As a beader, I've always shied away from fringing. Don't know why - it's just one of those
things that I've been fearful of. In
the last few months, I've got over my fear of it.
Another thing I've never done, is make individual bead
embroidery elements and link them together... until now!
Before Christmas, I bought some gorgeous vintage cabochons
from a shop called Rosebudlia; she sells a beautiful selection of cabs and
other goodies. I decided to put these
cabs to use for another beading first - joining embroidery elements.
I decided that five elements would look best, and
surprisingly, I had the right colours in my stash, so this was quite a
stash-buster too!
This is what the finished necklace looked like, and here is
me wearing it - so you can see how it sits.
It's just my opinion, but when making a piece like this,
involving no metal components in the design, the best way to finish it off is
to make a beaded clasp. I love beaded
toggle clasps - and the circular motifs in this lend themselves to a toggle
clasp.
This shows a close-up
of the beautiful cabs I used - they reminded me of ammonites, and the little
bits of glitter in them give them a bit of sparkle.
One other slightly odd thing about this piece is that I
actually used bugles in it. Usually I
don't use them as they are often sharp at the ends and can cause threads to
fray and break, but these matte ones are very nice, and they work well in
fringing.
I'd love to hear what you think about this latest piece of
beading... I'm very excited about it, and I'm looking forward to using this
technique more.
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