A Time to Bead

Sorry I haven't posted lately, been a bit under the weather.

Last Friday we had a really fun day at the shop. It was the first of our Freaky Friday events. The first Friday of every month we are having a little demo/class/make & take. This one was a beading make & take and lots of students came to learn a bit about beading. I forgot my camera and also forgot to ask Micki to snap a photo in the 10:30 class but here is a photo of part of the second, 1:00 class.

They learned some basic info about beading and how to create about 6 different stitches. We had the cutest little kits made up for each of them. They practiced all of the stitches and left with the little kits to finish or use to embellish something else. A student from the first class sent me this photo of her "practice piece". She made this really cool design with part of her bead kit. The hot pink square sequins were a part of the kit.

Below is a photo of Carol Mc's beaded vessel she started from Larkin Van Horn's Beaded Vessel class. Her vessel is almost finished. Isn't it beautiful?

We also discussed the Journal Quilts we are going to make this year. I know you will believe this, Connie has already finished her first one! Her beautiful beaded blue journal quilt is really stunning. The other two photos are of Tonya's Journal quilts. She made twelve of them and when she was finished she sewed them together to form one large piece. They ae really stunning. This is going to be a fun progect and I hope lots of people join us.

The next Freaky Friday on Feb. 1 is going to be fun! We are going to learn all about Paintsticks with a hands on class again. I know a lot of you have been interested in these so come on down and try them yourself! The Paintsticks are very cool.