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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…