New Bead Embroidered Cuff

After taking a bead embroidery class with Hannah Rosner and Sherry Serafini this spring I think I found a new/another passion. I had a blast in that class. I've wanted to make another project for some time now. So I finally got around to tackling another cuff this week. I had purchased some shibori ribbon while at the show and used some sheer fancy ribbon that I have had for awhile and combined them. I also purchased the cabochon that is in the center of the cuff at the show. I wish I could remember the name of the booth because they had so many beautiful cabochons. Expensive but beautiful. Here are a few photos on how this cuff progressed. 

I had a lot of fun with this one as I finished the top of it in like 2 days.

The rest of it is going to have to wait until I can find the right color of ultra suede to finish it off. I don't have a good source for ultra suede. So if anyone has a good source where I can locate many different colors of ultra suede please let me know in the comment section.

I have also signed up for the CQJP 2015(crazy quilt journal project) and BJP 2015 (bead journal project) this year. I did both of these a few years back and had a blast so I'm going to do it again this year. So all that should keep me busy for the year. So I'm sure I will be posting a little more this year.

I am also trying to get my Etsy shop and Ebay up and running. So far my Etsy shop is doing very well. I am offering many Czech buttons at very reasonable prices, some finished jewelry and a few miscellaneous items. Please feel free to come on over for a visit.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/SuesBeadedNeedle/     Everyone have a wonderful week.

Bead Embroidery

This week I tried my hand at some bead embroidery. I have been wanting to give it a try for some time now. I wanted to start with a small piece and attach it to me crazy quilt. It turned out OK for a first attempt. I'm sure I will try one to two more pieces and incorporate them into this quilt.

I have several beautiful books on bead embroidery by Sherry Serafini, Heidi Kummli, Robin Atkins and Jamie Cloud Eakin. I enjoy Sherry's, and Heidi's books for inspiration of ideas. Jamie's and Robin's books have a lot of instruction on different types of techniques used for this craft

Here you can see the embroidered pieces placement on the block. This block is almost finished but not quite. I want to put a branch for the spider web to sit on. And there are a few seams to finish yet.


I also tried my hand at working with some felt yesterday. I have seen some really cool pieces of felt on Pintrest lately. So I wanted to give that a try. Again, I started with a trail piece. I think I'm going to make another refrigerator magnet out of it. It was fun and really didn't require a huge amount of time. I just need to find more felt in a wider range of colors. Yet another excuse to go to the craft store....ha ha ha....