Spring Day in NC

This Pattern was developed because it was a beautiful spring day here in NC. I was trying to think of a design idea for my mom and she said she wanted something earthy. I was outside playing with the grandkids and looked out at the beautiful day and all the different kinds of flowers and came up with this design. Hope you like it.


Colors:

• Opaque Rainbow White - 
• Transparent Rainbow Light Sapphire - 
• Opaque Frosted Sunshine - 
• IC Jonquil / Emerald Lined - 
• Metallic Iris Brown - 
• Silver Lined Lemon - 
• Transparent Rainbow Frosted Siam Ruby -

The Color number is for TOHO beads. The color names that I use are from Lima Beads. They are a great company who has given my nothing but great service.

July 4th Hearts

Believe it or not this one started out as hearts stacked on ontop of the other. I picked out some random colors that I had alot of and started stitching. It wasn't till I was about half way though the piece that I noticed that more than hearts it was creating this interesting zig zag pattern. I finished the peice and liked it but it did have this red white and blue theme. So I figured I would bring it out today. I think if it is done in a green/red with gold accent it might be cool for christmas. I called it lots o'hearts but if anyone has a better name please leave it for me in the comments.

Redneck Bead Mat

Square plastic lid

When I first picked up beading with seed beads, I didn't know how much you needed to complete projects. One of the first things I noticed was that i needed something to keep my beads from rolling away. I hadn't done much reasearch online yet so I had no clue that there were actually mats out there to buy. So I had the lid to a square plastic container and I used it to keep the beads from rolling everywhere. Only problem with this was that the beads keep hopping off of it. So I figured I would get some felt. That worked for a bit but it soon began to fray, making it hard to get the beads on the needle.

I looked around the craft store and found some Vellux. Its really cheep and works great. But I have grandkids and with out some stability it was hard to keep the beads on the mat when I wanted to move from the desk to the chair or when I was not working with them. This is when I started to do more research on different Mats. I looked in the craft stores and online and OMG those kind are expensive. I didn't have $20 or more to invest in one.

So as I am looking around my shop and see the plastic lid I started with.I cut the piece of Vellux that I had ( a gamble for me cuz I couldn't get more right away) and fit it to the lid. I later added some tape on the top of the lid to keep the fabric from moving. I left one corner uncut so it would be easy to pull the fabric up to clean, change or find lost beads.

Zen

I really like this design and with Smiley faces and Yin/Yang symbols, just looking at it makes me feel calmer

Colors

• 981 Crystal Snow Lined
• 42bf Opaque Frosted Sunshine
• 49 Opaque Jet Black
• 81 Metallic Hematite
• 25c Silver Lined Ruby

Hearts and Hugs

Hearts and hugs was a design I did for my daughters. This final version has the birth colors of her 3 children in the heart. The large empty area on the right is for initials. The x's and o's line up along the edge of the lighter

 Colors:

• Light Topaz Transparent
• Hematite Metallic
• Frost Lined Crystal
• Hot Pink Lined Crystal
• Ruby Transparent
• IC Aqua/ Yellow Lined