This is a necklace made up of just seed beads. I learned the basic stitch in a class from years ago. The stitch is expanded in the portion that lies on the chest. Just my own little touch.

This is a piece I made way back when I was learning peyote stitch. Yes, it took forever to make. The catch is a button that my mother made. You can see her work at “Focus on Fiber”. There’s a link to the right.

Here is Febuary’s BJP. The pink heart is made with seed beads in Peyote stitch. The lavender center strip and clasp is RAW. The yarn is an Alpaca/Acrylic blend that my mother recently sent me. The embellishment on the necklace is made with tiny donuts.

Here is an adjustable choker made with a netting stitch. I used teal seed beads and pearl drops. The catch is two toggle buttons sown together.

Here is January’s BJP. It’s supposed to be a three dimensional snowflake, but it’s all floppy. Now, I bead pretty tight, and I worked on it for this piece. I tried adding a little candle wax to the center joint, but that didn’t work. The beads are too narrow and too filled with thread to use wire. I guess a should have used wire to begin with. If anyone has any ideas on how to stiffen this up, I’d sure like to hear it. If not, I’ll start over and use wire, i guess.
Thought about it some bit. I wonder if I could put some very fine beading needles along the main axis…..

Hi, all. Happy New Year!

I started a new Blog today. karen lynne crochets. The new one will be devoted to crochet. Pretty obvious, eh?
Please check out today’s post. I’m putting a link in with the blogs I follow.