The 'True Blue' challenge was going to be a three strand necklace, but I think the tutorial got me out of a rut. I don't do RAW much, matter of fact, I've only done maybe 6 pieces that I used that stitch. I really had to think about working on the necklace, as it doesn't come naturally to me like peyote stitch does.
The beads used were; glass and crystal pearls, frosted glass and crystal beads as well as a glass bead that I got from Lori Anderson that is shaped like a bell that is fluted... it looked like a flower to me, so I used seed beads to make the 'stamen' and voila! here it is~
So.... I decided to use the Right Angle weave to make a necklace and then decided to make a bracelet to go along with the necklace... I ended up finishing the bracelet first. It is a Peyote stitch bracelet with a bead embroidered
peacock feather. I used 8/0 glass beads for the bracelet and 11/0 glass seed beads for he clasp and for the bead embroidery.
The necklace will be done tonight, with any luck, and I'll try to get a good picture of it, I kind of like it... I used 8/0 glass beads in the RAW stitch and thought it was kind of bare, so I went back and used 11/0 glass seed beads and larger, maybe 8mm and 6mm glass seeds to make a 'drop' and it looks better. I made the pendant out of a square glass bezel that I bought a year ago and just haven't had the time to make anything with it... I used a piece of cardstock from some beads that I bought as the picture. Glue and sealer and I will use 11/0 seeds to bezel it in a peyote stitch.
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