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Here's the beginning....I decided to paint the motif instead of adding more fabric:
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Then I chose the focal rock & other colors I want to use for this month:
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If you look really close at the piece of turquoise, you may see what I do...someone sitting down on the ground or a blanket? Maybe Kokopelli? Well, anyway, the nugget reminds me of all the rock hounding trips we took as kids on summer vacations. The person/image reminds me of my pal, Canolli, & I going on our petroglyph trips & telling people we just came to the South West to "sit in the dirt"! :) See if you can find it:
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So next I picked some matte Delicas to encase the nugget. Used peyote stitch around it & had a dickens of a time with the last tightening row. The nugget isn't a perfectly shaped cab, but I like things that aren't so perfect! :) So, here is where I'm at now:
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CC Spaghetti signing off for the week!
8 comments:
Just think about all the things you (and everyone else) wouldn't be learning if you didn't try new things. Life would be so boring if we just stuck with what we know. I love your sun, it just radiates energy!
You've done it again CC! Another brilliant idea! I find it really interesting to see that you made a casing for the nugget :) This is new to me...never seen anything like this before.
CC you're my kind of person. I can just imagine you sitting in your chair with the project over your head so the bead spikes won't catch your thread. I actually giggled because I see it and I too would probably do something like that 10 times before I got it. Your're cute! I saw the person on the blanket and thought it was perfect. You did a nice job surrounding it. Thanks for your sharing and for your great sense of humor! Heidi
CC, you always make me smile-thanks! I'm glad you're doing a "sun", you do brighten our days :o) Lillian
CC -- I love hearing about your adventures in beading. I think you are going to be pleasantly surprised at how well this turns out!
Kathy V in NM
Ahhh, a new yoga pose "Beading the Sun".
Your center stone is beautiful. It's going to be fun to see your sun begin to shine. But I am really jealous of the neatness of your work area! Mine is a mess.
Nice job CC & I can understand the frustations with not getting the last row to be nice & tight, been there done that LOL
I find to bezel cabs, it's easier with Czech beads than Delicas then you can choose the narrow ones, that you would normally cull out when doing peyote, to do the last row & that would bring the bezel in tighter around the top of the cab. HTH
I'm looking forward to seeing this piece evolve
Hi, all! Sorry I didn't get to all of these wonderful & helpful comments!!! It's been a crazy week! I'm glad some of you can relate to the learning process & how fun it really is...even tho' it can be frustrating too! And, nologic, I posted a couple of pics just for you! ;) Kiwi Ellen, thanks for the tip! I think you all are SO very special!
With aloha, CC
P.S. Heidi, you're cute too! ;D
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