Jewellery Class

I went to the bead shop in Cardiff last week and did a class in Shamballa Bracelets. My grandson Sean has been impatiently waiting or me to go as he wanted one in wood but they are expensive to buy. So impatient was he that I didnt get a photo. I have done a couple since one in lavender which my daughter has and this pink one that I managed to take a picture of.

The pink thread is Rattail 2mm. The stitch between the beads is Square Knot. Its really easy to do but you need to complete the two parts of the knot before you leave the work or you wont know which part of the knot you are on. I found this out when I stopped for a coffee break. Luckily there are only two knots between each of the beads so I just undid the knots back to the bead and started again.

I have also been playing with my Spellbinder dies. I saw this card on Sue's Blog so thought I would give it a go. I used a Paisley embossing folder and the Flower dies. After embossing the dies cuts I inked them using a distressing inkpad. The sentiment was stamped  (yes me stamping) then cut out using a Nellie Snellen Die.I decorated a couple of hat pins with some beads and fixed them behind a circle die cut tht had holes around the edge so I just had to put some stitching there.

I tried another of Sues Designs it was her tutorial on a Quilt card. Well I may be able to do patchwork with material but this effort ended up in the bin well before a photograph could be taken. That was a wasted afternoon. Oh well will try it again.