Wednesday, May 21
Around 4pm today, I should be walking out of my beading class at toocutebeads with these parts sewn together and looking mighty pretty around my wrist.
I started this bracelet called Dimensional Peyote in class last Wednesday. I made the bracelet base and three of the tiny triangles.
My instructor (Rose) gave us homework. 10 triangles to make at home. Yuck!! I was immediately thinking about how this would cut into my macrame time, my sewing time and my beading time. Triple YUCK!!
And being the World’s Best Procrastinator that I am… of course I am up now trying to finish up “my homework.” I have 2 triangles left to make. But I will get them finished.
All the triangles will be sewn together in a strip and then sewn on top of the black base bracelet which was made using flat even count peyote plus one row of brick stitch. I tried on a sample bracelet in class and it felt sturdy and stiff, like a bangle.
The triangles weren’t hard to make as long as I followed the directions very closely. Twice I thought I knew the steps and did not look. What a mess!! I dropped a step or two and my triangle was lopsided. Had to remove the beads, rethread and start again. BUT… after making eleven of them, I think I have the process down pat. Ready to fly on my own for the last two!!
BBL to show you the completed bracelet.
