Take a closer look at the seed beads, they have two colors on each bead!
http://gypsysramblings.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Aryd'ell Puts Her Own Twist To My Diagonal Leaf Cuff
Aryd'ell has put her own twist to my Diagonal Leaf Cuff. She used vintage seed beads (circa 1900) from Vinice, Italy to create her very festive version of the cuff! She also added tiny flowers to the edges. Adorable!
Take a closer look at the seed beads, they have two colors on each bead!
You can see more of Aryd'ell's beautiful beadwork on her blog:
http://gypsysramblings.blogspot.com/
Take a closer look at the seed beads, they have two colors on each bead!
http://gypsysramblings.blogspot.com/
Lily, A Beginner Makes The Cuff
Wahoo! I'm so pleasently surprised! My Digaonal Leaf Technique is really an intermediate to advanced technique but Lily, a beginner, has made a cuff for herself! I'm so thrilled that she was adventurous enough to try it. I love the gentle pink color. :)
It looks like Lily used larger beads than I did which creates a wider cuff. Well done Lily. Well done!
Be sure to visit Lily's blog where you can see her beautiful crochet work and some of her beginning beading . :)
http://miss-crochet.blogspot.com/
It looks like Lily used larger beads than I did which creates a wider cuff. Well done Lily. Well done!
Be sure to visit Lily's blog where you can see her beautiful crochet work and some of her beginning beading . :)
http://miss-crochet.blogspot.com/
Monday, October 10, 2011
DIAGONAL LEAF CUFF TUTORIAL IS NOW READY!
Pardon my 'shouting' in the subject line. But I'm excited. Finally! It's here! After months of writing, drawing, testing, redrawing, retesting and working through every detail with my testers, my Diagonal Leaf Cuff is finally ready to be released! What a journey this has been!
I'm so excited to finally be able to introduce you to my Diagonal Leaf Technique. Inspired by macrame`'s diagonal double half hitch leaf technique, I developed my Diagonal Leaf beading technique in 2007. I love how the technique creates the form of leaves connecting at 45 degree angles with a more subtle, secondary diamond element between them.
Way back in 2007 I was looking through our photo albums and found a few very old, fuzzy, pictures of some of the macrame` designs I'd created way back in the 1960's through the 1980's. One of my designs was a huge wall hanging in which I'd used the diagonal double half hitch leaf macrame` technique. I 'see' everything in beads and as I studied the picture I realized that each half hitch could represent a bead. And that's how my Diagonal Leaf Technique was born.
Here's a picture of the part of my old macrame` wall hanging that inspired this new beading technique. Please excuse how old and fuzzy it is.
So this old macrame` technique - after some experimenting way back in 2007 went from double half hitch knots to beads. And this is the result. :)
I've shown the Diagonal Leaf Technique to few people and taught it to a few others. I've really enojoyed working on the tutorial getting it ready to share with beaders. My testers have been real troopers working hard, giving me feedback and encouraging me to get it done. And the owners of StitchBoard have held my hand through the whole process as well.
You can find these beautiful colors at Cindy's Crafts, http://www.beadlady.biz/
The color numbers are: 462D & 469. Cindy has also held my hand through this whole tutorial. She and the others encouraged me to keep going when I thought I'd never get it done. Well, it's done.
So, drum rolll please!!!
You can access my Diagonal Leaf Cuff tutorial on Stitchboard, the same site that also sells my Pinecone Delight tutorial.
Here's a link to the site. Be sure to look around while you are there:
http://stitchboard.com/mall/showItem.php?in=10236
Have a wonderful day! Enjoy!
Barb
P.S. Just in case you'd like to see the whole macrame` wall hanging, here's the fuzzy old picture. The jute cords were 17 feet long when I started the project! What Was I thinking? LOL
Enjoy! Barb
I'm so excited to finally be able to introduce you to my Diagonal Leaf Technique. Inspired by macrame`'s diagonal double half hitch leaf technique, I developed my Diagonal Leaf beading technique in 2007. I love how the technique creates the form of leaves connecting at 45 degree angles with a more subtle, secondary diamond element between them.
Way back in 2007 I was looking through our photo albums and found a few very old, fuzzy, pictures of some of the macrame` designs I'd created way back in the 1960's through the 1980's. One of my designs was a huge wall hanging in which I'd used the diagonal double half hitch leaf macrame` technique. I 'see' everything in beads and as I studied the picture I realized that each half hitch could represent a bead. And that's how my Diagonal Leaf Technique was born.
Here's a picture of the part of my old macrame` wall hanging that inspired this new beading technique. Please excuse how old and fuzzy it is.
So this old macrame` technique - after some experimenting way back in 2007 went from double half hitch knots to beads. And this is the result. :)
I've shown the Diagonal Leaf Technique to few people and taught it to a few others. I've really enojoyed working on the tutorial getting it ready to share with beaders. My testers have been real troopers working hard, giving me feedback and encouraging me to get it done. And the owners of StitchBoard have held my hand through the whole process as well.
You can find these beautiful colors at Cindy's Crafts, http://www.beadlady.biz/
The color numbers are: 462D & 469. Cindy has also held my hand through this whole tutorial. She and the others encouraged me to keep going when I thought I'd never get it done. Well, it's done.
So, drum rolll please!!!
You can access my Diagonal Leaf Cuff tutorial on Stitchboard, the same site that also sells my Pinecone Delight tutorial.
Here's a link to the site. Be sure to look around while you are there:
http://stitchboard.com/mall/showItem.php?in=10236
Have a wonderful day! Enjoy!
Barb
P.S. Just in case you'd like to see the whole macrame` wall hanging, here's the fuzzy old picture. The jute cords were 17 feet long when I started the project! What Was I thinking? LOL
Enjoy! Barb
My Newest Tutorial. Diagonal Leaf Cuff!
For the past sevreal months I've been working on a new tutorial. My testers have finally given it the ok! Wahooo!
We're waiting on one more thing before it's ready for sale, hopefully, later on today, but I thought I'd give you a little preview of my newest cuff! And a new technique too!
I developed this technique way back in 2007, but life got in the way and I've not done too much with it. :) I showed it to a few people, taught it to a few people and of course, now my testers have been testing it for quite some time now.
My testers finally gave me the go ahead yesterday. We are ready to launch, as soon as we take care of a small technical issue.
But I thought I'd go ahead and give you a sneek peek. :) I'll let you know when the tutorial is available.
I hope you enjoy the eye candy. :)
Barb
We're waiting on one more thing before it's ready for sale, hopefully, later on today, but I thought I'd give you a little preview of my newest cuff! And a new technique too!
I developed this technique way back in 2007, but life got in the way and I've not done too much with it. :) I showed it to a few people, taught it to a few people and of course, now my testers have been testing it for quite some time now.
My testers finally gave me the go ahead yesterday. We are ready to launch, as soon as we take care of a small technical issue.
But I thought I'd go ahead and give you a sneek peek. :) I'll let you know when the tutorial is available.
I hope you enjoy the eye candy. :)
Barb
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Look What Aryd'ell Did With The Pinecone!
I love what my cyber friend Aryd'ell did with my pinecone instructions! I've created my own little Lotus Flowers and she's designed her own ring and earrings.
Aryd'ell is a very talented beadwork artist who has worked her magic in a variation of my pinecone to create the most darling ring and earrings. They are absolutely adorable! Take a look below:
Aryd'ell is a very talented beadwork artist who has worked her magic in a variation of my pinecone to create the most darling ring and earrings. They are absolutely adorable! Take a look below:
Well done Aryd'ell!! Thanks for letting me share them on my blog. :) You rock!
You can see more of Aryd'ell's work on her blog:
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Pinecone Delight Erratum
Pinecone Delight Erratum. Ohhhh, that sounds like something exotic doesn't it? Actually, it's just a fancy word for mistake. LOL We found a small mistake in the pinecone instructions. I can't believe we missed this, but sometimes these things happen.
If you bought the tutorial after August 12, 2011 you already have the corrected version and don't need to do anything else.
If you bought the tutorial before August 12th, you should have received an email from the StitchBoard staff with instructions on how to download the corrected version. If you haven't received the email yet, please check your spam folder. You can also go to http://stitchboard.com/index.php?r=0 and contact the staff.
If you bought the tutorial directly from Cindy you can contact her at beadlady@beadlady.biz
The error was just in the text portion, the graphic is correct.
Page 2, Row 2, Step 1, paragraph 3 .
In the 3rd paragraph it says:
Pass needle UNDER the 'thread bridge" to the right (the thread between beads #2 & #3) of row 1 from the outside to the center of the circle. Fig. 13
It should have read:
"Pass needle UNDER the 'thread bridge" to the right (the thread between beads #1 & #2) of row 1 from the outside to the center of the circle. Fig. 13"
I'd love to see some pictures of your finished pinecones. :)
Enjoy! Barb
If you bought the tutorial after August 12, 2011 you already have the corrected version and don't need to do anything else.
If you bought the tutorial before August 12th, you should have received an email from the StitchBoard staff with instructions on how to download the corrected version. If you haven't received the email yet, please check your spam folder. You can also go to http://stitchboard.com/index.php?r=0 and contact the staff.
If you bought the tutorial directly from Cindy you can contact her at beadlady@beadlady.biz
The Correction
The error was just in the text portion, the graphic is correct.
Page 2, Row 2, Step 1, paragraph 3 .
In the 3rd paragraph it says:
Pass needle UNDER the 'thread bridge" to the right (the thread between beads #2 & #3) of row 1 from the outside to the center of the circle. Fig. 13
It should have read:
"Pass needle UNDER the 'thread bridge" to the right (the thread between beads #1 & #2) of row 1 from the outside to the center of the circle. Fig. 13"
I'd love to see some pictures of your finished pinecones. :)
Enjoy! Barb
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Computer Crashes And Old Patterns
Arrg! Almost all of my older patterns and class workshops are on my old computer. It just limps along and sometimes it quits for no reason. Sometimes I can revive it and sometimes it's just plain stubborn. It's like an old mule that just decides it isn't going to take another step. LOL
I was really freaking out tonight when "The Ol' Gal" (the computer - not me) just up and quit. She's really tempermental and does that from time to time. Most of the time I can get it started after several attempts but sometimes it just won't work so daughter and her hubby come over and fix it for me.
I was sweating bullets tonight when it quit because I have some very special projects in that old computer that I've only shown to two or three people - even though I made them years ago. I've been thinking about those particular projects lately and decided to review and/or revise the tutorials I wrote for them. I might put them in a book or sell them as individual projects some day but I haven't made that decision yet.
Just as I was searching through the projects the computer crashed. Arrg! I thought I had the files backed up but when I went looking I couldn't find them anywhere. Yikes! Now I started to panic. I'd gone from sweating to praying. I learned a long time ago not to bargan with God so I just kept praying and turning the computer on again every time it shut down. Finally I got it up and running. I saved a few files to my flash drive, then the screen went black again and the computer made that horrible, heavy sigh and then went silent. Arrg and double arrg!
I grabbed the canned air and blew out the hard drive.. cough, cough..gag.. yuck. It looked like a giant sand storm coming out of that black hole. Then, just as the air started to clear, I ran out of canned air. It's the middle of the night and the only store open is several miles away. Rats! So I took a deep breath and pushed the start button. Those few seconds seemed like an eternity and then the screen flickered, I saw some words and finally the full screen. The 'Ol' Gal' is working again. How long will she work? Only God knows and He ain't sayin'!
She's run long enough for me to save the main files I was worried about to my flash drive. Wahoo! Barb doing happy dog dance here! There are still a few files on the old computer that I need to transfer, but they aren't as important as the ones I was fretting over. Moral of the story! Back up those precious files. Oh, I also printed them out so I have a visual just in case the back up fails too. LOL
Well, that's been my night. I didn't get any beading done but I did preserve my tutorials. Now that's worth losing a bit of sleep for. :)
Enjoy and bead something beautiful today!
Barb
I was really freaking out tonight when "The Ol' Gal" (the computer - not me) just up and quit. She's really tempermental and does that from time to time. Most of the time I can get it started after several attempts but sometimes it just won't work so daughter and her hubby come over and fix it for me.
I was sweating bullets tonight when it quit because I have some very special projects in that old computer that I've only shown to two or three people - even though I made them years ago. I've been thinking about those particular projects lately and decided to review and/or revise the tutorials I wrote for them. I might put them in a book or sell them as individual projects some day but I haven't made that decision yet.
Just as I was searching through the projects the computer crashed. Arrg! I thought I had the files backed up but when I went looking I couldn't find them anywhere. Yikes! Now I started to panic. I'd gone from sweating to praying. I learned a long time ago not to bargan with God so I just kept praying and turning the computer on again every time it shut down. Finally I got it up and running. I saved a few files to my flash drive, then the screen went black again and the computer made that horrible, heavy sigh and then went silent. Arrg and double arrg!
I grabbed the canned air and blew out the hard drive.. cough, cough..gag.. yuck. It looked like a giant sand storm coming out of that black hole. Then, just as the air started to clear, I ran out of canned air. It's the middle of the night and the only store open is several miles away. Rats! So I took a deep breath and pushed the start button. Those few seconds seemed like an eternity and then the screen flickered, I saw some words and finally the full screen. The 'Ol' Gal' is working again. How long will she work? Only God knows and He ain't sayin'!
She's run long enough for me to save the main files I was worried about to my flash drive. Wahoo! Barb doing happy dog dance here! There are still a few files on the old computer that I need to transfer, but they aren't as important as the ones I was fretting over. Moral of the story! Back up those precious files. Oh, I also printed them out so I have a visual just in case the back up fails too. LOL
Well, that's been my night. I didn't get any beading done but I did preserve my tutorials. Now that's worth losing a bit of sleep for. :)
Enjoy and bead something beautiful today!
Barb
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