Beading in Wagga

 

I am spending my last two days on this teaching trip in Wagga.
Today we did Creative Beading and included Beaded Buttons which was the first time I merged these two workshops together.
It worked quite well I think and these are some of the resulting buttons created - all by first time beaders.

I was really impressed.
If you want to make little masterpieces like these - my Online Beading Course is starting again next week - 17th March and now is the time to sign up.

More Beaded Buttons

As I unpacked last week for the Melbourne Quilt Show I realised that I had left my Beaded Button samples at home and as they were a featured product I needed to make some more quickly.
Luckily they are really simple so I grabbed some kits and made these up in the hotel room. Even though I was tired and had a gin and tonic or two under my belt I was quite pleased with them.

They really look great as a brooch (with a brooch back glued to the back) or sewn onto a quilt to add that zing. You could even use them as buttons of course. Wouldn't they look brilliant on a plain shirt?

If you would like to make your own , I have kits in a wide range of colourways for only $25 which included 2x 38mm button blanks, heaps of beads, needle, beading thread, hand dyed fabric and stabiliser and pattern including the simple beading stitches.

Wouldn't they make great presents?

I also still have a few copies left of Down Under Textiles where this project was originally published but you will need to be quick.

Another Button

Just had to make another last night - mainly just to check one of the bead mixes I have put together. I love the colours but the big beads were just a little too big so I added the small gold ones to balance the mix. There are also some very cool blue/green sequins in the mix.
This one took about an hour from start to finish and this one is the Purple & Green colourway on the website.

Down Under Textiles

The second great issue of Down Under Textiles is about to be released and this time there is one of my projects in it.

This project is Beaded Buttons and I have been showing you little bits of them over the last few weeks but here are some more.

This extremely simple project can be completed in a few hours and can then be used as jewellery or a focal point for another art work.

To make it even easier for you - I have put together a complete kit in a variety of colourways. The kit contains hand dyed fabric, stabiliser, needle, beading thread and of course a container of beads. I have photos of the colourways on the website but if there is something you particularly want - just ask. I am sure I could find the right colours in my small collection.

I am also stocking the magazine so if you want to be amongst the first to get your copy (they won't be available in newsagents) you can order them from me too so you can get started straight away on your beautiful creation