Marta

Today I will share a jewellery kit with you that is called "Marta". It is for a bracelet that should be quite simple to make as there is no clasp.

The first step is to cut the chain into 12 pieces of equal length, open an eye pin, thread them on, close the pin, cover with a silver "cap" and make a loop at the top of the pin. Before closing the loop, attach the fan shaped spacer.This was a bit fiddly but not too difficult.

 Next I laid out the beads and spacers in the order that I would be threading them onto the "elastic".

Then I threaded all of the beads and spacers onto the elastic, starting and ending with the fan shaped spacer, and tied the ends of the elastic together, forming the first row.

Repeat this with the second row, a little bit more fiddly to tie off this time.

And here we have the completed bracelet, modelled by my daughter. I really love some of the designs on the beads and spacers in this kit, especially the dragon on the one above. I was born in the year of the dragon and should probably keep this for myself but my daughter has already called dibs on it. Oh well.

Talk again soon

Jeanette

Mixed Medium

When I found out that both my brothers, and their partners, were expecting babies this year, and they would both be girls, I decided to make something for them. I looked through my craft books and on the web and came up with an project by amalgamating all of these ideas.




I liked Rosalie Quinlan's and Chloe Owens idea of birds on a beaded string. I also like Chloe's idea of a mobile with flowers and butterflies.

 

I gathered some supplies together, covering a wooden hoop with bias and cutting out some shapes.

I sewed them and stuffed them. I embellished them with ric rac, buttons and embroidery.

Then I attached them to the hoop with beaded strands and criss crossed the wire across the hoop to attach the final beaded strand. I think it worked out quite well.

Talk again soon

Jeanette