Category: Jewelry

  • Triangle tube completed

    This was a satisfying project to complete.  I really like these beads together, and I like how the gold charlottes tie the clasp into the piece, at least somewhat.  Diane Fitzgerald’s instructions show a beaded ball and loop clasp, but I wanted to use a different clasp.  I chose to string the tube onto Softflex,…

  • Triangle tube

    Here’s another from Diane Fitzgerald’s Zulu Inspired Beadwork, the triangle tube.  I apparently didn’t get the step-up right, as it’s twisting.  However, I like it this way, so on I go!  I wonder if this is how Leslie Frasier did her first twisted herringbone, a fortuitous mistake? The purple, green, and clear are French lusters,…

  • 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…

  • Christmas presents

    Here’s some of what I gave away as beaded Christmas presents in addition to the O-rings I gave to coworkers.  First are right angle weave pendants with a Japanese chevron in the middle.  One side is squared and stiffened with red charlottes (the chevrons have a bit of red), and the other with green. These…

  • Slinky tube

    I’ve wanted to make one of Diane Fitzgerald’s slinky tubes for a while — these instructions are in her Zulu Inspired Beadwork, published by Interweave, and in her self-published More Zulu Beadwork.  Her instructions are for a 4-sided tube, and state that they can be made up to 10-sided.  Since I tend to try to…