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Welcome back everyone. In the last post, we prepared the Fuchsia Navette crystals from Potomac Bead Company, for our bead embroidery project.In doing so, I demonstrated how to secure a point-back stone or crystal to a beading foundation or interfacing. In today’s tutorial, we will learn the basics for creating a beaded bezel in a bead […]
Welcome back to the new project series, Autumn’s Flame Earrings. Today, I am going to show you how to prepare a point-back stone or crystal for a bead embroidery project. I will be using the gorgeous Fuchsia Navette crystals from Potomac Bead Company. As we discussed in the Autumn’s Flame Intro, bead embroidery is used […]
Hi Beaders! I am finally getting a chance to sit down and write. I know you guys must be wondering what has been happening with this blog. Well, I have a two-year-old grandson, who is spending 3 to 4 days a week at Mimi’s house. So, sitting at the laptop to write has become an […]
Welcome back to the final tutorial in the Grand Marquis Collar Necklace series. For the remainder of the project we will use bead stringing techniques to finish off the necklace with double strands on each side. As you can see in the photo above, I have completed on side of the necklace. In this tutorial […]
Hello everyone and welcome back. Today we are going to take all our lovely beads and marquis components and string them to finish our necklace. Tools and Materials 8-10 grams 11/0 Miyuki Delica – Opaque Cactus Luster 4-5 grams 11/0 Toho Seed Beads – Fern Gold Luster 14 – Carrier Beads – Wasabi 3- 8 […]
Good day to all. Welcome back to my blog. Here is a quick tutorial with demonstrates how to add the embellishments to the Peyote Marquis Components. This tutorial will help you build a firm understanding of the peyote stitch thread path and how to count rows of this stitch. It will include info on how […]