Tuesday, June 12, 2012

A Time To Stitch Challenge - Hosted by Therese Frank and Christine Altmiller


Welcome y'all to mine and Christine's first stitching challenge.  There are 22 participants in this challenge including Christine and myself.  The rules were simple, make a piece using herringbone or peyote or both.  If you were new to bead stitching, it did not matter if you finished, just show what you have done.

I did two pieces one using herringbone and the other peyote, both of my pieces are in tubular stitch form.
The first piece I did was a pattern that I found on Ellad2's Etsy shop the name of the tutorial is The Peacock Necklace.  This was a pretty easy pattern to follow and fairly easy to bead.  I chose iris blue size 11 seed beads, bronze colored size 8 seed beads, 4mm blue and bronze Swaroski crystal pearls, a bronze butterfly button I purchased from Lesley Watt's Etsy shop THEAtoo for the clasp.  The peyote band above the embellished center is silver lined blue Delica size 11 and bronze size 15 seed beads.


The only problem I had with this necklace was to try and keep the herringbone sections from twisting, but I could not, so I just let them do what they wanted.  Once I got a hang of the beaded beads in between the herringbone sections this necklace beaded up quickly.  I did not time myself, but if I were to guess, I would say this necklace took me between 12 and 15 hours to make.  I am very pleased with the end results.

My next piece is a peyote spiral done in red, white, and blue size 11 seed beads(I did not use a pattern for this one).  The focal is a pendant I made with one of Juli Cannon's lamp worked beads, you can find Juli's work at StudioJuls.  

I call this piece "I Love The USA"
The clasp is a silver base metal heart and I used different shaped glass beads for the dangles.  You might wonder what is the challenge in this?  Well for me this is the first time I have ever peyote stitched a rope long enough for a necklace.  I would always stop at 71/2 inches and make a bracelet or at 9 inches and add stringed beads for the rest of the necklace.  I pushed myself this time to do 20 inches.  Now I have a necklace to go with the flat peyote stitched bracelet I did last year for July 4th.

I hope y'all like what I have done for this challenge and that you will now take the time and visit the rest of the participants in this challenge.  






















Happy beading Y'all,
Therese

26 comments:

  1. They are both lovely...you have such patience. While I have never 'done' little beads...I love to look at them..so off I look at the others. I love the way your first necklace drapes by the way..very elegant.
    jenni

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  2. Wow! Love these! Especially that first piece, it is gorgeous!

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  3. First off, thank you for hosting this challenge and getting me to finally try herringbone! I love both pieces, but adore Illiad's patterns. You've really done it justice! It is gorgeous

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  4. Therese,it has been such a pleasure doing this with you! Thank you.
    I am impressed with your USA piece and how you went the distance :-) It is so pretty!
    And I Love the Peacock Necklace so much!!! Great colors and fringe. And the twist looks perfect in there. Just a wonderful necklace in its entirety.

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  5. FANTASTICO!!!! Wow Therese - that peacock piece is quite a stunner. I'm blown away by it! I love the little butterfly clasp on there too - I love little happy details like that.

    Your peyote rope is awesome - what a GREAT tribute to the USA and now you will have something to wear on the 4th!!!

    Thank you so much for hosting this challenge!

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  6. Your necklaces are beautiful, Therese! I love the peacock necklace, the colors are stunning. And, the red, white and blue necklace is fantastic! A great way to honor the USA!

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  7. Wow, both of these are gorgeous! You really showed how pretty both stitches are, and the color choices are awesome! Thank you so much for this challenge!!

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  8. Your peacock necklace is stunning! I want one, too. Will have to check out that pattern. Love the silver-lined blue you chose for the peyote band - it really pops. So glad you persevered with the peyote neckstrap - you'll be wearing it proudly on the 4th!

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  9. See I told you you were a total bead goddess! I love that you set up this challenge and that you created such gorgeous pieces!

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  10. Great minds think alike using red, white and blue, no?!?! =) Both of your necklaces are beautiful Therese ... you definitely have a gift when it comes to beadweaving! Thank you for hosting this fun hop!

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  11. Oh my oh my I love the peacock necklace---I think in my travels I came across it. It was way out of my league!! Your red white and blue is very nice too! Thank you so much for hosting this hop I had a lot of fun and a new excuse to buy beads for!!! I agree with Kristen you are a bead goddess!!

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  12. The peacock necklace is a stunner, Therese! It looks like the deep blue of the ocean, and the twist of the herrinbone strap begs to be touched. The peyote necklace is great fun - congratulations on meeting the challenge of a longer rope!

    And you and Christine throw one darned fine party -- thanks for a fun idea!

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  13. Therese, I love that peacock necklace and considered doing it for the challenge as well. :) Your version is gorgeous! The blue iris totally makes me think of peacocks and the bronze is perfect. You did such an awesome job with it. I love the red, white and blue rope. It's perfect for the upcoming holiday!

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  14. Wow Therese! Fantastic work like always. I just love the first necklace. It is drool-worthy! Thanks so much for helping host this hop! When is the next one lol?

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  15. Therese, both necklaces are beautiful and your bead work is fantastic. When I saw the first necklace in the rich blues and accents of bronze I immediately think of royalty! The necklace is so elegant!

    I have been so inspired by this wonderful blog hop/challenge that Christine and you have so graciously hosted! I've been to the majority of blogs and the lovely beaders that are participating have made such fantastic, awesome and down right stunning designs! I cant wait for the next hop! There's going to be another one.. Right? :)

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  16. Wow Therese -those are very impressive pieces! I especially love the first one - so rich and opulent,and it looks anything but simple to me! So happy to see my little button in there too!

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  17. Therese, I had trouble doing one piece, let alone two. And yours were both so different. The Peacock piece looks challenging and I love the patriotic theme necklace. What a terrific way to show off the great focal. Thanks so much for hosting this with Christine. A great inaugural effort!

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  18. :O I LOOOOOOVE that first necklace! It is so stunning!!! And the colours, omg, I think I just cried a little.. lol. But they both look great Therese
    Emma
    xXx

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  19. Love your work Therese! Forgive me for being late ;)

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  20. Therese, you did such a beautiful job with Ella's pattern! I absolutely love the colors you used.

    Thanks so much for hosting this challenge! You and Christine made this such a fun one. <3

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  21. I'm amazed at talent and skill like yours...love the elegant blue one! And of course meaningful patriotic one. Well done!

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  22. Your skill for this is awe-inspiring. I wish I had the patience to work on one project for 12-15 hours. I'm too much of an instant gratification girl for that. Alas, this is why I don't do seed beads. SIGH. Maybe one day. You keep showing off the eye-candy like this and I might just have to pick it up. ;)

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  23. Love them both, Therese, but can really picture myself in that first one. (I look about 30 pounds thinner in it too! It's really that good!) :-)

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  24. I am a little late in visiting the blogs for this hop! However, both necklaces are stunning! That first one is definetly a show stopper! So lovely! I cannot weave! Jealous! :) Very very nice!

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  25. Beautiful pieces Therese! Don't know how I missed this challenge....probably my lack of visiting my favorite blogs in recent months. Life has been so busy.....

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  26. Gorgeous necklaces. I love the Peacock one - it's amazing. And your 'I Love the USA' is so perfect for the upcoming holiday!!

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