I finished my latest project -- the necklace to match the earrings at the end of my last blog entry. It's my version of Maria Teresa Moran's pattern for a bracelet, which I modified to make into a necklace. Turned out, well..., gorgeous! It drapes nicely on the neck. Many hours of bugling, so to speak, ha ha, but nice effect. And, I don't usually like repetition, but this pattern was a lot of fun so it kept my interest.
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| A large crystal centerpiece, with twisted bugle beads around the focal, 6 mm bicone crystal and 8 sb and 15 sb inside the bugles. Smaller triangles thereafter with two different bugle beads, matte and shiny, with 11 sb, 15 sb and 4mm bicones. |
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| Necklace and earrings. Nice combo. |
This necklace was a fun change from the stitching and repetition of the last piece and the colors make me happy! Fun tagua nut rounds and a new chain maille pattern - thanks, Sandy, at Bead Street! It's a Byzantine pattern. I hadn't done that before and of course the options are endless. Everyone else made a bracelet with a bead wired in the center or a few interspersed inbetween the chain maille, but I did my own thing... imagine! Next will be a bracelet... hmmmmm... not sure exactly what I'll do, but it'll include these colors OF COURSE!
