On the bright side! i've had time to think about this here earring challenge and this here blog. It's obviously obvious that i am not gonna meet the 365 Challenge and i'm okay with that. <sigh> We had it going on for a good little while! and it was great fun! and there will be more earrings! But now, wander with us and let's see where the beading path leads.
One thing that has captured my beady attention is beadpoint. Beadpoint is needlepoint with a bead on every stitch. A little bead. A little 11/0 seed bead. A very little bead. Little beads and little holes in the 14 count aida cloth. Why am i doing this?
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| photo from TheStitchery.com |
Because a friend gifted me with a needlepoint floor frame like that one in the photo here. Beautiful oak with wooden knobs for all the adjustables. I can't just let it sit there! but needlepoint is not my thing. But beads are! So i'll try beadpoint! This'll be great! And, you'd think, easy. Got beads. Aaaahhh. Need pattern. Need pattern that i like. And that will work with beads. aaaaahhh. Took forever but i found something. Got the cloth. Prepared the cloth. Attached it to the frame. Hemmed. Hawed. Hemmed again.
And finally, tonight, i tried a line of beadpoint.
Took me long enough to do this one stretch that i estimate the project will take 232 hours. Not counting any non-stitching time. Just threading the needle will take countless hours. Pulling out bad stitches will take countless more.
Anybody else really excited?
But it's sooooo cool!!!!!
And, yep. That's the pattern to the right of the framed cloth. 92 by 116 beads. Did i mention they are little beads?
I know. Another big idea. And we know how well i followed through with the last big idea, right? But ima gonna start this because I CAN!!! ha ha ha! Hey. i already have a second pattern. And a plan to chop this first pattern into bite-size pieces if necessary.
Off we go!
