Button and bead mullet fish plaque

This fish measures 12 inches long by 5.5 inches high. It's for sale at the Bowery Art Gallery, Apalachicola, Florida (https://www.boweryartgallery.com).

Button and Bead Chameleon Wall Plaque

Title: Chameleon

Materials: Cotton interfacing, buttons, beads, sequins

Size:  7 H x 12 W

Year: 2015

This piece was made by sewing buttons and beads with Nymo thread onto a stiff interfacing.

 

Button and bead mullet fish

                                                                                   

This framed mullet fish measures 18 inches long. I recently sold it at the Bowery Art Gallery (www.boweryartgallery.com) in Apalachicola, Florida.

Button & bead alligator wall plaque

This alligator measures about 10 inches from snout to tail and has a bracket on the back so that it can be hung on a wall. I made it by sewing buttons, beads, and sequins on a stiff interfacing cut out in the shape of an alligator. 

Then more layers of interfacing were added and painted to make the piece stiff and waterproof. It is currently for sale at The Bowery Art Gallery (http://www.boweryartgallery.com; (850) 653-2425) in Apalachicola, Florida.

Button and Bead Hummingbird Wall Plaque

This hummingbird measures about 6 inches from beak to tail feathers and has a bracket on the back so that it can be hung on a wall. I made it by sewing buttons, beads, and sequins on a stiff interfacing cut out in the shape of a hummingbird. Then more layers of interfacing were added and painted to make the piece stiff and waterproof. It is currently for sale at The Bowery Art Gallery (http://www.boweryartgallery.com; (850) 653-2425) in Apalachicola, Florida.

Buttons and Beads Cuban Tree Frog

I wasn't satisfied with the first tree frog I made (see earlier post), so I decided to remake it. I used more beads to emphasize the finer details, and I used an air-dry clay recipe (2 parts cornstarch to 1 part white Elmer's glue) to make the gold colored setting for the eyes. I like this frog better, but there is still room for improvement. I will continue to make more animal portraits because it's so much fun to paw through my old beads and buttons to build them. This frog measures about 14 inches long and is for sale at the Bowery Art Gallery in Apalachicola, Florida. 
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Tree frog made from buttons and beads

My friend Gloria and I were scheduled to take a class in embellishments from Frances Holliday Alford (www.franceshollidayalford.com/) last September at The City Quilter in Manhattan, but the teacher cancelled because she wasn't feeling well. After reading her article, "Outrageous Embellishments" in the Dec/Jan 2008 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine, I just had to try out her techniques on my own. So, I stitched the outline of a tree frog on a quilt sandwich, free-motion quilted the background, and then embellished the frog a la Alford. It was too much fun! The frog is about 9.5 inches high and 7 inches wide.