Myrle Borine

After a year and 200,000 delica beads later  I finished a 3' wide by 4' long beaded quilt.  I was inspired after seeing a quilt show at the Michener Museum.  The second picture shows a close-up detail of the quilt.

The Japanese kimono is one of the world's instantly  recognizable traditional garments.  The word kimono literally means "clothing" and up until the mid 19th century  it was the form of dress worn by everyone in Japan. Myrle's large kimonos are about 22"wide  x 30" high while her smaller ones are 8"wide x 10" high.  When she was just beginning to bead, Myrle visited a museum  and saw a piece of material from an old tomb displayed between  two pieces of glass. It set her to thinking...  what a good way to show both sides of a flat piece!   So she immediately proceeded to display her small one-sided   kimonos between two pieces of Plexiglas.  This means of display wasn't well suited to many exhibitions  so Myrle went to free-standing, clear Lucite stands.  With her new kimono stands, she was able to actually make  more realistic beaded kimonos with both fronts and back...