Medieval Ring

In trying to find an easy pattern to show others at the upcoming

private gathering in TN, I saw Maria Teresa's Medieval Ring

featured in the October 2009 Beadwork Magazine. Seemed simple

enough, but I work better from drawings, and it took me a couple

of tries to realize they were only showing half of a side of tubular

herringbone for the bits...snip, snip, and back to reading both the

written and drawn instructions. Finally got it put together- used a

12mm black tourmaline (repels negativity), transparent matte dk

silver and black delicas, and two 3mm Swar bicones at the sides.

It is very comfy to wear- I would recommend this pattern for someone

with some beading experience, or a beginner with patience and alot

of thread!Click on photo to full size.

Mysterious Mystique

She belongs to a friend of mine, who lives in VA. In an round robin

on a group I no longer belong to, she 'disappeared', or at least the

person who had received her (thanks to tracking, we knew THAT,

at least) would not return phone calls, emails,nor letters.

Surprisingly, after 3 years, Mystique showed up in a box with her

journal, and a note saying the person had found her and was

returning her! Hooray!

I asked to bead on her, and after her mom and I conferred, realized

the navy blue, white, and christmas green beads did not belong on

her branches...which the person who beaded her thought were arms.

Oh well, off the beads came, as well as the flower beads that were

scattered all over her form. You can see the beads in the bottom shot.

The flowers went to the great multi-colored flower field at the base,

on her back, filling that in nicely. The crystals are being reserved to

go in a dropped swirl by the pink curls at the side of her mask, when

the other bits are finished- nothing like swarovski bicones being pushed

back and forth while the rest is being worked on, to cut their threads!

I have pretty much filled in her face, and now have a sock on it while I

get to her branches....she is going home to Sherry on Thurs, and I want

her to be a good surprise!

Smart hands

I was really tired of cold hands....really, REALLY tired of cold hands.

We slipped and slogged down the icy roads to the local drugstore,

but they didn't have any of those cool gloves for arthritis, that beaders

find so welcome, but they did have an awesome pair of fake leopard

trimmed polyester gloves....that now have the ends off the thumbs and f

ingers, and are PERFECT for both beading and typing without getting

chilblains! woo-HOOOOOOO!

Sexy AND smart, and probably way cheaper than what I was looking for,

at $7 a pair!

New Cherokee Campus, early morn

Yes, the pic is small, so go ahead and doubleclick it, to open to a full size..done with 4 shots using my Panasonic Lumix, then stitched together with the Arcsoft Panorama Maker. 7am Jan 7, 2010.

another star pattern

This site has a few great free beading patterns, and one is another bugle star- a bit more 'pointy' than Lidia's, and I admit her directions are somewhat difficult, but worth the try.
http://keiserdesigns.com/KDC_Complimentary.htm

Have fun!

Julia's Sea Star

Julia of OZ wished for a Sea Star that looked real,

to go into a beaded aquarium...as she has a birthday coming up, her wish was

my command! Same basic pattern as the previous star, but not stuffed.