Your Work

Using peyote stitch, SaraBeth Cullinan made simple straps that allow the focus of "The Glamour" from Beading Her Image to remain the portrait. Note how the edges incline diagonally toward the straps. This is much more aesthetically pleasing than if they were stitched to end horizontally. These diagonal lines enhance the scooped out collar area of the center section.

SaraBeth Cullinan changed the designates colors for Arabian Nights so they are more analogous, and added a brilliant sparkle of gold cut beads, resulting in a sophisticted, mellow color scheme.

Look what Linda Thompson-Mills of Pleasant Hill, California has created using the "Nouveau" pattern from Out On A Loom. The omission of the amber gold and a background of rich blue (rather than raspberry) change the piece, making it feel more solid and quiet.

Keith Pearson took "Nouveau" (from Out On A Loom) and made it his own, with a cooler, more masculine color scheme and repeating the face motif in the straps. Notice how he re-designed the bottom above the fringe, so it ends with the large, sweeping curve, omitting the final right-sweeping curve. Frieda Bates assisted with the weaving. Both pairs of earrings are gorgeous. What a success!

Frances Hill-Tornese wove "Owl FLight" according to the pattern in Out On A Loom. Notice her exquisite fringe.

The tapestry pattern "Purple Garden" comes to life in the masterful weaving of Joanne Muzzy.

This is one of the most creative interpretations of a pattern yet. Lela Holcomb loomed "Grace" from Beading Her Image and stuffed it, making it dimensional, bas-relief beadwork. She finished the edges with a fancy stitch incorporating 4mm faceted amber beads.

Medina Franco wove green into her version of "Snake Goddess" from Beading Her Image and I love it. This new color strongly accentuates the snake-like curve of the left arm, and makes the piece more playful.