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Friday, April 24, 2009

Free Star Tutorial

Here is the first of the tutorials.

NETTED STAR

Materials: 4mm crystals, or other beads
Size 10/0 seed beads
Stopper bead, any color, will be removed later.
Fine fishing line, approximately 80cm
Beading needle, or other fine needle

1. Thread the fishing line onto the needle

2. Tie on a stopper bead. A stopper bead is a bead the same size or smaller than the smallest bead you are using. String through it twice to hold it in place.

3. Add 6 seed beads, 1 crystal and 1 seed bead.

4. Go back through the crystal, and pull tight.

5. String on another 6 seed beads, a crystal, and this time 4 seed beads.

6. Go back through the first seed bead you strung on, through the same way you came from originally. Then back through the crystal.

7. Continue in this manner, adding 6 seed beads between each section, crystals next to each end, and ends alternating between a single seed bead, and a 4 seed bead circle.

8. This should form a zigzag pattern with the 4 bead circles on one end, and the single beads on the other, as in the diagram.

9. Stop when you have 6 of each types of ends. 12 points all together.

10. The thread should now be coming out of the crystal, in readiness for the 6 seed bead centre. Now instead of starting a new 6 bead section, just string back through the first section, all the way through the first 6 seed beads, the crystal, and the end seed bead.

11. You should now have a rough circle. String through the next single seed bead, at the next point, then the next. Continue through them all. Then go through them all again.

12. Tie off, and thread through a few beads. Remove stopper bead, tie, and thread through a few beads.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Free Tutorials coming soon

I'll be moving all my free tutorials from my website to my blog soon.

I'll start with the oldest one, and gradually I'll be adding the brand new ones to the blog, rather than my web site.

These will be all my own creations and my own patterns.

Have fun

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Art Bead Scene Blog: Art Bead Scene's Free Projects

Some wonderful Free projects can be found here.

Art Bead Scene Blog: Art Bead Scene's Free Projects

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Freeform Madness

freeform bracelet

I'm giving the spirals a rest for a while. The cellini and Dutch spirals are both being made into necklaces so they take a little while to do. I find it helpful to take a break from work that takes too long, if I don't have a timetable for it, then I can come back to it fresh, or just do little bits as it takes my fancy.

I finished the other spiral rope which is really an embellished right angle weave. I wasn't too happy with it, so I gave it to my daughter, and tried different beads. More on this next time.

I've never done any freeform work before, so I thought I'd give this a go. It was a bit scary at first, the base was a bit crooked, but they say it's supposed to! Then I wasn't sure if everything should sit flat against the base. And I wasn't sure what to put where, or how to do it.

freeform beading

I started putting the bigger beads on, then gradually added some bridges, and I wasn't really sure this was going to work, it didn't look so good. I thought I'd just keep going, I added more beads, more bridges, then I was on a roll. All of a sudden it was taking shape. I added more of this and that. By now I loved doing it and I kept thinking of more interesting things to do with it. And believe it or not, I actually loved the look of it! Bummer! I promised my daughter she could have it, when I wasn't so sure how good it would look.

Anyway, I've nearly finished it. So I'll take a photo to post before she has it. But I'll definitely make some more. I'll post the photos of it next time.

freeform beading

Thursday, April 2, 2009

More Spirals

spiral rope

spiral rope necklace

So, I made the spiral rope. I made it with a few different colors and some different sized beads. I love the way it turned out. Here in Australia it's Autumn, and these are perfect Autumn colours.

3d beaded teddy bear

I've finished the Teddy Bear. It's so cute! I think I might try getting better photos though. These don't seem as good as they should be.

3d beaded bear

I'm halfway through a Dutch Spiral and the Cellini Spiral (Peyote Spiral). They'll be finished soon. The other new spiral that I spoke of last time, just known as Spiral Rope (same name as the other basic Spiral). This one is basically an embellished Right Angle Weave. I'll do this one shortly too.

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Jenny Lawson

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Spirals, spirals and more spirals

So, I finished the "zulu bracelet" and the "flat spiral" bracelet But then I realized I'd given away the" single spiral rope" and another type of "Dutch spiral", without taking photos. So I'll make these two types again. I also discovered I still hadn't made the "cellini spiral", and "peyote spiral", so I'll make these soon as well. There is also another spiral I'd never seen before which was just called "spiral rope".

zulu bracelet

Here's the zulu

zulu beading

Here's the flat spiral

flat spiral bracelet

I decided to make a spiral button for the clasp as well. I love the way it turned out!

spiral clasp

I've started the "single spiral rope" and I've nearly finished the 3d teddy bear. Then I'll make some more spirals. You can see them all on my website http://craftcove.weebly.com

Monday, March 2, 2009

Beaded Spirals

I've made so many different types of beaded spirals, and I've now discovered a new one! This new spiral is called the "Flat Spiral". I'll be making it soon.

The ones I've already made are: "Dutch Spiral", "Spiral Netting", "Aussie Spiral", "Russian Spiral" and "Double Spiral Rope". A couple I meant to do at some stage but never got around to doing were: "Triple Spiral Rope", "African Helix" and the "Cellini Spiral". I'll get around to them all at some stage, but I'm always finding other beading projects to do. Currently I'm making my second 3D beaded teddy bear from 3Dbeading.com, and I'm alternating that with my first "Zulu" Beaded Bracelet. It's not often I make more than one of each item, but I loved the teddy bear so much, I just had to keep one for myself.

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So next on my list will be the "flat spiral".

double spiral beading

Aussie spiral

Here are the images of the spirals I've done -

netted spiral

Dutch spiral

Russian spiral

More spirals found here:

http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2010/04/all-spirals.html

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Victorian Bushfires

I think most of you, by now would have heard about the devastating bush fires in South eastern Australia. There are nearly 200 people dead, thousands made homeless, hundreds of houses have been destroyed, thousands of acres of bushland has been burnt, and it's still going. Not all of the burnt out houses haven't even been checked for bodies yet, and many haven't yet been identified, many people can't get back to their houses to see if they're still standing. This has been the worst couple of days for Victorians ever.

Please give to the charities to help these devastated people and communities.

You can give to the red cross at http://www.redcross.org.au

Here's the facebook website for the cfa Country Fire Authority in Victoria

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Free Tutorials

All of these patterns I've created myself from my own original designs unless stated otherwise.All these tutorials are free for you to use, but not to copy, sell or distribute. If you feel like making a donation I would be very grateful.

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