tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73032638743651263322024-03-13T11:18:00.031-04:00Bonnie's PlaceBonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-36101318627203711332015-11-06T16:02:00.000-05:002015-11-06T16:02:56.745-05:00Paper Chains of SteelI've decided to post some of my poetry here. Please leave a comment saying whether or not you enjoyed the poem and whether or not you'd like to see more. This is one I wrote about the empty suit, or how we sometimes allow ourselves to accept the words of others without thinking for ourselves, and how living in the past prevents us from having new experiences.
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Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-75148289532182912432015-01-21T01:19:00.000-05:002015-01-21T03:21:52.103-05:00The Nightengale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JVzE49P0tzc/VL9EqfP3oRI/AAAAAAAAAYw/0g3xq6-8i30/s1600/Night%2B2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JVzE49P0tzc/VL9EqfP3oRI/AAAAAAAAAYw/0g3xq6-8i30/s400/Night%2B2a.jpg" /></a></div>
I've been participating in the Facebook Art Chain, posting pictures of my artwork for 5 days and nominating a fellow artist to do the same each day. Here is more on my Day 4 post, which is some more of my old fiber work.
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This wall quilt depicts the Hans Christian Andersen tale, The Nightengale (his spelling), about a Chinese emperor who finds a nightingale singing so beautifully in his garden that he is moved to tears. The nightingale enjoys life in a fancy cage at court and delights everyone with his songs until one day a package containing a mechanical nightingale comes from another emperor. It is covered with jewels and everyone is so taken with it that the real nightingale is banished from court. Eventually the mechanical bird breaks and can only be played once a year. A few years later, the emperor becomes deathly ill and longs for the nightingale's song. The real bird hears of his illness and appears in his open window and sings him to sleep. The emperor awakens the next morning, fully recovered, and wants the nightingale to stay forever but, valuing his freedom, the nightingale says he will come and go as he wishes, but will sing to the emperor in the evenings to give him joy and tranquility.
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I constructed the quilt to fit the requirement of "three layers held together with stitching" so that it could be entered in a quilt show, but each of the nine blocks is crazy pieced and embellished, with each of the blocks having a portion of the story that I printed on fabric in the center. Each of the cornerstones is embroidered with a different bird, and the sashing is quilted with an Asian fan design. "Hans Christian Andersen" is quilted across the bottom, and "The Nightengale" is written across the top in seed beads below a bird embroidered in redwork style. There are 34 quadrangles in shades of red, orange and pink at the corners and the seam embroidery on each of the 30 seams is different.
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To bring you up to date, I just returned from my second year of workshops at Hacienda Mosaico in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Hacienda Mosaico is owned and graced by the presence of bubbly artist "Sam" Leonard. As you can see, it's a beautiful place but what you can't see is how much I learned about metalwork, and the fun I had doing it. Richard and Jane Salley and Robert Dancik all had so much information to share!
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Did we have fun? Did we learn a lot? You betcha!
I can hardly wait for next year...
Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-86001163129951447542012-03-15T20:08:00.000-04:002012-03-15T20:08:00.179-04:00SerendipityI'd carefully selected beads for a project and placed them in the depressions in one of those artists' palettes when I was overcome by a fit of klutzivity and dumped the whole lot. OMG - what a mess! But wait... while I was picking them up, lightening struck! Wahoo! <br />
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I needed to make a ring for the Ohio Beaders' "ring along" and a piece of flat peyote for the ArtFire Beadweavers' peyote month; so using my accidental "bead soup" I made a <b>ring<i></i></b> on a <b>peyote<i></i></b> base. Now no one can even talk to me because I think I'm absolutely the cleverest person in the world. LOL!!!<br />
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Here's my ring - hope you like it:<br />
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You can check out the ArtFire Beadweavers Guild <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ArtfireBeadweaversGuild">here</a>, and <a href="http://artfirebeadweaversguild.blogspot.com/">here</a>, and you can see all the Ohio Beaders ring along challenge rings <a href="http://ohiobeadersshowcase2.blogspot.com/">here</a>.Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-60108905464037305142012-03-12T18:15:00.000-04:002012-03-12T18:15:03.556-04:00Alive and Well UndergroundGee it's been a while, hasn't it? I've been all kinds of busy this past month and had cataracts removed from both eyes (and doing well, thanks ;-D), but did manage to get a few things made and join the ArtFire Beadweavers' Guild swap challenge. Each swap participant has a swap partner and they exchange beads, then each makes something from the beads they receive. Here are the beads I received:<br />
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Wow! That's a lot of red, eh?<br />
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And here are the beads I'll be mailing off tomorrow - I hope my swap partner, Krafty Max, will like them:<br />
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Here's my favorite of the things I've made since the last time I posted. It's a pendant and I hope to get the rest of the necklace finished soon. So many projects, so little time... <i>sigh</i> <br />
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<i>The initial portion of the bracelet below is done in peyote stitch.</i><br />
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The boxed stitches are ladder stitch, square stitch and RAW (right angle weave). To make these stitches, you will pass through each bead several times, making a sort of box as you add beads.<br />
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<i>The bracelet below was stitched in RAW, then embellished with pearls and picots.</i><br />
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The one stitch that doesn’t quite fit either category is brick stitch, although it has features in common with both straight and boxed stitches. Brick stitch’s best qualities are that it lends itself very well to increases and decreases, and leaves no thread showing on the sides.<br />
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So what difference does it make? Well for one thing, the fewer times you pass through each bead, the faster your work will go, and if you make a mistake and have to “reverse bead” it will be faster and easier to undo as well. For another thing, the fewer times you pass through each bead, the more drape your work will have; this could be either good or bad, depending on the look you want. Finally, if your thread should break after a piece is finished, you will probably lose more beads with the straight stitches. <br />
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<i>The free form pendant on the necklace below combines peyote, square and brick stitches for a highly textured piece.</i><br />
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<b>Now get on out there and bead! ;-D<i></i></b>Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-76620781739522049542012-01-25T11:59:00.000-05:002012-01-25T11:59:02.604-05:00My Flower/Fairy/Angel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PMQYDfv585s/TyAuGd13ryI/AAAAAAAAAQU/K8LpCPjWclk/s1600/Flower%2BAngel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="343" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PMQYDfv585s/TyAuGd13ryI/AAAAAAAAAQU/K8LpCPjWclk/s400/Flower%2BAngel.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This year I'm incorporating a lot of polymer clay work in my jewelry. The other day I made this pendant for the Year Of Jewelry Project. It started out as a polyclay fantasy flower but I got carried away making the beaded leaves. They were so big they looked like wings! Live and learn LOL! So now I'm calling it my Flower/Fairy/Angel pendant.Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-1358731841462819782011-12-29T14:20:00.000-05:002011-12-29T14:20:55.001-05:00Peyote vs Brick StitchWhile working on a bracelet that was part peyote and part brick stitch, I got to thinking about the differences in these two look alike stitches and thought I’d share my thoughts with you. So here's a graph you can use to make a pretty little iris, and if you stitch it both ways you'll see the differences for yourself.<br />
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Here are some differences I noticed, maybe you'll find others:<br />
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• Peyote is more difficult to start than brick stitch and it’s harder to keep your tension consistent in peyote than in brick stitch. On the other hand, stitching in peyote is considerably faster and it’s easier to “unstitch” peyote than brick.<br />
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• If you have trouble with odd count peyote, brick stitch might be a good alternative.<br />
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• Brick stitch decreases beautifully and, like peyote, can be worked on both sides of the first row.<br />
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• Brick stitch yields a firm surface while peyote yields a more flexible surface that drapes nicely. One or the other may be more desirable, depending on the application.<br />
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• When I joined a piece of peyote to a piece of brick stitch I was surprised to find a very slight difference in the way each piece reflected light; like velvet but less obvious.<br />
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• Running a row or two of brick stitch at the end of a band of peyote firms up the edge nicely. This is especially useful when you want to attach a clasp.<br />
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• Peyote graphs may be used for brick stitch by turning them sideways (and vice versa).<br />
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Happy stitching to all of you in 2012!Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-886276189619562132011-12-12T08:59:00.000-05:002011-12-12T08:59:03.162-05:00Magatama Necklace!I told someone at Beadie's on Saturday that I'd send them the link to Smadar Grossman's tutorials. Now I've been stricken with CRS and don't know who to send it to. :-( So if it was you, here's the <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/SmadarsTreasure/4143624">link</a>. <br />
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BTW, if you were planning on shopping at Beadie's any time soon, better wait 'til she can replace all the stuff we bought Saturday, we didn't leave much. More beads! More beads! More beads! LOL!<br />
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Hope you all have a Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, and a Happy Kwanza...<br />
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This is a pendant I made for the Year Of Jewelry Project - it's my vision of the Walter Crane painting of Neptune driving all his horses through the surf. <br />
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It was quite a feat of engineering to produce this piece and took quite a while to develop. I learned a lot about combining wire work and bead work in the same piece while working on it and the workmanship isn't my best, but I expect my next piece using this method will be much neater, now that I know what not to do. ;-DBonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-4388096526686475202011-11-06T14:10:00.000-05:002011-11-06T14:10:38.335-05:00Bollywood ChallengeThe entries for the ArtFire Beadweavers Guild <a href="http://artfirebeadweaversguild.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-challenge-voting.html">"Bollywood" challenge</a> are up for voting. See all the eye candy and vote for your favorite!<br />
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Here are some other links for the ArtFire Beadweavers Guild you might want to check out for news and more eye candy:<br />
<a href="http://artfirebeadweaversguild.blogspot.com">The Blog</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/ArtfireBeadweaversGuild">Facebook Fan Page</a><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/AFbeadweavers">Twitter</a>Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-51403977729108000722011-10-29T19:38:00.001-04:002011-10-29T19:45:37.413-04:00Maven Meld ChallengeThe deadline for the Maven Meld challenge entries is upon us and, by some miracle, I got mine in on time. You won't want to miss seeing all the stunning entries on the <a href="http://www.beadmavens.com/Bead_Mavens/Maven_Meld_Entries.html">Maven Meld entries</a> page.<br />
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I spent a lot of time "perfecting" my design but when I saw how gorgeous the other entries are, I feel like Wile E Coyote with a flock of roadrunner beaders leaving me in the dust! LOL!!! As for my entry, I used a component of Mikki Ferrugiaro's <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/mikkiferrugiarodesigns/3564899/tutorial_the_complete_crab_collection/design/patterns/jewelry/bracelets">"Crab Chain" design</a>, one of Mikki's <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/mikkiferrugiarodesigns/3452344/tutorial_focal_snap_clasps_volume_1/design/patterns/jewelry">focal snap clasp designs</a> and <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/JewelryTales">Cynthia Newcomer Daniel</a>'s "Russian Snake Chain" tutorial.<br />
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Here's the prototype I made up first:<br />
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And here's the final design:<br />
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Deciding I didn't care for the "chain" part I replaced it with Cynthia Newcomer Daniel's Russian Snake Chain. I loved the look of the first focal snap which was based on Mikki Ferrugiaro's "Vintage" focal snap clasp, but decided it was a little too heavy for this choker and didn't hang quite right, so I replaced it with a variation on her "Victorian" focal snap clasp. This one turned out both lighter and flatter and consequently hung much better.<br />
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It's interesting to see how different the two look when made with different beads. I'm reasonably satisfied with the look of the final design, but think I'll make yet another one using pearls like I had in the pink one. It still has plenty of bling, but the pearls give it a somewhat softer look. Now what color should the next one be?Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-1376346807794165362011-10-21T10:36:00.001-04:002011-10-21T10:40:27.849-04:00New Beadwork CollectionsLife has been happening so much lately that I haven't had time to post, but I did want to let you know about two new ArtFire collections. One features orange beadwork for my orange loving beading buddy, Tanya. It's called <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=collections&op=details&cid=28884">"Orange You Beautiful"</a><br />
<i>Here's a piece from the collection. It's called "Ziangle 2-Hot Chilli" and was created by <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/DaxDesignsBeadArt">Dax Designs</a>:</i><br />
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The other is a collection of tawny, beadwoven, wild animal prints called <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=collections&op=details&cid=28893">"Beading On The African Veldt"</a> - just because I thought they were so interesting and wanted to share them with you. <br />
<i>Here's a piece from this collection. It's called "Exotic White Tiger Beaded Necklace" and was created by <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/Forbesfarm">Forbesfarm</a>:</i><br />
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<b>ENJOY!</b>Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-25602498675521199512011-09-20T23:23:00.001-04:002011-09-21T08:32:18.210-04:00New Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6IBQZeBh02Y/TnlYcKTBFgI/AAAAAAAAANY/YGDIpT3dWkA/s1600/Pink%2BSnap%2BBracelet3a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="274" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6IBQZeBh02Y/TnlYcKTBFgI/AAAAAAAAANY/YGDIpT3dWkA/s320/Pink%2BSnap%2BBracelet3a.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I've been working on clasps that don't look like clasps. Mikki Ferrugiaro has designed some focal clasps by beading over snaps and I've taken her snap idea and am running amok with it. ;-D Here is a bracelet I recently finished. In the second picture you can see the snaps. Such a simple idea, but so ingenious - go Mikki!<br />
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Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-90794017575709052832011-08-18T08:16:00.001-04:002011-08-18T08:21:22.055-04:00Yummy Eye CandyAnother one of my necklaces was just featured in an ArtFire collection and I'm so pleased! It's a beautiful collection of beadweaving and you can see it <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=collections&op=details&cid=26075">here</a>.<br />
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I regret not posting much lately but I've fallen way behind on my <a href="http://www.bleilysgems.com/YearofJewelry2011/">Year Of Jewelry</a> project submissions and I'm beading madly to catch up. Other people have been posting some gorgeous work though so you'll enjoy taking a peek there too.<br />
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Here's a close up of a choker I made recently that I like a lot.<br />
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Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-35509987699701436152011-08-04T19:18:00.000-04:002011-08-04T19:18:51.408-04:00Leaf CorrectionsThanks to the sharp eyes of my friend Linda G, I need to make a couple of corrections. The most important one is #5. The illustration is right but the text should read: "Pick up 1 C and (purple) PDT the 3 Ms on the column directly below where you just came up. You will come out<b> between the first and second M strung</b> (first inside picot made)." Also, in the illustrations 9-13, the enter line of beads should be Cs, but they were Ms. Both are fixed now.<br />
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I hope if anyone else spots anything amiss you'll let me know, and please send me photos of your finished leaves and I'll post them here.<br />
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Happy beading!Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-14624224224039463562011-07-27T17:02:00.003-04:002011-08-04T19:08:18.210-04:00St. Petersburg Openwork Leaf Tutorial<i>You can see a couple of them in the photo of my Spring Garden bracelet in my <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=3040752">ArtFire</a> studio and in an <a href="http://bonniesotherplace.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-05-06T13%3A15%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=5">earlier</a> post here.</i><br />
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Supplies:<br />
Size 11 round seed beads – less than 200 – Main color<br />
Size 15 round seed beads – less than 100 – Contrasting color<br />
Note: I prefer the look of round beads for these leaves, but you can use whatever you like. Substituting, hexes or charlottes will give your leaf a little bling and matte beads will result in a more natural look.<br />
Size 12 beading needles (2)<br />
Beading thread – You’ll need about a yard (36”) for each leaf.<br />
I use Fireline crystal for light colored beads and Fireline smoke for darker beads. (If in doubt, go with the smoke.)<br />
Scissors<br />
Thread burner (optional)<br />
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Abbreviations:<br />
PT – Pass through (in the same direction you were going)<br />
PBT – Pass back through in the opposite direction<br />
PUT – Pass up through<br />
PDT – Pass down through<br />
M – Main color, size 11 round seed bead<br />
C – Contrasting color, size 15 round seed bead<br />
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Let’s Get started!<br />
1. Begin by threading a needle at each end of your thread.<br />
2. String 6 Ms and 1C and move them to the center of your thread.<br />
3. Using the right hand needle, skip the C and PBT the 6 Ms. The first pass is in red, the second in blue.<br />
4. Skip the C and the first 2 Ms and PUT the next 2 Ms again (green). The last 2 Ms will sit beside the beads you just PUT as if to ladder or square stitch them. From here on you will need to be sure your stitching is snug, with no obvious thread showing between beads.<br />
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5. Pick up 1 C and (purple) PDT the 3 Ms on the column directly below where you just came up. You will come out between the first and second M strung (first inside picot made). <br />
6. Pick up 1 C and PUT the 2 Ms beside where you just came down. You will come out at the top right corner of your work (first outside picot made).<br />
7. String 4 Ms. PUT the first 2 strung (yellow). New beads 3 and 4 should sit beside beads 1 and 2 as if to ladder or square stitch them as in step 4. Remember to keep the square formed by the 4 new beads snugged down against the outside row of the square below.<br />
8. Repeat steps 5, 6 and 7 until you have 7 outside picots, not counting the C at the very beginning.<br />
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9. String 8 Ms on one needle (aqua), PDT the C picot and the 2 outside Ms on the opposite side. PUT the 2 inside Ms (purple), the C picot and the the next 4 Ms to end at the center.<br />
10. Pass the other needle BT the 8 Ms just added (aqua), the C picot and the 2 outside Ms on the opposite side. PUT the 2 inside Ms (purple), the C picot and the next 4 Ms to end at the center.<br />
11. Use one needle to string about 16 C for the center vein; PDT the center column of beads where you first started stitching. Starting with the first M (orange), PBT the center column and the last 2C just strung. <br />
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<i>Note: You may need to adjust the number of beads in the center vein to create a straight vein down the center of the leaf. Use however many seem to fit. <br />
You may also need to adjust the number of beads going from the center vein to the inside picots as you work back up to the top, or if your stitching is slightly tighter or looser. </i><br />
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12. String 2C, PUT the first inner picot bead on the opposite side, back through the 2C just strung and the next bead of the center vein.<br />
13. Repeat step 12 until you have joined all the inside picots.<br />
14. Pass your needle up and over the thread holding the 8 beads across the top. PDT the center vein, through the C at the top of the center column (down at the bottom where you started) then back up through the center vein.<br />
15. Tie the two thread ends together in a surgeon’s knot and trim.<br />
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HEY, you have a leaf! Congratulations!Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-9458286456341703132011-07-21T17:09:00.000-04:002011-07-21T17:09:23.335-04:00Free-form peyote stitch bracelet - Bead&Button Magazine<a href="http://bnb.jewelrymakingmagazines.com/Projects/Subscriber%20Projects/2010/08/Free-form%20peyote%20stitch%20bracelet.aspx">Free-form peyote stitch bracelet - Bead&Button Magazine</a>Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-5541420639458150062011-07-16T20:02:00.002-04:002011-07-16T20:13:30.310-04:00Challenging EventsAn Ohio Beaders Challenge is not a contest or a swap. Rather, it is a call to members to engage in a jewelry making related undertaking that is a personal test of one's abilities or resources and is demanding but stimulating to those engaged in it. The purpose is to stretch your creative limits and encourage you to make something you may not make otherwise. Challenge photos from our most recent challenge will be posted soon in the <a href="http://ohiobeadersshowcase.blogspot.com/ ">Ohio Beaders Showcase</a>. Photos from past challenges are already there.<br />
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The challenge, "What Was Old is New Again", ran from May 15 to July 15, 2011, and our pieces had to be made during that period with photos and descriptions of the completed pieces turned in by July 15th – no “dog ate my homework” stories accepted. ;-D For this challenge we could make jewelry, accessories or home décor but the focus of each piece had to be something at least 20 years old, although the supporting beads or wire could be new.<br />
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When my mother passed away, I found a 3¼” long, vintage "Evening In Paris" perfume bottle from the 1950s among her toiletries and immediately knew it had to be the focal element of a piece of cobalt and silver jewelry. Then when this challenge came up I knew just what I wanted to make. <br />
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The cobalt colored Swarovski crystals and silver lined cobalt glass seed beads are perfectly set off by the silvery palladium plated glass seed beads and the hand crafted Bali Silver clasp. There is actually some perfume left in the bottle, so I taxed my engineering skills to devise a method of attaching it in such a way that you can still remove the lid if you want to.<br />
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Right now the theme for our next challenge is being chosen, so stay tuned for more challenging events...Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-55172427240511061272011-07-09T21:47:00.003-04:002011-07-16T12:59:59.755-04:00Festival NewsToday I went to the Youngstown Festival of the Arts where my friend Frances <a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/bebopbeads">(Bebop Beads)</a> had a booth and won the Best Fine Craft award. Nice going, Bebop! The festival was interesting - there were exhibits and performances from different ethnic groups, good music, good food, fine arts and crafts and quite a few jewelry vendors. You can see some pics from the festival<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/media/set/?set=a.10150248396484591.340504.86813719590"> here</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/summerfestivalofthearts">here</a> although there aren't any pics of jewelry booths.<br />
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I wore my bronze beadwoven bracelet and earrings <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sPrHMjkUdh4/ThkC47XiiNI/AAAAAAAAAJI/z16cJqI11v0/s1600/Bronze%2BBracelet%2BComposite%2Bc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="294" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sPrHMjkUdh4/ThkC47XiiNI/AAAAAAAAAJI/z16cJqI11v0/s320/Bronze%2BBracelet%2BComposite%2Bc.jpg" /></a></div>and got quite a few compliments on them. I wore my new butterfly necklace too (last post) and got even more compliments on it. I like the combination of wirework and beadweaving so I guess that's the direction I'll be taking with most of my new work.Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303263874365126332.post-59536879396253628832011-07-04T22:31:00.002-04:002011-07-16T13:10:58.398-04:00Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!Evidently people are liking my work because it's been included in 2 more collections. I love butterflies and both of my butterfly necklaces have shown up in recent ArtFire collections - first the <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=collections&op=details&cid=23317">beadwoven</a> one last week and my <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=collections&op=details&cid=23802">newest</a> one today. Here's a pic of the new one...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oKl3uSubpw8/ThJ3QCt5BdI/AAAAAAAAAJA/GBwmosUdQVE/s1600/B%2527fly%2B4a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="319" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oKl3uSubpw8/ThJ3QCt5BdI/AAAAAAAAAJA/GBwmosUdQVE/s320/B%2527fly%2B4a.jpg" /></a></div>and here's the other one...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KE0KywfQPL4/TiHGGphuZ0I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/mFsHF-pJm58/s1600/Bfly%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="254" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KE0KywfQPL4/TiHGGphuZ0I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/mFsHF-pJm58/s320/Bfly%2B3.jpg" /></a></div>Bonnie Schilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993445638893410945noreply@blogger.com1