Pillow Bead Bracelet

As promised, here are some photos of beads that students made in Penny Dixon's Pillow Bead Bracelet class.  Some gals have made the beads but haven't finished their bracelets as of yet.  But here you get a chance to see the colors they are using.   Deb and Sue have finished at least one bracelet each.  More photos to follow.

Gee, wonder if this one belongs to Janet?
Bead Street Nos. S11605E for TQ, P11211E for the bronze
and a brick red seedbead size 11.




Joy selected beautiful colors on this one as well.
 Bead Street Nos. S11754E, S11916E, and P11208E.




I think this one belongs to Lucy. 
She was matching a new outfit so these may become
earrings instead of a bracelet.





This is Deb's finished bracelet.  Beautiful colors and I think she's pretty happy with it since I see her wearing it a lot..



This one beaded by Sue and she used some
of the same colors selected by Irene. 
I think Sue has another that she started in the class -
would love to see that one as well.
Pretty stunning huh?
All in all, I think everyone pretty happy with their projects.

We really appreciate that Penny drives from Twin Falls
 to teach at Bead Street in Boise.
We'll have to schedule as many classes as we can
 before winter weather.



One of Penny's class samples. 
See more of her work at  www.pennydixondesigns.com



Comments on Tila Twin Class

Have received many emails on the last post.  Most of them commenting on the great colors of CzechMate Tiles and SuperDuos - a few asking about another class - and some on wanting to know how to buy them.  The following is the email I received from Barb, my friend in Portland.  This made me laugh and I just had to share parts of it with you.  If you haven't read it, you might want to read the prior post first.

      "recovering from yesterday..... on to coffee, thinking.......  afterwards,  sitting, more thinking... 

Bated breath - hmmmmm-what is 'bb'?  Why do people say 'waiting with bb'????  What is that really, and are people really capable of having it???  Do we really want it?  Is it good for us? 

What would the Surgeon General say and do you think she's looked into it?  There's another question.  Is she doing her job?  What does she really do?  But back to bb...

I thought about this for quite awhile (while my popcorn was in the microwave) and decided to go to my goto gal, 'Gloria Google'.   

There it was, the definition...

To bate is to reduce, lessen or diminish. 

Waiting with bated breath implies waiting

with such suspense that one is hardly breathing

Do I want to be like this for even a short time??  Maybe I'll have to be waiting in another way.....what are other ways we wait?  Like for birthday presents, anniversaries (I for one don't need another washer and dryer), or waiting for something we may be dreaming about that has yet to appear.  How do you wait. 

I'm at this time waiting to get ready to go to work.  I'd rather wait for something else.  Like starting a new bead project with the new two holed SuperDuos (did I say fab colors before?).  But work provides money to buy the beads and sometimes,  on occasion, food and gas. 

So,  what are we waiting for again????"

That's my friend Barb and you can see why I love her.  I would say I am 'anxiously waiting' to see your finished projects,  but on second thought .....  Thanks for reading, Eileen

Another Tila Twin Bracelet Class

There was such overwhelming response and interest in this class - we had a waiting list big enough to fill another class. Here are some beautiful color samples of the students' work and I am waiting 'with bated breath' to see your finished bracelets. Again, even though this is a 'Tila Twin' pattern (thanks to Deborah Roberti), we mostly used CzechMate Tiles and Czech SuperDuo two holed beads.



Thanks to all for being so patient and in some cases, volunteering to reschedule into this one. 



Joy used TQ Pearl coated Twins (TW108N), Picasso Umber CzechMates and Bead Street No. S11223E for her seedbeads.



Chris used Opaque Gold/Rose Topaz  CzechMates, 2 colors of SuperDuos (Bead Street Nos. TW164N and TW157N) and S11205E seedbeads.

 

I think Deb liked this pattern - she has already finished at least two of these.  Here is Opaque Lt Beige Picasso CzechMates and SuperDuos in color TW135N.




Laura used one of the new colors of CzechMates, Bronze Turquoise Picasso, with Pearl TQ Twins (TW108G) and Bead Street No. S11460E for her seedbeads.  One of my favorite colorways.




I think this is Deb's second bracelet. 
Picasso Umber CzechMates, and Super Duos TW151N.





Pauline used Luster OP Green CzechMates,
TW150N SuperDuos and S11916E seedbeads.




Mary used Persian Turquoise Czechmates and SuperDuos TW150N.  Somehow Masoumeh, and Lea got away without me getting a good photo.  Hopefully, they will finish their projects and bring them into Bead Street for 'Show and Tell'.



Beading Projects

We had a fun day Saturday for Penny's Pillow Bracelet class (which I was calling  a 'Puffy Bead' Bracelet).   And if you are thinking the photo below isn't  that project - you are right.  We had a full house and many brought 'Show and Tell' projects they learned in past classes.  Except Joy.  She was the one that brought the tomato in the top right corner. 



Janet has spent a lot of time learning how to bead cabochons.  This is a Tagua nut and a herringbone rope. 

 

In this closeup, you can see the triangle shape of the nut, which makes it somewhat difficult to embellish. 
Janet did a great job with this piece.



This is also Janet's.  She says she is having a lot of fun with crochet.

This is the Deborah Roberti pattern called Tila Twin Bracelet that Sandy Taylor taught in July.  Janet closed the bracelet with an embellished button that she learned in a class taught by Nancy Sathre-Vogel. 



Another beautiful - and colorful - bracelet using the Tila Twin pattern.  Love how Janet finished her loop for the closure.

Penny also brought examples to share. 
I can't remember what she calls this beautiful bracelet.
 Hopefully, I'll find out soon and we can get this class
 scheduled in the fall. 
.



Love the colors she chose.
So much to learn and so little time.
Check back for photos of the Pillow Bracelet class.

 

Scroll Class Projects

More examples of projects learned in Penny's Scroll class.  The first two belong to Deb.  This is a beautiful bracelet she finished the first week after the class.  She was kind enough to bring this into Bead Street for me to photograph and then I lost the photo.  I had no idea an 8GB camera card could hold over a thousand photos.  So I really didn't 'lose' the photo - I just didn't look for it long enough.  
 


Deb used 6mm Czech fire polish, Japanese seed beads and a Swarovski Rivoli for the center. 



Here you can see how stunning this is.
Beautiful scroll work Deb!




Penny used a large stone cabochon, 3mm Czech Fire Polish, Japanese seed beads and freshwater pearls
for this beautiful bracelet




I love Penny's color palette. 
Can you see the fire polish around the cabochon?.




This is a work in progress. 
 Janet is using scroll techniques and beaded cabochon techniques from Penny's class to make this beautiful necklace. 
She is also using a Herringbone stitch to create the rope. 



Rose quartz drops, Swarovski crystals, Japanese seed beads and her own design for the flower pendant.
Can't wait to see the finished necklace

Tila Twin Bracelet

Claudia has moved from Boise to Montana but thanks to the Internet and her new camera, she's keeping in touch.  Here are photos of a bracelet she started in Sandy Taylor's Tila and Twin Bracelet class. Claudia much prefers the CzechMate Tiles over the Japanese Tilas and she was very vocal about preferring the Czech SuperDuos over the Twins. 



Sandy taught this Deborah Roberti pattern in July. 
 You can reach Deborah at espresso@sonic.net

 


Close up for those of you who want to use these same colors. 
 Jet Bronze Picasso CzechMate Tiles and Opaque Luster Picasso SuperDuos (Bead Street No. TW130N) 

We actually learned this Tile Button in another class, but it works beautifully to finish off this bracelet.
Fabulous work, Claudia.  Thanks for sharing.

Bead Street Class Schedule

We have some new classes for August and the schedule  is posted under the Classes caption in above header.  Because they are new, here are some photos.  A few more classes will be scheduled in the next week or so.  



Penny's Puffy Bead class, scheduled for Saturday, August 4th, has been full for awhile.  We may be able to convince her to do a second class if there is enough interest. 



Another color sample. Beautiful bracelet





Tila Lace Bracelet, Friday night, August 10th





Netted Wire with SuperDuos, Saturday, August 18th.  We had originally scheduled a Netted Cabochon, however, had a number of requests for something smaller.



Beaded Beads with new two-hole SuperDuos (aka Twins).  Larger one scheduled for Friday night, August 3rd and smaller bead scheduled for Friday night, August 17th

 


Tubular Beaded Crochet, Saturday, August 25th




More samples of Tubular Crochet