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Pearl carpet of Baroda
Just in case you’ve missed postings on various boards/groups about this carpet up for sale at Sotheby’s, circa 1865…. The starting bid is $5 million U.S for this 5’8″x8’8″ carpet made of pearls, glass beads, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. The foundation is deer hide and silk, and this is one of what was originally…
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Remembering Cindy Etsy shop – last chance!
The Etsy shop is closing on Sunday, February 15th. This is your last chance for a lovely beaded art doll, or your own set of postcards of this project, started by Cindy McCornack, and finished by her friends from the Bead Art Forum. All proceeds are going to the American Lung Association. Thank you!
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Quilt project – completed!
Here it is, all done! The color is more accurate on the first picture. The fin is brick stitch, attached to about 1/3 of its length, then it comes off the face of the beadwork and gives it some dimensionality. I’m satisfied, even with its flaws. I did improve on this technique and blending as…
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Quilt project – part 4
Fish face! This looks better to me. Now, the middle section.
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Quilt project – part 3
I’ve done a little more, and I’m not entirely satisfied, but don’t have time or beads to make it better. This is what happens when you don’t do samples: you don’t realize that the oranges that looked enough different in the tube are almost exactly alike on the fabric. Also, there’s a couple of lines…