Swirl beaded basket
Pretty thing, isn’t it? Last summer, when I took a class from Diane Fitzgerald, she gave us these instructions that are in the April/May Beadwork magazine. This is the piece that I made at that time; I knew they were going to be in Beadwork, so I waited to post this. The beads are Italian,…
More on tambour work
The latest issue of Piecework, an Interweave Press publication, caught my eye yesterday. Tambour embroidery is on the cover! And the article is by Bob Haven, who has commented on tambour beading posts on this blog. He writes of its history and basic technique, tambour hook and stitches, fabrics and frames. A project article follows,…
Curved plane experiment
It’s not exactly what I envisioned, but it works. I may use this idea for something, sometime.
Bead blogs!
Here’s a few more I’ve added, both to my blogroll here, and my feed reader. The more, the merrier! zoojabeads Szirtes Dóri nemezei és gyöngyei Abalorios Mincha Perlenelfe
Joyce Scott February 25th in Baltimore
Sonya Clark in Conversation with Joyce Scott is the title of this talk from 1-2pm at the American Craft Council show in Baltimore. If you’re going to be at the show, this would most definitely be worth a detour/break away from all the wonderful work on the floor!