Button necklace
I was scanning the book Bead Journey, a Kalmbach stringing publication, and saw a project stringing large tagua nuts shaped as buttons. It was a belt, connected with long loops of beading wire covered by rubber tubing. The tagua beads reminded me of these bone large-hole buttons that I bought more than 20 years ago…
Torso – part 2
I put down the easier part of the project for a bit, the carpet, and worked some today on the torso. I’ve built in the beginning of arms; now to continue the shoulders, neck, and attach the completed head. I’m not 100% confident I like the scale, it may be just a touch too small…
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Carpet part 1
Okay, I need a carpet about 6″x6″, I believe. Maybe a tad larger. Here’s about 1.25″ of the width. This is a good traveling project, one color of beads, no pattern to track. I use one-needle right angle weave, so it ends up with a grain. If I did two-needle, the beads would be more…
Check out the Remembering Cindy Etsy shop!
The Remembering Cindy shop, starring the Mystery Image Challenge panels, has had many things added to it. The panels are there to be ogled (and purchased!); postcards are available if you’d like the images on large, glossy postcards — 4 postcards, one panel/postcard. Beaded items, strung items, even painted items were originally donated by artists…