I worked for 2 hours with tiny size 22 French seed beads to outline the petals, only to remove those beads and go search the bead stash for something better! I laid out 4 or 5 colors of 22s and a few 15s. Decided on the 15s in an AB finish. I think I willContinue reading “Accent beads added to Tulip”
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Not happy.
I am going to go back over the outline with some bronze beads. Tiny little 22’s to give the petals more definition. The stem is working out ok.I am happy with my real flowers tho.
Starting to take shape.
A little more progress made today. Beading on leather is hard on the hands!
Tulip Progress
Little bit of beading today. The Red makes me happy. It is another warm and sunny day here in North Pole, Alaska.
Raven
Finished beading a Raven for my Walking Stick. Still need to work on feathers.
New Pattern
Well that did not go as planned! The original bead pattern, that I carefully drew on graph paper, is a failure. I got 3 rows of done, tried it out on the walking stick and decided ” I do not approve. ” So… after taking apart the offending beadwork I restarted sans pattern. I’m liking this ,only 4 rows in butContinue reading “New Pattern”
“NEFERTARI”
WIP is now complete!! I found a great name, thanks to some ideas from readers. Nefertari – Most Beautiful -Egyptian This has been a fun project, thanks for following along. I already have the next project ready to start. I will begin gathering beads and trinkets tonight. The planContinue reading ““NEFERTARI””
Bead Art by Deb McQueen 