Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Filling in

Beaded bag - filling in

Also, here is the Cynthia Rutledge Milady's Brooch.
Milady's Brooch
The brooch itself is done. I need to work on the necklace part.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Beading a progression

I've been lax in posting on the blog but I'm hoping to make up for it. Last summer I took a class with Sherry Serafini to make a beaded bag. Well, the colors in the kit weren't really inspiring me and I decided to start over. I'm going with a theme of black and using different sized black beads and finishes to create the bag. For some accents, there are some crystals in a clear white. I also thought it would be interesting to post a picture of the bag at the end of the night and follow the work progression.
Beading the corner

Beading the corner

Monday, March 15, 2010

Bead Embroidery Bag


Bead Embroidery Bag
Just a little bit of progress tonight.

Insanity is...

Bead embroidery bag (blacks)

embroidering a bag with teenie tiny size 15 black beads with tired eyes at 1 in the morning.

Beading inspiration has been lacking at times. For a long time, my beading time was not my own. I'm slowing working on reclaiming that and hope to get back to doing some more spectacular beadwork.