My mom hardly ever worked with beads, she did do all kind of things with ribbons and lace. I don't know if she would put beads in a quilt for herself, maybe in flowers for embellishment. She was a down to earth person, very practical and no nonsense. I think she would not put lace in a quilt because she would have thought she would have had to iron it. Embroidery: yes. I'm not a lace type person myself though I did make bobbin lace for years and I loved to do that. She always admired my bobbin lace. I started a table cloth for her but she passed away before I was finished. I put it with her in the coffin.