I own a lot of Gutermann seed beads and I needed to figure out a way of using them up so I could make space for Toho beads. At first, I wanted to make a blue morpho butterfly, but I didn't own any black seed beads, so that'll be a project for some other time. …
Tag: Beading
Netted bracelet
This design came from the book Beadweaving Brilliance by Kumiko Mizuno. I have talked about this book before; it teachings off-loom beading techniques. I used the book to learn netting and closely followed the design. The beads needed are two colours of seed beads, bugle beads and faceted beads. Make sure that they all colour code. …
Spiral rope necklace kit
This week, we have a spiral rope necklace kit from Queenbeads. In all fairness, if you know the spiral rope stitch, a jewellery kit is completely unnecessary. But it comes with a lot of beads; more beads than you probably need. Perhaps matching jewellery is in order? Let's do the usual "look at the contents". There …
Beaded fringe earrings
Hi guys, sorry about the lack of activity around this parts. I started up beading recently which takes up a lot of my time, and I've been going all over the country as well so I've not done much. Finally, I can share something! Here is an excellent tutorial by Beadaholique on how to make …
Herringbone jewellery kit
The last kit that I purchased from Queenbeads was a herringbone kit. I already have a book about beadweaving, but I ended up buying this set because the colours and charms were very complimentary. In this kit, we have: gold seed beads, dark gold seed beads, black accent beads, red accent beads, matching charms, beading needle, …
Crossweave jewellery kit
Another kit from the Queenbeads studio! This time we have the crossweave jewellery kit. It comes in a tin can! How quirky. The contents of this kit are: blue pearls, blue fire-polished beads, blue seed beads, silver seed beads, beading thread, beading needle, jewellery findings for a bracelet and a pair of earrings, and instructions. …