I really hope that you can make out the celtic pattern in this bookmark. The scanning didn't work well for this piece. This project was done on the loom and is done with clear beads. The bead colors are clear, red, green, and blue. The tassel is done in round peyote stich with the same color beads.
I haven't completely finished the ends of the piece, but it's still beautiful.
The scanned picture really doesn't do this project justice. You can see the yellows, blues, reds and blacks, but you can't see the greens that make the piece Maclaren.
The tassel on top is tubular peyote stich attached with 4 rows of single strand beads. Both the tassel and the bottom of the piece are fringed with single strand beads in the Maclaren pattern.
This amulet bag is made with the peyote stich in pearl, gold and brown colored seed beads. The back of the bag is only pearl seed beeds. The handle is two rows of single strand gold and brown beads with pearl loops.
Powerlines
"Powerlines" is a project that I did for my Grandmother. I started this project in May of 1998 and finally completed it in April 1999. The project itself didn't take me that long, I just wasn't able to work on it very often. This piece is done in beige and brown glass beads. It is mounted on a piece of brown leather. The approx. piece size is 4"x4" (give or take).
Crystal Amulet Bag
This "crystal" bag was made for my daughter Monica. The actual bag is about 2"long (without the fringe). The fringe is tipped with Snowflake Obsydian beads. Before this project, I had never done open work, I really like the look. Since this project is done in all clear glass beads, scanning was really difficult and is not very clear. This project was started and completed during the month of April, 1999.
Gecko Amulet Bag
This mini-amulet bag was made from a pattern found at (web site to be added later - sorry, I forgot the name and will have to look at the printed pattern to get the location). It is difficult to see, but the item next to the bag is a quarter. This mini-bag was made for my sister. It is to replace the original (very similar) bag, which was lost. The original bag took a week to create. This bag, however, took a little longer (I think it was just one of those creative things - trying to recreate something from memory, because I forgot to scan the original
Bear Paw Prints
Opaque black bear paw prints on a translutent green background. I began this project on May 11, 1999. This is my first attempt at drop 2 peyote stich. The project was completed 2 days later and then matted and framed for a gift. I will be posting a picture when I get up to the cabin where it now resides.
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