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Lisa Businka beaded bead
Lisa recently posted her instructions for making this beaded bead on her blog. The text is in Russian, but the pictures are generous and clear. I have very few beads that are not seed beads, so I started by searching for 6mm rounds, as she states. I didn’t find much in my stash, but gave…
Blue beads plus extras….
So I haven’t done any more blue beads, but I did make 3+ other beads for this set. I’m envisioning making some sort of centerpiece out of the button, like the button is the center of a flower of fringe, perhaps. The clasp, I’m hoping, will be hidden underneath it. The orange beads will be…
Vielen Dank, Mariposa!
At the end of December, Mariposa generously wrote detailed instructions for these beaded beads, and posted the pdf on her blog here. I was able to make the beads without any translation tools, simply using the exploded diagram on the last page. So I could more easily see where the increases were, I counted the beads…
More beaded beads
A slowly progressing project is making more right angle weave beaded beads, to eventually string into a necklace with a wonderful button as a clasp (I’d like to figure out a great embellished loop for the button). I have one orange bead to include. I’m making a bunch of these blue beads. The orange bead…
A wonky crown jewel
Here’s the result of the beaded bone bezel beads below; this is sort of a folk art rendition of a Laura McCabe design. Take irregular bone beads (18mm across), bezel and join them as instructed, and you get a 30mm beaded bead. This is too big for me to wear, so it’ll be a desk…