Well, after yesterdays
promise of not blogging every day, here I am again…
I lied!
It looks like I may be sharing my ramblings
every day for a while at least.
A couple of very strange people I call friends
on Facebook thought it might be a good
idea for me to post every day…..so I may just give it a go.
An update on yesterdays exploits with the
dreaded beaded cab….
Alison BG Bickell form
treasured forever on Facebook
has made a great tutorial on beading round a
cab that made it look so simple…… so I thought, why not!
It would have helped if I
started with the right size pesky bleeders,
size 8 seedies not a size 6 which I chose because of the colour, and
didn’t think to check it wasn’t a size 8…..
The right beads do help
apparently, and u can’t just use them because you like the colour! (A favorite
technique of mine, when working with “proper beads of a normal size”)
Take 2 wasn’t much
better….. I used a clear fireline with navy blue beads, not a good idea.
So take no 3 involved a new
smoke thread……
I used a Dichroic pendant (obviously
because of the colour…. That was ok as it’s a proper size so my tried and
trusted technique worked there!) And had another go with the right size seedies
and the right coloured thread!
This worked much better.
I have now successfully started
beading around my first Cab. And am feeling quite proud of myself. It’s a major
achievement for a seed bead phobic! its approx 40cm, and im sort of wishing i had perhaps started with something smaller.
May post a pic tomorrow if
I get it completed.
And ps,
Yes……I did curse the pesky
little bleeders more than once last night!
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