More too many blue beads
But still no successful idea: This is two 4-around herringbone connected. Awkwardly.
Too many blue beads!
So, here’s an idea for a project, driven by the fact that my drawer of blue beads is full. I had a mental picture of a series of blue interlocking links of various sizes in a long necklace. Something like this: Except, I don’t really like it in execution. I think I might in delicas,…
Are you beading every day in November?
Join Jennifer VanBenschoten of Beading Daily and me, and give it a shot! We did this last year too, and I think I was successful except for a couple of days. The gist is that we commit to beading, well, daily – as a take off on National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo. This is NaSeBeMo…
Bead Around the World 2012 necklace complete
Done! The black beaded beads don’t show up particularly well, but they are right angle weave, and acting as fillers/spacers. This is not a retiring necklace with these colors! The start bead for this collection is the blue multi-armed starfish with yellow tips on the right. I made the wheel bead in the center as…
Curating and collecting, and a quilter’s (beader’s) will
Earlier this year, I enjoyed “Curating Your Life,” a salon at the American Craft Council Library, where I work. It was a conversation with sociology professor Marybeth Stalp, art history professor Gabe Weisberg, and artist Harriet Bart. They talked about collecting and curating from their points of view: Marybeth is particularly interested in traditional quilters,…