Dulcey Heller

Tag: embroidery

  • A quick visit to the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts

    I love the MIA, its collection, its proximity to me, and the fact that it’s free — which means I can visit briefly if I don’t have a full half day to enjoy it.  I recently went to their Art in Bloom (post here), but it was too busy at that time to see these…

  • Quilt project assembled

    I received today an email with a picture of Dawn with her quilt, for which I had made a bead embroidered clownfish.  We all started with photo transfers, and embellished them as we wished.  Looks great!

  • Tell me about my purse…

    I needed to kill some time while away from home about a week ago, and wandered into an antique mall.  I found this purse, damaged and worn, but beautiful. Look, they’re true-cuts (bigger than charlottes): And the back.  Does this strap slip over your hand?  I have very small hands, and my four fingers just…

  • Ignoring the hole on a perfectly good bead

    In my feed reader, I found this post, from Lumina in Budapest, and wanted to play with the idea.  I used a bezel that was inspired by some French bezels (sorry, I no longer have the link), which I also used in my rings.  I did use the hole to help anchor the band of…

  • Pearl Carpet of Baroda sold

    Sotheby’s reports that it sold for $5,458,500 U.S.!  I wonder if it will end up in a museum, or in a private collection?