I headed down to Stitchncraft Beads today to teach my Tretze Class and much fun was had!

This is a very colourful & sparkly project and as always it was great to see the different variations come to life.

The class was going well until someone dropped their work and cracked some beads. We all expressed our sympathies and I touched wood it had never happened to me... and promptly dropped my work and broke some beads - aarrghh!

I want to bead another variation with more of a swirl (that's mine in the top right of the photo) and so I just had to buy some new crystals...

I also treated myself to 2 patterns from Sian Nolan and can't wait to bead these and turn them into brooches.

Whilst there I got to see the great bead packs the shop have put together for the Secret Beadalong so if you're stuck for what colours to choose you can treat yourself to one of these.

After class we headed on down to Dorset ready to drive to Cornwall tomorrow for a short holiday - I can't wait!