Be Happy

My finished piece from Susan Sorrell's Class.

I finished beading the piece on the front and then I used bright green beads and small alphabet beads around the border. On the front it reads "Be Happy", around the edges it reads, "Rules to live by - Love everyone you meet" the alphabet beads hanging down read, "Give kisses and Come when you are called". I used spirals of beads and bugle beads on the ears of my happy dog along with a lot of embroidery stitches to enhance the piece. Click on the photo's to enlarge them and you will be ble to see the details much better.

When I got to this point I felt like the piece was not finished so I decided to mount it on canvas.

The larger alphabet beads around the outside read "What do you mean all I do is bark, I am a dog and that is my job. WOOF". The blue beads which go through the alphabet beads are strung on wire. This was a fun piece to make, I enjoyed the intricate beading and the challenge of figuring out the border.

I am not satisfied with the black canvas. I should have painted several coats of black before I mounted the quilted piece. Perhaps it would photograph better if the canvas was more opaque.