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…
My BFAC necklace is up for auction!
Here’s my necklace up for auction on eBay for Beading for a Cure, a project to honor Layne, a beader who lost her fight with colorectal cancer. All proceeds go to the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association. The button on the top of the left column links with the Beading for a Cure website, the…
Pearl carpet of Baroda
Just in case you’ve missed postings on various boards/groups about this carpet up for sale at Sotheby’s, circa 1865…. The starting bid is $5 million U.S for this 5’8″x8’8″ carpet made of pearls, glass beads, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. The foundation is deer hide and silk, and this is one of what was originally…
Nancy Eha brown bag lunch
Nancy opened her talk at the Minnesota Textile Center by saying that she has always done needlework, and listed many different kinds. She said typically, she’d spend two years on a particular form, and then move on. Her first introduction to beads was actually at the Mall of America and the now-closed Bead It —…
Goodbye, Bead Museum Washington DC
Looking at their website today, I see that the Bead Museum has closed. I never made it there, for which I’m very sorry. I am planning a trip to DC in a year or two, and was hoping to visit….