UK Beaders

Unfortunately it is my very sad duty to tell you that Gill was killed in a road traffic accident last Sunday (14/06/09), whilst on holiday in Germany. Sadly she did not know that she had been voted our artist of the month but I would like to take the opportunity to share with you what she said about this creation that she entered into the challenge under the theme Flower Power.

A couple of years ago we had a very, very wet summer (which you might just remember!) and quite a bit of flooding in the area. Having just bought Diane Fitzgerald’s Beaded Garden book and lost so many plants in the garden because of the rain, I decided to bead my flowers instead of growing them that year. The base is netting and the flowers are made from various techniques including peyote, brick stitch and herringbone with Russian leaves. It sat unfinished for quite a while until the perfect answer for a fastener came along in the form of the dragonfly button.Its title simply had to be One Wet Summer - may there not be any need to make another version!

I hope like me you can keep in your hearts a memory of Gill, and how her words show than in a time of loss she found brightness and happiness in beading.