Monday 21 April 2014

Chapter 8 – Bead Sampler

I decided to do my bead sampler on a plain white cotton (with some interfacing on the reverse to strengthen it) instead of on a dyed piece of fabric so that the beads/sequins are clear.

Image 1 – Bead sampler:

Bead Sampler

Image 2 – dyed melon seeds are easy to puncture holes in with a needle (securing with a cross stitch is not satisfactory – they keep falling out!):

Bead Sampler - dyed seeds

Image 3 – Sequins and seed beads:

Bead Sampler - close 1

Image 4 – Sequins sown on in different ways:

Bead Sampler - close 2

Image 5 – Trying to get objects such as keys or bits of round earrings can be awkward to secure:

Bead Sampler - close 3

Image 6 – Edging/beaded tassels:

Bead edging - 1

Image 7 - Edging/beaded tassels:

Bead edging - 2

Image 8 – Dyed melon seed tassel:

Bead edging - 3

Image 9 – Edging:

Bead edging -4

Image 10 – Keeping the beads tight and inserting the needle into the edge from front to back creates a spiral effect (not very clear in the image:

Bead edging - 4 close up

Image 11 – Edging with different beads:

Bead edging 5

Chapter 8 – Toggles

Thank you to Sian for giving me a gentle nudge!  I confess I made a first batch of toggles in 2013 – it was so long ago that I completely forgot I’d made them!  So I made a second batch!  Then I found the first and I remembered why I decided to forget them.  Because I didn’t like them!  So anyway here is the first batch (even though they make me cringe for some reason).

Image 1 – First toggle batch:

First toggles

So yesterday I started again and I feel happier with the second round!

Image 2 - Second batch of toggles:

Second toggles

Image 3 – Toggle 1:

Toggle 1

Image 4 – Toggle 1 before it was rolled up:

Toggle 1 - base

Image 5 – Toggle 2:

Toggle 2

Toggle 2 makes me think of a carrot!

Image 6 – Toggle 3

Toggle 3

Toggle 3 makes me think of croissants!

Image 7 - Toggle 3 before it was rolled up:

Toggle 3 - base

Image 8 – Toggle 4:

Toggle 4

Image 9 – Toggle 5

Toggle 5

Image 10 – Toggle 5 before it was rolled up

Toggle 5 - base

Image 11 – Toggle 6

Toggle 6