Meet Colette – A Quilter Who Loves Using Beads

Colette Dumont creates fabulous quilts and uses beads from Artbeads.com to add special details.

Here at Artbeads, we always love seeing how our customers use beads in new and unique ways. Colette recently contacted us to share some of her award-winning quilts. Her quilts are full of beautiful patterns, amazing details, and even beads! Take a look at one of her latest creations, the Fleur de Glace quilt.

Fleur De Glace quilt by Colette Dumont

This quilt is absolutely magnificent and it’s full of fun beads.� Fleur de Glace� means “Ice Flower” in French, and it’s easy to see why this quilt bears that name. Floral elements combine amazingly with icy touches.

Detail of Fleur de Glace quilt by Colette Dumont

The edges are scalloped with seed beads and more beads create beautiful touches throughout the quilt. Colette was kind enough to share some pictures of the beaded details you’ll find in her quilt.

Detail of Fleur de Glace quilt by Colette Dumont

This beaded snowflake pattern combines round seed beads and bugle beads in a frosty look that perfectly complements the thread pattern and fabric colors.

Detail of Fleur de Glace quilt by Colette Dumont

This detail features seed beads, crystal bicones and even a Rivoli at the center. I’m sure these elements just sparkle beautifully in real life.

Detail of Fleur de Glace quilt by Colette Dumont

Here’s another beaded snowflake detail from the quilt. This one features seed beads, bicones, and bugle beads.

Detail of Fleur de Glace quilt by Colette Dumont

It’s amazing how Colette uses beads to perfectly complement the patterns in her quilt. These beads fill up the space in the center of the purple fabric wonderfully and they also create fun geometric patterns.

Detail of Fleur de Glace Quilt by Colette Dumont

This beaded snowflake features fun iridescent colors, for a whimsical take.

Colette’s quilts have won awards in Canada and the US and it’s easy to see why. The detail, precision, and care that goes into her pieces are evident. Her Fleur de Glace quilt is currently a semi finalist in the American Quilters Society QuiltWeek for Fall in Paducah, Kentucky. We’re honored to be a small part of her quilting story!

We loved getting to know more about Colette’s work and are so glad she shared her work with us. If you use beads in unexpected ways, we’d love to hear about it in the comments below, or feel free to share pictures with us on our Facebook page. It’s always inspiring to see how our beads are being used.

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    • Ghislaine Bouffard
    • September 12, 2017
    Reply

    Bien beau, Félicitations

    • Vicky Gagné
    • September 12, 2017
    Reply

    félicitations, un travaille merveilleux

    • Marthe Fontaine
    • September 13, 2017
    Reply

    Magnifique oeuvre d’art…C’est éblouissant!
    Bravo!

    • paquerette
    • September 13, 2017
    Reply

    Très très beau, Félicitations

    • Laurette Fortin
    • September 13, 2017
    Reply

    Tres tres beau ,une oeuvre d Art ,Félicitation

    • Paquerette
    • September 13, 2017
    Reply

    Beau travail.

    • Georgette
    • September 13, 2017
    Reply

    Très beau,félicitations.

    • Nicole Perreault
    • September 13, 2017
    Reply

    Magnifique

    • Louisette & Marc
    • September 13, 2017
    Reply

    Félicitations. C’est une oeuvre exceptionnel.

    • Yves
    • September 13, 2017
    Reply

    Bravo Colette tu es toute une artiste

    • Ghislaine Champagne
    • September 14, 2017
    Reply

    Félicitation Colette pour ce grand talent.

  1. Reply

    Colette’s work is extraordinary! I shared this post with my readers when it first came out and forgot to let you know <3

    1. Reply

      Thanks for sharing, Cyndi! We are in love with Colette’s work, too!

    • Sita Dubeau
    • August 28, 2018
    Reply

    I am trying to contact Colette on behalf of our guild. Does anyone have an email address for her? Thanks!

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