To Bead or Not to Bead

That is the question. My dear friend Kaite gave me this beautiful hand beaded pin for my Bday.

She also sent me a selection of beads to compliment the meager selection I had along with proper thread and instructions.

After a couple enquiries as to weather I had done anything with the gifts other than wear the beautiful pin?

I decided to try my hand at a small pin while all my found wool garments were shrinking in the washer.The Blue Beauty is the pin Kaite made for me.

Gorgeous isn't it?

The center is a small opaque shank button. It might be my GM's not sure. I started with it at the center and added at random keeping the green theme.

I am stitching onto a scrap of my handmade felt.

So far so good.

How much longer? Are we there yet?

Most of an afternoon and some of the evening later I had beaded a circle onto the wool.

Yippie

I did it ! My finished beaded pin. To Bead or not to Bead?

Unsure at this time

I'm not sure if I'm a beader but this one was challenging and the results are pleasing.

Thankyou Kaite for the push .

Terry

Friends

Friends are people who's company you enjoy.

Natima is certainly one of those people. Visit her at Notjustnat for an excellent overview of my visit to her this past weekend.Photo taken just before the trip back to Sydney.

Too short a visit.

The creative hub of the weekend.

Cutting out ,stitching and beading were all on the menu for a great time.



Natima gave me a crash course on crazy quilting.


The basis of Wool Crazy is felt so I have been searching for resources. These are my Father's wool ties. They are currently in the washing machine. Check out the gorgeous naive stitchery of Wool Crazy at Pumpkin Patch Primitives.

Thank you Natima for a great visit and teaching me a new quilting technique.

Natima also gave me a crash course in blogging. My new look is thanks to her and I hope to keep on improving.

So much to do So little time.

Terry