heART beats from other blogs!

Bee Keeper necklace - a beadweaving video tutorial (shown above)

World Traveler charm bracelet with video tutorial (shown above)

Wedding Jewelry and Accessories (shown above)

Dolls Come and Go (shown above)

BeadLove - simple, fun bracelet (shown above)


Breakfast at Tiffany's earring design and a video tutorial (shown below)

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Purple pearl spiral rope necklace - a beadweaving tutorial

It seems like each week that goes by, I end up liking the rope I finished more than the week before!  This time I'd have to say I like them about the same amount.  The chenille stitch necklace is still way up there for me, but it has a more casual vibe, whereas the one I made this week is all set for glamour.  Not over-the-top white tails glamour, but still...

You could easily change this one up to be more casual by subbing other beads for the pearls.  Feel free to change up the color too.  Here's the simple instructions:

1. Follow the instructions for the simple spiral stitch found at the link on my blog.  I used red size 6/0 seed beads for the core beads. 

2. The first few inches were stitched as follows: pick up 2 size 11/0 seed beads, 1 4mm pearl, and 2 more size 11/0 seed beads.  Work each loop over 4 core beads.  For the thicker middle section, simply substitute a 6mm pearl and work the rest the same. 

3. On each end, use the tail of the beading thread to stitch a loop of between 5 - 7 size 11/0 seed beads.  Use the instructions found on my herringbone necklace tutorial to finish the ends with a wire and cone. 

4. Add a clasp to one side and a chain, if necessary, to the other.  I needed to add the chain to this necklace, even though I haven't to the others in this series.  I like having the flexibility to change the length, but more importantly this time, I didn't have enough pearls to finish a longer rope!

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heART beats from other blogs!

Romantic Stroll earrings with video tutorial (shown above)

Make a flower pendant with paper quilling

Textured resin for earrings or pendants

Leather earrings from a cutting machine

Montpellier stretch bracelet with video tutorial  (shown below)

Quilt Delivery  (shown above)
Tammy delivers her grandmother's finished quilt to her parents and enjoys some time with family in beautiful Cape Canaveral, Florida.

How Do You Recycle? (shown below)
Do you recycle?  Terry Jeanette aka the Tappingflamingo shows some creations she has made from old guitar strings!

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A chenille stitch rope necklace - a tutorial

For my next beadwoven rope project, I chose to use chenille stitch.  I haven't really used it a lot, but I knew that it worked up fairly quickly into a rope that held its shape with no need of a core, and yet was soft enough to curve nicely.

It turns out that it's just about the perfect stitch for a pretty rope!  I'll be doing this again for sure.

There are several places you can get instructions for chenille stitch if you are not already familiar with it.  The way you'll use your needle is similar to peyote stitch, but there are two different rows that will alternate with slightly different thread paths. I made a rope slightly larger than the one in the sample at the link above.  Here's how I did it:

1. I start with a core of 8 size 11/0 seed beads (color A - shiny black) and make a loop.  Tie it, leaving a tail of at least 8 inches.

2. Add 4 size 11/0 seed beads (color B - matte teal), one between each pair of As.  Step up through first B added.

3. Add 8 color As, two between each color B.  Step up through first A added.

4. Add one B between each pair of As, as in step 2.  Continue alternating the two rows.

5. At each end, add two small loops with seed beads (shown below).  Look at the instructions for my herringbone stitch rope from last week to see how these loops are used for finishing off the necklace.

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heART beats from other blogs!

Unicorn at Dusk earrings video tutorial by Nealay Patel (shown above)

Open Waters kumihimo bracelet video tutorial

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BeadLove - Allegory Gallery Wild Jungle Design Challenge 

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Autism Awareness Bracelets


Beautiful Cherry Red necklace video tutorial (shown below)

Book club with a twist!


New Additions to Allegory Gallery



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Autumn or Fall? How about both!?

Here we are only HALF WAY through Summer, and already the Fall ads and clothes and colors and everything else are out in the stores and in front of my face constantly and I think I'm going to scream because life is going too fast...

Stop!

Ok, Fall is actually my favorite season, even if I can't remember whether to call it Fall or Autumn.  Which do you prefer?  I picked Autumn for my Pinterest board on Autumn Style - 2018, but I picked Fall for my crafty board called Fabulous Fall.  Because I like to have it both ways!



Don't forget to go follow my boards!  There's lots more over there :-)

Twisted herringbone rope necklace - a tutorial

I decided my next rope necklace would use herringbone stitch and a smaller size of seed beads.  Size 15/0s were a bit too small, though, so I settled for size 11/0s.  Next, I needed to decide how much of a twist!  The "secret" to creating a twist in herringbone is to stitch back up through more beads than you stitch down each time you take a stitch.  For example: you are adding two beads with each stitch.  You stitch down through one bead in that column, and back up three beads in the next column to begin your next stitch.  After a few rounds, you'll see the twist begin.

I found a lovely pattern, very simple to do, in the book The Art and Elegance of Beadweaving by Carol Wilcox Wells.  She suggests alternating round seed beads with cylindrical ones.  You can see what happens!  Isn't that pretty how the cylinders recede?  I used round Czech size 11/0 seed beads and size 11/0 Delicas.

Start with a ladder stitch and put together as many pairs of Delicas as you want for your rope.  I used 4 pair of bronze colored beads.  I stitched a couple of rows of straight herringbone stitch, alternating the beads, and then began the twist portion.  I didn't bother to count and step up, just kept stitching in a spiral.  As I approached the other end, I began to taper down to end with just Delicas again.

 

At each end, I stitched two little loops that a 18 gauge wire would fit through.  I cut about 3" of wire, formed a simple loop with my round nose pliers, and slipped on a cone, a small metal bead, and turned a wrapped loop.  To one loop, I added a lobster clasp.

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