Monday, June 11, 2007

Summer delight

This is my very first piece of beading embroidery.
After frogging the first lines many times I discovered it was due to loose tension using my old round wooden hoop. What to do? I looked around and found the solution as seen on the picture. The "hoop" is the shelf of a little storage thing. It's too wide, so either I will saw it shorter sometime or I will get myself a Q-Snap. Thanks to the comment in one of the beading blogs I found out about it.

I'm using the bead soup I got very cheap during my last summer trip. Because of this and the colors I name it summer delight Nevermind it was winter, where I purchased it - it was hot and desert/ocean climate. :-)

I have been surfing on craft blogs for quite a while (mostly sewing and knitting, with some sidetrecking). On the very end of May I was led to Robin Atkins homepage. I got stuck with her work and the colors she is using.
From there it was only a short way to the Bead Journal Project. For two days I was pondering, because I have other things on my plate and the feeling of being overwhelmed is familiar. I decided against it. The morning after the deadline I woke up - and joint, possible due to the time difference. :-)
What led me to the decision was that I knew already the day before what I will be doing. This is quite new for me. During driving to work I envisioned my topic and the style/size. Well, if something is calling I should take the chance.

So here I am.
I thought I should practise before my first project. After the first hour I wasn't even sure if I like like embroidery, kind of scary feeling with this year-long-commitment. But after having the right tension (also using some fuse I found in my drawer) I finally started loving it.

My project size will be approx. 17 x 3,5 cm. I will sport them on a fabric covered pinboard in such a way, that I'm able to pick them up and wear them as a bracelet/cuff.
My theme will be my travelling. The feelings, the countries I've been to, the plans, the hopes. Travelling is the almost most important thing I'm doing. Will write later about that. I was so happy when the connection hit my mind.

Summer delight was meant to be my exercise piece. But because of so much heart in it due to the incidents taken place the last days and being already in the middle of June I would like to dedicate it as my first monthly project. But it is 1 cm (0,4 inch) more narrow than the planned pieces. For me it would be okay, I might not stick to the mm anyway. (1 mm = 0,04 inch) But I know it is against the regulation. What do you think?
On the other hand: My original theme for June has a reason and my July theme is already fixed. So, maybe I get started and finished the June project, so summer delight will be the intro "page".

Hello from Hamburg
:-Tally-:



13 comments:

  1. Tally, it's beautiful! I'm anxious to see how it turns out. I really like the colors you are using.
    Thanks for posint a link on the BJP blog.
    Take care... Grace

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  2. Hello, Tally! I like the idea of a pinboard to put your pieces on--and making them wearable--very nice!!

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  3. Looking beautiful~! and I love the "travel" theme! :)

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  4. I don't think 1cm difference in the pieces will be a problem. As I understand it, this project is for each of us to grow in our beadwork, not so much about rigidly following the rules, LOL...except the one about not posting on the BJP page! I won't be breaking that rule!

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  5. What a lovely piece! I don't think the difference in size will be a problem. It IS your piece, after all. Rules, many of them, anyway, are made to be broken! :- )

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  6. Hi Tally,

    Hope you received my email also?! Thanks for leaving comments on my entry. Anyway, I love travel also, so it's a great theme and I love the cool blues...sigh...makes me think of lazy summer beach days :o) Don't have a blog but will write my progress until September (maybe I'll figure out how to post photos by then :o)Lillian BJP from Washington

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  7. Tally,
    I think it is a great start and I love your colors, I look forward to seeing where you go with it.
    I too had never done this type of bead work, but I am really enjoying it.
    I so wish I had known before the deadline, so I could have been official. Oh well I am never one to let a little thing like that stop me. I am just doing it now for the learning experience and to prove to myself I can commit to it for a full year.
    Sunni

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  8. I think it is beautiful and I'm looking forward to watching your work through this project. I love that you have beads from somewhere else!

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  9. Thank you all so very much for your nice comments. Today was quite exciting with writing this first long post, and of course I was a bit nervos.

    Lillian, I went through my mail a couple of times but I can't find anything from you. I hope you have a saved copy you might send me again.
    Posting photos is very easy in this blogger software. The time consuming part is taking and editing them. If you need help, just say so. It could be the start of another "how to" post on BJP.

    Hello from Hamburg
    :-Tally-:

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  10. I'll resend my email to you Tally, thanks for letting me know you didn't receive it :o) Also, I'll let you know if I need more help with posting photos...you're great, Lillian :o)

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  11. Lillian,
    sorry, sth must be going wrong. I haven't received an email this time. I looked through all my spam folders, but I don't detect it. I can't send you one, because I don't see your adress in your blogger profile.
    :-Tally-:

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  12. Hi Tally,

    I finally got a message telling me there is a "delay" in sending your messages from my address-what does that mean??? my email address is: lilliandelacruz@hotmail.com I'm new to blogging so don't know all the "bells and whistles" yet but I'm learning :o) Lillian

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  13. I love the idea of bracelet "pages". How useful and fun. Also, thankyou for translating Matilda's italian for all of us. It was very nice of you. As Robin said, there are no bead police! Rules are just to help us have a productive, fun experience.

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