous junk every time I tried to do anything with detail. I finally sighed, and decided to "let go."

So most of the turtle images will be very simple. I usually can work in the small, 1.5 inch format, without too much agony. I have found that using the "colouring book method" works pretty well. But I will have to confess that this time I just couldn't get the image to cooperate.

I have decided to endeavor to persevere; I will not give up! So hopefully I will have more in the next week.

I finally added a bunch of turtle patterns for using in the bead quilt. The link for the entire album is below.

album of bead quilt patterns for 2010

2010 Bead Quilt

Okay folks! - It's that time again! - Time for the new patterns for the Bead it Forward Bead Quilt project. This is a project to raise monies for breast cancer research.

The theme this year is Turtles!

I promise I will be posting many more in the next few days, but here's my first one.

If you'd like to learn more about this project you need to go to Jeanette Shanigan's site, or the Beady Shanigans yahoo group. (A great bunch of folks!)

new pattern for the bead quilt

Here's a goddess pattern for the bead quilt. I just worked this up the other day and it looks great. I will post this pattern to the folder with all the rest later today or in the morning.

Two more squares - yay!

Here's two more Bead Quilt squares I did this morning.

The one on the right is a design I did for the Blue Ridge Beaders group. I am going to their meeting this Saturday to help spread info about the Beaders Against Breast Cancer, Pass it Forward Bead Quilt.

The blue waves are the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the star is the Big Star that sits up over Roanoke. And of course there is a heart.

Three more Bead quilts squares

Here's three more bead squares I finished this morning. That makes five so far, for me. I hope to do several more in the next couple of days. I found that I average about three hours a piece for these little boogers. I know I am also a bit slower than, so that should discourage others from knocking some of these out.

I wish I could have gotten them to show up in the scan as well as they look in person. Sigh. That seems to be true for a lot of bead work. Hopefully I will be posting more soon.

2009 Breast Cancer Bead Quilt

This years BC Bead Quilt is themed around hearts. I have worked on creating several patterns and put them all up in a folder in my picassa pics.

This addy will take you straight to them:

http://picasaweb.google.com/yardchicken2/BCQuilt2009HeartPatterns

Please participate in this project. you can also learn about ongoing efforts at Jeanette's yahoo group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beadyshenanigans/

This year, the group put in a phenomenal effort towards creating beadwork for the Bead Artists Against Breast Cancer bead auction, held at the Bead and Button Bead Expo.

For more info on the auction:

http://www.beadandbuttonshow.com/bnbshow/Default.aspx?c=a&id=369

Beaded Fish Tanks

http://www.shanigansbeadshenanigans.com/BCAquarium.html

Here's the link for all three finished beaded aquariums that will be going up for auction. since I have work in all three tanks, I wanted to share Jeanette's link to the pictures.

I'm already looking forward to the next challenge. I'm wondering what the new theme will be.

Beaded aquarium project

Each year Jeanette's group "beady shenanigans" works on a group project to auction in the Beaders Against Breast Cancer auction held each year at Bead Fest.

This year, Jeanette Shanigan has chosen beaded aquariums for a group project.

Here's a sea anemone I bead crocheted for the beaded aquarium project sponsored by the group. The link for the group is here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beadyshenanigans/

I also designed the background for aquariums 1 and 3. It was a challenge, because I don't normally design in herringbone, and I had to be sure to get the dimensions right, for fitting the tank. I also had to keep in mind that the colours needed to be kept to a minimum, and to factor in the cost of the colours chosen. Jeanette wrote the directions that appear with the graphs I designed.

Jeanette Shanigan who owns the group also sponsors beaded quilts for auction to raise money for breast cancer research. The bead quilts can be seen here.

http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com/BCQuilts08.html

and Jeanette's site is here:

http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com/

I designed several patterns and contributed a square to the rose quilt. I wished to do more, but have been a bit distracted by real life lately.

I really want to encourage everyone to try and participate in this cause. Even though it is now past deadline for this year, you can be sure there will be new plan for next year very soon. Be sure to check in on Jeanette's web sites to keep up, and in the loop.