I was waiting so hardly for this year's vacation, I was really exhausted. My plans were to dedicate my time to my family and creating. There were so many "Work in progress" projects waiting for same spare time and creative energy.
Plans, right!
In the meantime I've started to read a book I've received for my birthday a few years ago and ....
... after three weeks this was the result:
Here are the original titles (I've read the Slovenian or Italian translations).
From top:
- Cecilia Ahern: Thanks for the Memories
- John Green: The Fault in Our Stars
- Chris Carter: One by One
- Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl
- C. M. Palov: Ark of Fire - The Templar's Code
- Rebecca Donovan: The Breathing Series (Trilogy):
+ Reason to Breathe
+ Barely Breathing
+ Out of Breath
No need to say the unfinished jewelry project remained so!!
Be happy,
Alenka
I was so sorry to had to step out from Therese's and Christine's challenge A Time to Stitch 5 as it's one of my favorites. However, sometimes the life gets it's own way and I had no energy to create anything at that time ...
The challenge was to pick only one stitch and to make three bracelets in a different size, shape and/or
color of beads.
My choice was the Right Angle Weave Stitch (RAW). This is not exactly my favorite stitch, but when I was choosing only one to use for a bracelet it inspired me the most.
I was able to finish the first bracelet (cuff) by now - the basic one. The squares are three per three beads. The beads are Miyuki Rocailles 2,2 mm in different colors, according to one of the conversion tables available online it should be 11/0 or so.
To get a better consistency and straighter lines I've added some embellishments (white beads) passing through every line again. In the middle I've added also the diagonals of three beads.
This is the result (click on the pictures to enlarge):
On my wrist:
The inner side of the wrist:
Two more to go now ...
If you want to see what the other participants created for the actual reveal, the list is here.
Be happy,
Alenka
Today I'm working on my unfinished projects ... and I've finally finished one more piece using the beads I've received in the bead soup from my partner Lori Anderson.
Do you remember my bracelet with lampwork beads (for more pictures click on the link):
Well, I had left two of the smaller lampwork beads that were perfect for a pair of earrings.
I've made the herringbone rope a looong time ago, but had to make several attempts to stitch all the components together.
The bracelet rope is tubular herringbone with 6 beads in a row, for the earrings I preferred to make a thinner rope and I used 4 beads in a row:
As you can see, I'm still having fun with my bead soup :-)
Be happy,
Alenka
