Table of Contents Issue 6 (Jul/Aug 2006) Summer Issue |
Welcome friends, this issue celebrates all things summer! From the crisp cool greens & blues of Linda Gettings' Fern Fringe earrings and necklace to the warm Tuscan Sun Net Necklace from Sandra Halpenny. If you would like to stitch more netted necklaces Sandra has a wonderful new book: featuring 16 different delightful designs! Diana Wilson has shared a crystal caper ladder stitch bracelet that joins Fire & Ice, icy white size 8 Delicas and fiery hued Swarovski crystals. Voyage to the bottom of the sea with adorable Brick stitch fish charms in Sea Jewels from Julie Ann Smith; which would look terrific on the Charming Ocean wire & jump ring bracelet. Enjoy!
Deb Moffett-Hall - Editor |
Fire & Ice by Diana Wilson A Ladder Stitched Bracelet with Crystals. Stitch two ladders of icy-white size 8 Delica beads and link them with Swarovski crystals in sizzling hot colors or keep things ultra-cool with opaque turquoise crystals. Materials needed for one 7½ inch bracelet as shown:
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Charming Ocean Bracelet From the collection of Nancy Staub Combine silver jump rings and silver Bali beads into a lovely linked bracelet. Add an assortment of pearls and ocean charms to fill out the links. Materials needed to make one 7½ inch bracelet as shown:
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Hot, Hot Hex Bracelet by Sue Moyer Play with color to create subtle gradations like this flow from ruby red to electric purple to cornflower blue and back again. Your bracelet could blend red-orange-yellow or blue-aqua-green. Great Beginner Peyote Project. Materials needed for a 7 inch bracelet:
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Kids & Beads: Summer Fun Sun Catchers by Michelle Hall A fun, easy, & colorful way to decorate plastic sun catcher shapes using inexpensive craft seed beads and clear drying glue. Materials needed:
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Tuscan Sun Net Necklace by Sandra D. Halpenny Radiant & glowing, this lacy and delicate looking netted seed bead necklace looks fabulous on sun-kissed skin. Materials needed for 15" necklace shown:
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Flirty Fern Fringe by Linda Gettings Brick stitch 5 twisted bugles into a tube and add several types of fringe to create sumptuous fringed accents fabulous for earring and necklaces. Materials needed for earring and necklace set shown: All beads are a mix of blues and greens, specific beads for fringe units:
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Bronze & Silver Bugle Cuff by Leanne Lee A seed bead and metal bugle peyote stitched bracelet with a unique Bronze Age appeal. A Chinese coin could also be used as the centerpiece. Materials needed for 7½" bracelet:
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Sea Jewels by Julie Ann Smith A seed bead and metal bugle peyote stitched bracelet with a unique Bronze Age appeal. A Chinese coin could also be used as the centerpiece. NOTE: Pattern is for fish charms only. Materials needed: Delica, size 11 bead color numbers listed below.
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Citrine & Bamboo Herringbone Great summer colors, 40 inches of supple beads to wear many different ways, no clasp needed! Materials needed: Delica, size 11 bead color numbers listed below.
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Pansy Pill Box by Deb Moffett-Hall A handsome 24k gold plated pill box with a subtly shaded pansy peyote panel. A beautiful & thoughtful gift for a woman who needs to carry medication each day. Materials needed: Delica, size 11 bead color numbers and quantites are listed below.
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Product and Book Reviews |
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eebeads.com Carolyn Nehring & Allen Ahlvin operate eebeads.com, a unique online bead store. The Bead Collections, like the sample shown in the photo, are mixed by hand on-site -every bag contains at least a pair of each bead style so you can make tons of matching earrings from one package. |
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Over 150 projects are available at the site with free instructions! Order everything to make that project with one click of a button. It's easy to customize your general order size too. Purchase just a few pearls or a whole strand. "There's no reason for the individual beader to carry a huge inventory of left-over beads just because they needed 5 for a project," Carolyn explains, "We carry the inventory so they don't have too." www.eebeads.com |
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Crystal Lace Necklace Patterns By Sandra D. Halpenny Sandra has crafted a wonderful book overflowing with "must make" projects. The luscious photographs make it difficult to decide which necklace to stitch first! Begin with "Simple Lace", explore Wedding Lace, Flower Lace, and Butterfly Lace and just keep stitching till you reach the last "Lace Drop" design - you will love them all! 16 different necklaces, 85 pages of exquisitely detailed, carefully illustrated instructions. Order your copy today. http://www.SandraDHalpenny.com |
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