Recently I won a copy of Nancy Eha's wonderful book entitled, Bead Creative Art Quilts. http://www.beadcreative.com/  Nancy was a guest of Beth Schnellenberger http://quilterbeth.blogspot.com/ on one of my favorite blogs to follow, And Then We Set It on Fire, see link to this blog on the right.  The book arrived today and it is filled with great diagrams and examples. I want to thank Beth and Nancy for their wonderful tutorials and for the great, inspirational book.  Beads can really add a lot of texture and sparkle to a quilt..  Below are pictures of a quilt where I used beads in the center of the flower.

Petalicious  52" by 45"

Closeup of beaded center