New York 2013- Day 2

posted: Saturday, 18th May 2013

An early start today as I catch the bus to Beads By Blanche in New Jersey. I know I have said it before but this really is one of my favourite places in the World

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New York 2013- Day 1

posted: Friday, 17th May 2013

It seems only a few days ago I was here in New York and in the blink of an eye I'm back again.

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Collage Course

posted: Wednesday, 15th May 2013

Back at the Fashion and Textiles Museum today for a short workshop on collage.

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Triangles Of A Different Type

posted: Tuesday, 14th May 2013

Recently I have been playing a lot with cubic right-angle weave and bicone crystals, which is surely a marriage made in heaven.

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Quilting Class

posted: Thursday, 9th May 2013

Excitingly I got to spend all day playing with colour today - always a pleasure! Having met Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably last week I was really looking forward to learning more from them both and having a good excuse to immerse myself in colour and fabric for a few hours.

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The Start Of Something Big

posted: Monday, 6th May 2013

Another new project for 'Small Beads, Big Jewelry' and this one is going to be big!

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Pirate Project

posted: Sunday, 5th May 2013

'Small Beads. Big Jewelry' will have 30 projects (20 from me) and I've been having lots of fun coming up with brand new projects and ideas. One I just couldn't resist sneaking in is a skull and crossbones.

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Hoop Earrings

posted: Saturday, 4th May 2013

I'm busy working away on projects for 'Small Beads, Big Jewelry' and these earrings are a variation on one of the projects- I love the colour combination- blue, copper and pink are a hot combination.

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Injection Of Colour And Sun

posted: Friday, 3rd May 2013

Well Hello Sunshine!

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Bundles Of Bezels

posted: Thursday, 2nd May 2013

I finally have beaded as many variations of this as I want to (well, want to today that is, I have plenty more planned in the future) so am pleased to annouce the availability of my new pattern - Bundles of Bezels.

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