Storms And Sewing

posted: Saturday, 25th February 2017

I'm over in France at the moment where it's cold & rainy but at least not as stormy as London has been (hence the felled tree outside our house).

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Triangles And Initials

posted: Sunday, 19th February 2017

I'm working on a new variation of a project to test the instructions and have beaded 24 little triangles all ready to zip together and form the 3D shape.

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Discovering London

posted: Saturday, 18th February 2017

The weather is still amazing for February so we took advantage of it and had a few hours away from work to do a bit of geocaching which is a great way to discover your local area and even find amazingly coiffured trees and hedges.

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Sunshine And Rosé

posted: Friday, 17th February 2017

It was so sunny today, and stayed light until gone 6pm which it hasn't done for many months, so I'm celebrating the approach of summer by cracking open the rosé - I'm nothing if not optimistic!

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David Hockney At The Tate Britain

posted: Wednesday, 15th February 2017

Off into Central London this evening to see The David Hockney exhibition at the Tate Britain (and not the Tate Modern as I imagined leading to a mad dash across London in a taxi to get there before it closed...).

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Love Of Crystals

posted: Tuesday, 14th February 2017

I've been working on this project for over a year now trying to perfect how it sits and the method of beading it so it will be ready to launch as a pattern or a class.

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Book Update

posted: Wednesday, 8th February 2017

I'm working hard behind the scenes on 2 new books (A year of Rivolis and Geometric Beaded Vessels) and also updating my 2 Geometric Beadwork books (Volume One here and Volume Two here).

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Tretze Variation

posted: Tuesday, 7th February 2017

It's been 6 months since I last picked up this sparkling variation of my Tretze pendant which uses lovely crystals and beads from stitchncraft beads

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Material Girl

posted: Sunday, 5th February 2017

A very sparkling beading today with 2 Material Girl kits I bought from Sharon Wagner. So much colour and sparkle in these Crystalettes!

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Ignoramus Follow-Up

posted: Thursday, 2nd February 2017

I wrote previously about spending a day with Francesca Walton and her incredible wide-range of knowledge and today I was delighted to get to spend another day with her and continue my education.

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