Tag: square stitch

  • Turquoise tubes

    I bought these fat white heart tubes a while ago, the seller thought they were either Czech or French.  I’m guessing Czech, but I’m really not that knowledgeable.  They’re large in diameter, with large holes.  A 15 would fit inside.  I’ve been messing around with paper and pencil, and then with beads, trying to figure…

  • A small gift

    I made this last night for a friend who deserved a little something. I tried to make it reversible, using a blue-green like the Swarovskis to edge the right angle weave on one side, and the gray on the other. However, I do not have a bead in a charlotte or Japanese 15 that looks…

  • Another blue ring

    I didn’t cut up the old one, I have a few of these inexpensive blue lapis cabs! I haven’t submitted instructions for any article proposals for a while, and thought I’d give it a try with this ring. Practices have changed in the last couple of years; instructions need to be completed for the proposal…

  • Small pendant

    For a friend…. Okay, now I really want to buckle down and figure out a more substantial project to do next. I like doing bigger projects, but sometimes it’s hard to start them (and then there’s the stage at about 2/3 complete, where the end never seems to be in sight). I have a Jo…

  • Earrings from L’atelier

    This artist from Belgium has some great pieces. Check out her blog; in the upper left she has some instructions (Mes schémas), both for sale and free. Her strawberry and spiral beaded bead are just phenomenal. Her recent post, of spiral flat square stitch earrings, prompted me to make my own. Hers are better —…