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Tropical Tango

Tropicalfishfinale

Tropical Tango (how is that for a name?) is finished except for a label and then it is off to Los Altos to be previewed. Hope they like it. This is the third and I think last of these that I will do.

Here are some close-ups. (Warning to June Underwood – there are lots of beads here!!)

Jellyfishcloseup

A close-up of a beaded jelly fish and a schools of beaded fish.

Seahorsecloseup

A sea horse beaded with bits of coral beads and another beaded jelly fish.

Tropfishcloseup1_1

Notice the black fish of the family swimming the wrong way.

Tropfishcloseup2_1

Beaded fish, beaded underwater plant life and a beaded sea bottom and another beaded jelly fish.

Tropfishcloseup4_1

Another view of beaded fish and jelly fish.

So there you have it. Now I have to get my pages done for the collaborative bird book and send it off to Lisa to finish her pages which she started when she was here. Tomorrow, Steph, Jack and M & M come back to Portland. Then on Thursday, my # 1 son, Mark, is coming in  to town with Jayme for the week-end. Yeah!!

15 Responses to “Tropical Tango”

  1. jessica says:

    what beautiful work
    what talent.

  2. June says:

    No, no, no, take it away, not beads aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh. They are coming to get me, help, no more beads……

    ahem. Whatever made you think of me, Gerrie? June

  3. June says:

    No, no, no, take it away, not beads aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh. They are coming to get me, help, no more beads……

    ahem. Whatever made you think of me, Gerrie? June

  4. June says:

    No, no, no, take it away, not beads aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh. They are coming to get me, help, no more beads……

    ahem. Whatever made you think of me, Gerrie? June

  5. Micki says:

    What a fun quilt. I love all of the beading you did. The jellyfish are great. What size is this?

  6. Shelina says:

    This is a great project. Nice overall visual, and you can look at the details all day. I love beads.

  7. Judy says:

    Hey Gerrie!!

    Love it…especially the black fish swimming upstream!!!

    Thank you for helping to ignite the flame under my fish wallhanging that needs to be finished!! Too much vacation and not enough work for this child!! You have fed me once more!!!

    Enjoy your weekend!!!

    Great job…thanks!!!

    xo

  8. KT says:

    Great job! I love the jellyfish and I especially love the shadows on the school of little fish. Brava!

  9. kathy says:

    The colors are spectacular. The jellyfish beading is perfect. Really fun and exciting quilt.

  10. janet says:

    If they don’t love it they must be crazy! That is a wonderful, playful, colorful quilt, and all the beaded details are like icing on the cake.

  11. DebR says:

    I like how it turned out, especially all the beads. (That must’ve taken ages!

  12. MsLizF says:

    Love this quilt! I love the little schools of bead fish and the black one going the other way…..too cool. I too love to do beading and love all the beads you have used. I know they will love this quilt.

  13. Jen Anderson says:

    Wonderful and whimsical, they are sure to love it. So, are you hooked on beading now or done with it for a while?
    Have a great visit with your son! Jen

  14. Kathie says:

    So whimsical! Isn’t it fun embellishing quilts like this?