Tuesday, September 22, 2009
No Photo, No Progress
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Brenda Stofft,
Rabbit Geisha
Alas, last night was Rip It All Out night in Chilly Hollow. I tried doing my Half Tony stitch with one ply on the lower skirt of the Rabbit Geisha, didn't like it, ripped it out, looked at the two ply area I'd done and realized I'd made a mistake in the count and ripped all that out, too.
I've started the skirt again, trying my best with a laying tool to keep the two plies of Mandarin floss from twisting. It eventually will look very nice but it is slow going. Oh, well, there are always nights when I won't get much done. I didn't even get any more of the blue background done, although I am eager to see how the background will change the face of the rabbit, so we'll just have to wait a bit longer to see progress.
Fortunately, this lack of progress isn't catching. Ruth Schmuff has gotten a lot done on her purse canvas. This is a class she's teaching at her shop, Beadecked and Beadazzled. I like how the various elements are coming together. It's not easy to do ribbon flowers and not have them overwhelm the leaves and stems and insects but she is doing this well.
http://www.tistheseason.org/blog/2009/09/zinnias.html
I've also come across what seems to be a great bead storage system. You can see a nice photo here but there is no identification as to who makes this. To be fair, the writer of this blog has been quite ill and I'm sure identification was the last thing on her mind.
http://worldembroideries.blogspot.com/2009/09/pretty-flowers.html
A little Googling has found something that might be the square bead tubes in boxes system. Any beaders out there know? Again, there is no manufacturer information or online purchase options.
http://www.bonitabead.biz/KnowledgeCntr/Details/SeedBeadStorage.html
Nothing like a good mystery to get Tuesday underway!
UPDATE: Mystery solved? The "master box #1150-09" about half way down the page with the smaller boxes listed underneath sure looks like this system, except for the lids.
http://www.craftamerica.com/storage_containers_page_3.htm
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9 comments:
Helby probably has similar storage systems....as well as beig a great source for beads.
Love the canvas of the day.
Thanks for the recommendation, Patt. I'll check into Helby. Are they online?
The canvas of the day tickled me. I have a friend who collects pink flamingo stuff....
Found Helby's website which Patt recommended at this link. It does not look like they sell online.
http://www.helby.com/html/beads.html
The "tic-tac" bead storage system can also be seen at whimbeads.com.
Thanks, TheresaA! I'll check that out.
We appreciate the help.
Hi, I'm from "World Embroideries, and I'm so sorry to have caused a mystery! I got my storage system here: http://www.beadsbydee.com/Catalog/BeadStorage.html
It is very useful for the way I work.
Thank you for the link!
Jane
Hello, Jane! No problem. You didn't mean to cause a mystery and this looks like a great system. We'll all stampede over to Beads By Dee and see what she has.
Thanks!
By the way, we all hope Jane's feeling much MUCH better! Thanks again for the tip.
It's me again, and thank you, I am feeling much better. I'm headache free for the first time in a year; my body can hardly take it in.
I had seen the flip-tops for the first time on the link I gave you, but I actually purchased them here:
http://whimbeads.com/cart.asp?pg=products&grp=571
They are amazingly affordable!
Jane
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