Welcome to Project 3 of Beading Babes!
This month two projects were chosen
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Runway of Pearls by Barbara Falkowitz
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Ravishing Rosettes by Smadar Grossman.
It appears that both of these pieces presented us with many hurdles and proved to be quite a challenge for most of us.
In saying that, I am so pleased to see that we all persisted with the pieces with a few of us completing both projects.
Well done!
So without furtherado here are the finished pieces!
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Runway of Pearls by Barbara Falkowitz
(Beadwork - December 2011/January 2012 - page 54)
Therese of Therese's Treasures
Tanya of A Work in Progress
Amy of Amybeads
Christine of There and Back Again Studios
Siggi of Zora-Zauber
And here is what I created.
My piece was stitched using 2mm fire polished beads instead of the triangle beads. I've made mine reversable by using silver beads on one side and matte grey beads on the other.
I created a peyote toggle clasp which also acts as a feature of the bracelet.
Final Verdict
Overall I liked the design of Runway Pearls but like most RAW pieces I create I found the stitching a little repetitive...but the bonus of RAW is that it works up pretty fast. This is such a versatile piece and as you can see by how different it looks in the various colourways, not to mention using different beads, I think it's a great pattern!
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Ravishing Rosettes by Smadar Grossman
(Bead and Button - December 2011 - page 38)
Therese of Therese's Treasures
Tanya of A Work in Progress
Vimala of of The Bead Diaries
Kristen of My Bead Journey
Ginger of Lilmummylikes
Siggi of Zora-Zauber
Christine of There and Back Again Studios
And here is what I created.
My piece has been stitched using matte red and turquoise beads along with galvanised silver beads.
I was originally going to create a peyote toggle for this bracelet too but a) I misjudged the length of the bracelet and therefore the addition of the toggle was going to make it too long and b) I felt that the fancy toggle would have distracted the eye from the lovely rosettes.
Final Verdict
As you all know I really struggled with this piece. I found it very repetitive, I struggled to understand the pattern and had to unpick it several times. With most repetitive pieces I find I usually don't have to continue looking at the pattern but with this one I continued to refer to the steps until it was finished.
But I am glad I persisted with it as I hate to give up on anything, especially a challenging beading piece, and I think the end result was well worth the frustration.
Overall I really love Ravishing Rosettes.
It's such a beautiful design but for me it was really tough going and a piece I probably won't attempt again...ok maybe I will, you know, just to see if I can improve on this one!
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Once again thank you so much for being a part of Beading Babes.
I look forward to seeing you all in Project 4 so watch this space as I will be posting up the project choices in the next few days!
Happy Beading!
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Copyright Disclaimer
All patterns used within this group will be purchased by the beader and will not be copied.
All credit will be given to the designer.
