Dulcey Heller

Tag: herringbone

  • Bead-around-the-world, group 2

    Here’s the second group of beaded beads for the Bead-around-the-world beaded bead exchange: These are for Angelica (the bottom black one), and Ulli (the green one, which is a significantly darker and more olive green than the photo, but I had to lighten it to see anything of the detail of the black beads). All…

  • Palawan bracelet completed

    Using this bracelet design by Remue-ménage, I have completed this bracelet: I really like how it looks. This toggle looks great, but isn’t as secure as I’d like, as the loop is fairly soft and doesn’t hold this great open square shape as well as it could. I have lengthened the bar once already. At…

  • Palawan bracelet, continued

    Now, to make a bar for the toggle. I would prefer the loop on a diagonal, so it looks less like a buckle, but the mechanics on getting that to work was more difficult.

  • 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…

  • Aquamarine earrings and more photography

    Okay, here’s with new lights: No color tweaking, just lightening it a little. These bulbs are significantly better (30 watt and 5000K), the color is good, but I want a whiter background than this. Part of the problem is that these tabletop light stands are 17″ above the surface of the table. In previous light…