Tag: 9/11 Bead Quilt

These beaded squares were created for the 9/11 Bead Quilt Project —a global, collaborative work of memorial art. 

This block of squares can be found on the third panel of the NY quilt (click here to view all of the panels created for this project). The image includes the contributors’ names, and any statements they provided are included below.

Charlene Hughes, California: Charley didn’t include a statement with her square, but I can’t pass by her name without acknowledging just how much she contributed to this project! She egged me on (for better or for worse) when deciding whether to try to make this project a reality, and she continued to hold my hand when things got real. She was a regional coordinator for the state of CA, and a trusted advisor and confidant.

The majority of the quilt squares are one-of-a-kind works designed and created by the artists who donated them. However, there are many beadworkers who prefer to work using patterns. To accommodate this, several beadwork designers created patterns for the project and made them available to the public. One very popular pattern was a rose with an American flag background, which was designed by Charley. We didn’t realize how popular this pattern was until a group of children decided to count them out. There are 11 of these squares!

Thank you Charley, for all that you gave us.

Pat Sohns, Wisconsin:  “Remember Them” I want to remember that each individual of the 1000’s who died in this unprovoked terror attack loved and was loved. Not only did each individual lose his life, but he was lost to the circle of family and friends who grieve.

Kathleen Hoohuli, Hawaii: To the victims, the survivors, the rescuers: Heroes all, we will never forget.

Patti Large, Washington: My bead design was done by Charlene Hughes and was from Bead-Patterns.com. I used this design to bead because it shows the twin towers intact as I wish to remember them, even though in reality they are no more. They are symbols of freedom that were taken from us but stand in our minds as unity for this country.

These squares were created using flat peyote stitch.

These beaded squares were created for the 9/11 Bead Quilt Project —a global, collaborative work of memorial art. 

This block of squares can be found on the first panel of the NY quilt (click here to view all of the panels created for this project). The image includes the contributors’ names, and any statements they provided are included below.

Leah Henriquez-Ready, New Mexico: The face comes from my favorite button store in the garment district of New York City, so I knew she had to be on the square. The quote is the last part of a quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrating the human spirit’s resilience. “What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within.”

Techniques include bead embroidery, flat peyote, and surface embellished beadweaving.

These beaded squares were created for the 9/11 Bead Quilt Project —a global, collaborative work of memorial art. 

This block of squares by Washington artists can be found on the second panel of the PA quilt (click here to view all of the panels created for this project). The image includes the contributors’ names, and any statements they provided are included below.

Trina Smith, Washington: Red, white and blue stripes with quilled immature eagle feather to honor my native culture.

Laura Norman, Washington: I am still shocked by the events of 9-11-01, but this project has given me an outlet to work through my feelings.

Techniques include bead embroidery, quillwork, cabochon bezeling, and peyote stitch.

These beaded squares were created for the 9/11 Bead Quilt Project — a global, collaborative work of memorial art. 

This block of squares can be found on the second panel of the PA quilt (click here to view all of the panels created for this project). The image includes the contributors’ names, and any statements they provided are included below.

Catherine Bond, Virginia: I think the imagery is pretty straightforward. This is the largest piece of peyote I have ever done.

Lucy Jane Atkinson, England: I have taken my design from the Celtic Triple Enclosure, which represents the human consciousness. The outer colour green symbolizes the life of the sensations. Blue is the colour of peace and contemplation, and denotes faith and compassion. The centre colour violet is a focus for meditation and denotes sorrow and mourning.

Laura Taylor, England: The square is Pandora’s box represented as aircraft luggage. The box is open, the miseries of the world have escaped and only Hope remains, in the form of a crystal heart.

Techniques include flat peyote stitch, loom work, and brick stitch.

These beaded squares were created for the 9/11 Bead Quilt Project — a global, collaborative work of memorial art. 

This block of squares can be found on the third panel of the DC quilt (click here to view all of the panels created for this project). The image includes the contributors’ names, and any statements they provided are included below.

Marya LeMieux Vafaei-Makhsoos, Minnesota: “Reach for Hope” One image which repeated in my mind was the thought – the hope that they would find survivors in the rubble. But as the days passed, & nobody was found, I knew that there had been some trapped & helpless in the heap, who died helpless. We all had hoped…

Cisco Cosgrove, Minnesota: America Weeps

Catherine B. Benecke, Wisconsin: My square reflects my hope that one day our country will find peace

Rosemary Ighel,  Minnesota: This graphic was created by David Paranteau, who graciously allowed me to use it for the BeadQuilt. The horrible events of 9/11 will touch us all for a long time to come. It is comforting to see the beading community representing our nation as a whole, carrying on in the face of adversity,  and working to find ways to heal what has been broken in us all.

Techniques include flat peyote stitch and bead embroidery.