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Palawan toggle?
Remue-ménage recently published a design on her blog entitled Palawan, a very sleek-looking 4-around herringbone that encapsulates larger beads. Her instructions are here. The diagrams are plenty, if you’re like me and don’t speak French. Below is my attempt — which I may or may not use — to make the ring part of a…
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Beadwork — at a train museum?
The Tower-Soudan Historical Society Historical Center in Tower, MN (train sounds play on launch), is housed in a depot and notably has a steam locomotive, a caboose, and a coach car that can be rented for events. In the Depot are artifacts from the area, which includes beadwork from area tribes, likely Anishinaabeg. These are…
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Blue beaded bead
This is perhaps the first bead in a swap in which I’m participating. I need to see if I continue to like it after a few days! It’s peyote over a 12mm wooden bead as armature.
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Bead blogs to enjoy
A few more blogs added to this blogroll, and my feed reader: EP Originals Les Perles de Soda Erga GyöngyÉlete
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Bead looming again, part 4
This is more than halfway done. Overall, I’m happy with it. I think the light green petals surrounding the flower center need to be darker; they’re barely visible. Also, I like Hoffman’s original choice of colors better, but I expected that. He’s the color expert! I’m not trying to match bead-for-bead the bead placement that…