Lady with the Urn

The first project I decided to tackle was only going to be 

small until I knew what I was doing,so chose a picture 

by the artist'Tito Corbella"

Corbella was born in Pontremoli,Tuscany in 1885

and died in Rome in 1966

The image is taken from a postcard .

I had to change a few things so it was

suitable for beading.I used the program called

Bead Tool to help me.

This is the preview of the image,that come from the

program,so I am very interested to see

how accurate this program is at picking 

the bead colours.

As I have never used it to sort the beads before.

Because of the shape of the beads the tapestry will 

be longer than the picture I used.

Next time I will compensate for this,

but you learn from your mistakes.

This photo below is my actual tapestry which is on the loom.

I love the colours and pleased with the way it is going.

I printed out the preview and string the rows of beads 

at night while trying to watch a bit of T.V.

All works fine unless I am trying to watch a movie with sub titles.

I then string them the next day onto the loom.

Will keep you updated as I work through my graph.

Links

                                  Bead Tool Program                                

Mirrix Loom "Joni"

I purchased my new Mirrix Loom last year.Name of the loom is Joni 32 inch.

Am very happy with it,but it did take me a while to warp it as
I found it hard to get the tension correct.
But after a few attempts I managed it.And with the side bars begin
able to screw up or down,I finally was happy to get started.

I have been advised to use the size 16 Dent spring when using
Delica size 11 beads,But after stringing the first couple of rows
the beads looked too far apart.I wasn't happy with the look.

So changed the 16 inch dent over to the 18 inch dent,
by sliding the 16 inch dent up and out from behind
then slide the 18 inch back in its place.
I then had to then place all the warp string's back
in between the dent's.
But the beads now sits nicely together.
So was now ready to start me new project.

Links

Joni 32 inch loom

The Fountain

"The Fountain"

Pattern comes from

Jill Oxton's "Cross Stitch and Bead Weaving"

Issue 96.

I changed the bead colours to be able to use the beads 

that I already had.

Added the flowers that run up the grey wall.

And changed the bottom of the fountain from a rock 

to a urn of flowers.

Using Delica beads size 11.

Nymo thread size D

And made using the square stitch method.

Bead piece measure's 20cm x 30cm

or 8inches by 12 inches

 

Tonkinese Cat

This little sweetie was beaded for John's daughter Nuala.

Who had a siamese cat called Paloma.

And was completed in 2004.

Pattern was from Jill Oxton's Issue no. 72 of

"Cross Stitch and Bead Weaving"magazine.

It was completed using the Square Stitch method.

Size 11 Delica beads and size D Nymo thread. 

The pattern called for using only a light coloured cotton,

but because I decided to frame the oval with black beads,the white

cotton could be seen showing through in between the black beads

and detracted from the over all look of the picture.

I decided to use two cotton, black and the light,using the black

thread with the black beads and swapping for the light for the cat.

When swapping one colour to the other I had to weave the 

black cotton through the back of the first couple of light green

beads on the rim of the oval to connect it to the other beads,

and then picked the cotton up again on the return row.

If I could see the black cotton showing through the light green

beads,I ran the light coloured cotton through the bead,but on the front side 

of the black cotton,this disguised the black cotton and turned the green

bead to the right colour once again.

White Tiger

I completed this project in 2002 for my husbands son Wesh.

Using square stitch,size 11 Delica beads and size D Nymo thread.

This pattern comes from Jill Oxton's

 "Cross Stitch and Bead Weaving" magazine issue 66.

I used the Bead Tool program to add a small amount to the bottom of the tiger pattern,to give him a little more roundness,as the pattern had a straight edge,given that it was supposed to be an amulet.

The pattern called for white cotton to be used,but showed between the dark beads,on the shadow side of the image,to overcome this I used Beige.

The black border was done with the black nymo thread,using two threads,one for each side of the tiger.

When reaching the part in the pattern for the tiger,I then swapped to the beige nymo,picking up the second black thread when I reached the other side of the tiger and using it for the black beads.

The threads were interlinked between the border and tiger,by running the white thread of the tiger through a couple of black border beads,always making sure that this was done on the back side of the work.

Where the white nymo thread showed through the black beads,when turning for the next row,I then coloured the white cotton that showed between the black beads with a black coloured felt pen.By slightly parting the beads and colouring the thread.

Took a little bit of time,but I think it was worth it.

The beige worked well,but it did turn the white beads slightly dull,to overcome this problem,when finished,I ran a double white nymo thread size D,through the beads,making sure that it ran in front of the beige thread,this lightened the beads,and it worked a treat.

When doing this part make sure that you use the thinnest beading needle possible,as not to break the beads.