More Bead Quilt Patterns

Here are some more Bead Quilt patterns.  I apologize for the lay out being a bit winkey.  It's been a while and I need to get reacquainted with HTML.

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.

2012-2013 Bead-It-Forward bead-quilt project

This yearthe  Bead It Forward Bead Quilt is being organized by Bead and Button.  In the past, Jeanette Shanigan has organized the Bead Quilt project, but she has passed the torch to Bead and Button staff to oversee the project.  Every year the Bead Quilt helps raise awareness and money for breast cancer research.

This project is one that is near and dear to my heart, and I have taken it as a reason to get back to bead blogging.  Over the past year-and-a-half I have pretty much allowed myself to be too busy to "get around to it."  So rather than spend energy feeling guilty, I'm going to present some patterns for this years Bead Quilt.

The theme is "Flowers: Stitching to find a bloomin' cure."  In addition to the new patterns I designed today, I also have a gallery of rose quilt square patterns that could be used as well.  

 I encourage folks to use these patterns as a starting point.  Please change colors, or the design, to reflect your work and ideas.

four part and nine part hand patterns for bead quilt

Since getting a hand to show up in any sort of detail within the confines of 1.5 inches is pretty hard, I thought I would experiment with designing squares that would go together like a puzzle.

Here is the first attempt.  I think it turned out pretty good.

This one is in nine parts, and shows a baby hand grasping a thumb.

There's just something about a tiny baby's hand holding onto you that is special and sweet and heart touching.  I know I am sentimental, but it would have to be a hard heart indeed that wasn't touched by a baby's hand. 

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!

second set of Bead Quilt hand patterns