Dulcey Heller

Category: Jewelry

  • New necklace design

    I wanted to create something simple in appearance, clean-looking in design, and interesting. I like it – it combines stack stitch and right angle weave, using just two colors. I can see the possibilities with color; I think black for the stack stitch part, and various brights for the right angle weave part would be…

  • False starts

    Or is it learning opportunities? I also am trying out a different camera. An interesting process, that. Once I figure it out, it should give me the best pictures yet. This photo is done with as complete of a depth of field as I currently know how. More of the shot is in focus than…

  • Pünktchenketten

    This translates as something like “little dot chain.” Spiral stitch without advancing! This is another from Claudia Schumann’s Spiralketten. Another gift. Next spiral necklace, I’m going to keep…

  • Picot spiral

    I recently purchased Claudia Schumann’s Spiralketten, a book of her spiral stitch variations. The text is in German, but if you understand spiral stitch, her instructions are easy to follow. The basic variations are described and illustrated at the beginning, and pictures of various spirals and their stringing/beading count follows. This is her picot spiral,…

  • My Bead Around the World 2012 beads

    Here are my beads! I made the bead on the lower right, and the others were made by participants to go with it. I think I want to highlight the bead top center with an orange rope — there’s an orange luster in the bead. I plan to make the others into a necklace. I…