Tag Archives: String of Beads

Gran’s Bead Box 5, 6

Posted on May 16, 2020 by

Earlier this year I spent a month or so concentrating on drawing a wide variety of beads to applique, then drawing designs using the new shapes, but mixing them up with the traditional simple leaf shape. This is a fun … Continue reading →

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Beads Again 5, 6

Posted on April 12, 2020 by

Interesting. I love that the rather scrappy look in these designs uses just one multi coloured fabric, and when I save the blocks in My Library they appear as black. I have a picture in my head of the colouring … Continue reading →

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Brand New Wedding Ring 1, 2

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

I was really trying very hard to sort out some new beaded applique blocks, but got distracted by a question which started with two innocent little words. What if … I made the corner a little bit more elaborate? Which … Continue reading →

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Christmas Beading 19, 20

Posted on December 14, 2019 by

Back to my stash of designs which have been in storage like the Christmas decorations, but then the second available design needed some work … just like some of the decorations when they come out of storage. Now it looks … Continue reading →

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Christmas Mix of Beads 5, 6

Posted on December 2, 2019 by

String of Beads has been a string of different colour beads of all the same shape, but beads come in all sorts of shapes. So why not add some round beads so we have a Christmas Mix, but no candy … Continue reading →

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Beaded Blocks and Borders 28

Posted on November 26, 2019 by

Love this, though the colour of the binding could be improved.

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String of Beads Roundabout 26

Posted on September 18, 2019 by

Interesting … and I like it.

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Bunch of Beads 13

Posted on July 11, 2019 by

I like it!

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Beaded Fans 11

Posted on May 16, 2019 by

Love it … and love that I used just one fabric to get the scrappy look. You can see a little bit more of it in the final border. I must do some maths to see how much of one … Continue reading →

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Double Wedding String of Beads 13

Posted on May 6, 2019 by

Same little shape as yesterday’s design. Double Wedding Ring was the design I worked out how to machine stitch those beads down … narrow zigzag with neutral thread works a treat for the lines of beads doing a gentle curved … Continue reading →

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