Artist profile: Paula Motsinger Meyncke

Artist profile: Paula Motsinger Meyncke

Red butterfly embroidery project-finished!

Here she is! I used all kinds of seed beads, 2 cuts, 3 cuts, transparents, etc., from coral to cranberry. She is backed with repurposed red suede. The problem is, I don't know how to finish her. I have her listed in my etsy shop as ready for a pin back, or a custom necklace. Any thoughts?

Red butterly embroidery project-in progress

 This is a red, whimsical butterfly embroidery project. For this one, I edged around the butterfly and her different sections, then raided my stash for a bunch of varying colors of red.

I've never really taken the time to learn peyote stitch, but finally got down to it a couple months ago. This was a time consuming but fantastic project! Delica beads of violet/lt bronze comprise the background, with puffed hearts in seed beads pop up dimensionally. I haven't learned odd count yet, so to even one edge, I used a row of brick stitch. It's amazing-the brick disappears into the peyote, and is an exact match. I edged the piece with 15 gold charlottes and finished off with a bronze vintage style stamped flower button and peyote loop. The color is a bit washed out in the photo, but is very vibrant in person. This item is available in my etsy shop.