Dulcey Heller

Tag: peyote

  • Orange beaded bead necklace done!

    It’s done!  My plan, as I was working on it, was that the clasp (button) would be worn jauntily off-center.  I think it looks best centered.  It literally took me hours to string, and that was after I had laid out the design.  Here’s the lesson to take away from this:  when making right angle…

  • Button centerpiece

    Here’s what I’ve made the button into — my intention is to string it though the shank on the back, hopefully hiding the clasp underneath it.

  • Not serious beading, but fun!

    I haven’t been doing that much beading lately, and miss it.  I needed a reward for doing a disliked task (mending), so at the fabric store, while picking up thread, grabbed these buttons.  A few minutes of peyote later, and I have a ring!

  • Vielen Dank, Mariposa!

    At the end of December, Mariposa generously wrote detailed instructions for these beaded beads, and posted the pdf on her blog here.  I was able to make the beads without any translation tools, simply using the exploded diagram on the last page. So I could more easily see where the increases were, I counted the beads…

  • Start of a torso

    Maybe. Here’s the first attempt; I’m hoping that this is about the waist. I’m unsure of proportions. I learned to make figures years ago, and my experience is quite limited. I know that I can build a figure starting anywhere, but the only ones I’ve made have been face, then head; waist, then building up.…