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...
Hollyhocks? We used to have some that came up every year at our old house.....so pretty.
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So pretty and hollyhocks would make a good subject for my little dumflings too. x jo
ReplyDeleteA beautiful photo of the hollyhocks Laura...gorgeous. Have a lovely weekend Robyn
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Lovely colour.
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You can't beat Mother Nature.
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Lovely hollyhock, Laura - gorgeous colour :) Have a great weekend. Elizabeth xx
ReplyDeleteI wouldn´t have recognised those as hollyhocks, but they are very pretty. Kate x
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