Quilter Jane Burch Cochran utilizes multitudes of beads and buttons for her extraordinary and eye-catching works of fabric art.  Combining her training as a painter with love of fabric, along with beads and buttons and other embellishments, she creates spectacular pieces like “Crossing to Freedom” which hangs in the Group Entrance of the Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
“Her process is mind-boggline and free-flowing,” says staff writer Marilyn Bauer at Cincinnati.com.
(There’s also a photo of this fantastic quilt with Ms. Bauer’s article.)
You now may find ideas for using an accumulation of beads and buttoms you may have cached away!