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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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On Monday, we learned how to make beaded rings. Today, lets embellish those rings by making beaded flowers. Beaded flowers are very pretty and delicate, and can also be used for all kinds of jewelry, or as ornaments. I’ve chosen a violet for this bead flower tutorial, as it involves teaching you two different techniques [...]  Bead rings are simple and satisfying to make. You can achieve a multitude of different effects with the same basic technique, by varying the size, type, arrangement and number of beads. You don’t need huge amounts of expensive materials – just beads and wire, so they make great gifts if you’re on a tight budget. [...] Hey hey It’s been a pretty fab week here – I celebrated my 100th post, I’ve got a few more hours at one of my jobs (4 brand new kids classes), and I’m madly in lurve *lol* And my rhubarb seeds sprouted – yay! So what else has been tickling my fancy this week? [...] Well it’s been a pretty good week despite turning 34 (eep!) on Sunday. Behold, my first strawberry from my balcony ‘garden’! Yes, I was actually proud enough to take a picture of it. We hit 100 facebook fans today – why not join us? Plus life in general is pretty grand right now. Ooh, and [...] Fascinators, which are somewhere between millinery and jewellery for the hair, are becoming really popular right now. Fascinators can be as simple or as extravagant as you like, and can be mounted on various bases, from simple clips to hairbands. Today we’ll make a small clip fascinator, including a beaded wire flower. This is not [...] With its echoes of chainmail, coiled wire jewelry nicely captures the current ‘warrior-inspired’ trend. Today we’ll learn how to make short wire coils with a knitting needle, to add dimension to a simple gemstone pendant. For this project you’ll need: Jewellery wire – I used 22-gauge round silver wire Large bead, with a hole large [...] On Wednesday we learned how to embroider with beads by adding beads to a simple backstitch.Today lets have a look at a more traditional bead embroidery stitch. This stitch is also called backstitch (or ‘lazy squaw stitch’ by some Native American beadworkers – thanks CraftyBloke for that little tidbit). This stitch is time-consuming but simple [...] Beaded embroidery can turn the most mundane of items into something luxurious and beautiful. Today we’ll learn how to embroider with beads using backstitch, and make a beaded felt applique that you can sew or glue to anything, or wear as a piece of jewellery. Beaded embroidery has a long history, and there are many [...] Here’s an interesting way to make your own unique jewelry, by combining beads and handwoven textiles. The beads are an integral part of the weaving, rather than being sewn on afterward, and by mixing up beads, colours, shapes and weft materials you can create some truly stunning original pieces. These large-hole matte glass beads are [...] Hey everyone, we’re going (almost) daily! From now on, we’ll have projects and techniques on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and a small project on Saturdays, as usual – but we’ll also have book and product reviews on Tuesdays, and a roundup of the weeks best blog posts from around the web on Thursdays. Well, it’s [...] |
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