Christmas tease 1
Excuse me, I must go wrap….
Pick success!
This one works! Self-supporting, which is what I was stubbornly trying to do. My favorite beaded bead with a support is a clear plastic bead covered with transparent seed beads in right angle weave – you can get some great effects with the interaction of the two colors. This is the one that preceded…
Beading daily in November
Beading daily this November didn’t work for me. I was able to maintain the first two+ weeks (minus two days, I believe), but the second half of November just didn’t work. Why? Mostly because my mental energies were elsewhere. I am busy, but I could have found some time. I wish I could have done…
Rug palette
I’ve done this a few times, where I take a picture of a rug (usually), and build a palette using its colors. Sometimes I make something with that palette, but not always. This rug is from the Iowa Old Capitol in Iowa City, Iowa. The University of Iowa campus is built around the building, which…
Failure in pink
Actually, I discovered two ways that don’t work for a beaded bead. I think I can probably find more! I like the dodecahedron, but I can barely wedge the needle into the 8s. I can’t fight it for all the rest of the sides.