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Friday, 13 June 2014

crystal pillows

The beads made in the post were actually made in November.  I discovered this post languishing in my drafts...  Poor neglected crystal pillows.

They're made from the book Creative Seed Bead Connections by Teresa Meister.  It is a fabulous book and I'd highly recommend it to any beadweavers out there.  


These little components started out life as a little strip, this photo was clearly taken in the middle of the night, in a cave...


This photo could do with cropping, but I have no idea where to find it as I've taken at least a million photos since then (slight exaggeration) and Photobucket is rubbish for finding stuff.  Well it is if you never name your photos or categorise them...


I used different combinations of 3mm crystals in black or gold, 8/0 seed beads in gold and 11/0 seed beads in black or gold.  I'm actually quite impressed I remembered that 7 months later!


I made four in total.  They took me hours.  HOURS.  Now to make the links to make them in to a necklace... I'll show you the finished piece in another 7 months or so...



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13 comments:

  1. Sarah in Stitches13 June 2014 at 10:07

    Beautiful! I like how each one is different. Great job! :D

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  2. JoJo13 June 2014 at 12:38

    They are very pretty! And they do look labour intensive. I haven't used photobucket in over a year. I just upload the pics to blogger from my hard drive.

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    1. Wendy14 June 2014 at 11:21

      So did I for my first couple od years' blogging but you only grt a certain amount of space before having to pay. I ran out of space a long time ago

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  3. Joy13 June 2014 at 13:07

    How lovely they are Wendy, I'm glad you found the post so we can enjoy them too - I hope it's not another seven months before an update; somehow I don't think it will be! Have a great weekend, xoJoy

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  4. Sandra :)13 June 2014 at 20:23

    Those are pretty - they look like brooches! LOL @ the photography in the cave - my basement sewing room photos look cave-like as well :D

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  5. Melody13 June 2014 at 22:52

    So lovely

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  6. margaret14 June 2014 at 06:46

    very nice clusters of beads, I am sure they will make a lovely necklace

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  7. Jane14 June 2014 at 07:23

    Love the little pillows, hope you find the perfect setting for them

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  8. Chrissie14 June 2014 at 10:43

    Great beads, well done for remembering the method, usually the hard part lol. Look forward to seeing the necklace. xcx

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  9. Rachel14 June 2014 at 14:44

    Delightful - but having had a go at this sort of beadwork, I can well believe they would have taken hours!

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  10. Melissa14 June 2014 at 23:36

    Beautiful! I haven't done much beadwork but I do admire it. What will you do with them?

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  11. Anonymous15 June 2014 at 09:15

    They look complicated so I can well believe they took hours - worth it though as they look lovely.

    ukcitycrafter@live.co.uk

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  12. Jo Ferguson15 June 2014 at 19:05

    They're gorgeous. It's amazing how long it takes to do a little beadwork. I find it meditative but definitely time consuming. These were more than worth the effort.

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