Betty loves fungi, and if you look at the underside of fungi and see the ribs radiating out of the gills, that is where the basis for the design of Crescendo came from. And if you start to look at different mycological pictures you'll see that they come in all kinds of colors and shapes like the ones on Betty's quilt. It has couched cording to represent the radiating ribs and hand beading for the spores.

 

 

Learn about Surface Application from Betty, and our other Surface Design Masters, in our second Surface Design Masterclass, Using Surface Applications | Surface Design Masterclass 2.

 

See more of Betty's quilts in How to Paint on Silk with Betty Busby | Block Design with Cyndi McChesney.