Hello, Happy Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday ! As promised a picture of last Wednesdays 'work' finished off. Post and more photos here . This week I'm showing off the beaded ATC I made... Tricky to photograph so your getting one with flash and one without... It was all parcelled up and sent off to Queen of Desks Julia . Here is a basic of how it was made... (lots of waffle about wefts and warps!) I use a flexible beading needle. It is mainly 'eye' so it is very easy to thread. And delica beads which are more regular and accurate than the better known seed bead. They are slightly more rectangular than round so they line up better. Thread your needle with the weft thread. (The cross ways thread that weaves back and forth.) Pick up the beads... Pass the needlefull of beads underneath the warp (tight length ways) threads on the loom... ...and push each bead u...
Isn''t it funny how a box of pencils makes us smile especially when they are all freshly sharpened. Thanks for sharing....I'm smiling too now.
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Annie x
Lots of projects on the cards with those.
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fabulous colours there, enjoy.
ReplyDeleteYep! If they were in my sticky mitts they would make me smile too!
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Hi Laura, lucky you but my poor old just normal Derwent watercolours have a lot of sharpening to do before I get another set. Cheers and happy colouring Robyn
ReplyDeleteLovely! Definitely reason to smile :) Elizabeth xx
ReplyDeleteI love a new set of colouring ´ímplements´, and a set of pencils always give me pleasure. I must admit that I am won over by my copic markers now, and they are my ´go to´box, but your much loved pencils would still make me smile.
ReplyDeleteI love your C. cards too. I have never managed C&S cards and been pleased with them, but I always like the ones other folk make.
By the way, Foxy is a rescue dog who lived for three months in a fox hole before we caught her, so we know nothing of her background. But the heart shaped markings on her face indicate some husky in her parentage, hence the piercing blue eyes. Kate xx
Would make me smile as well. Lucky you. Anne x
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