More Things For My Cousin’s Quilt Show

I’ve been steadily making things for my cousin’s quilt show. Since I have no idea what they want I’m trying to make a variety of different things. First up is buttons.

I’m planning on making a few more of these since only a couple match. These are fairly small.

I started out making the two buttons on the right. I realized the frit would look better on the bottom of the buttons, that’s when I notice I got a round blob when I melted off the glass rod. They kind of look like a kaleidoscope.

Just a couple of purple and white dot buttons. I’ll probably make more of these in different colors.

Now, a few beads…

More birds. I like making these. They are really fun.

Bunnies!! Two white ones and two pinkish blush ones. I was getting tired of making all white ones.

A set of round beads that have glass shards applied to an opal yellow bead.

Published in: on February 12, 2012 at 10:54 am  Comments Off on More Things For My Cousin’s Quilt Show  
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Sara Sally LaGrand’s Class

I finally took Sara Sally’s class. It was a blast!! She’s so much fun and a great teacher. Everyone had fun in her class and we all finished at least one piece, if not two or three. Here’s the brooch I made in her class.

Two different views. I wasn’t going to make mine this big but it’s hard not to keep adding components. This was a totally awesome class!!

 

Published in: on February 5, 2012 at 7:39 pm  Comments Off on Sara Sally LaGrand’s Class  
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Box Bead with Cab Necklace

I added a glass cabochon to the top of this box bead. I want to make more of these, but maybe string more than one on a chain. This one looked kind of lonely so I added the copper heishi beads and it still looked plain. That’s when I added the ribbon and now it’s too cutesy. Not sure what I’m going to do with these yet. Back to brainstorming….

Published in: on February 3, 2012 at 6:58 pm  Comments Off on Box Bead with Cab Necklace  
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Quilt Show Bound

My cousin’s quilt club has a quilt show in the spring. My cousin showed some of my beads and buttons to the guild members and they want to sell my things at their next show. Here’s the first batch of beads and buttons I made for it.

 

These have glass shanks on the back.

They want buttons to sell in pairs. I can’t make a pair of anything so I’m not sure how that’s going to work – yet.

Published in: on January 29, 2012 at 12:04 pm  Comments Off on Quilt Show Bound  
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More Fishing Lures With Hooks

I dug through the fishing tackle in the garage to find some hooks that I could use. I didn’t find that many silver colored ones and most were too small to use. I cut off the barb and end of the hook and filed it down so it’s not sharp. Using the hooks, I can assemble these without using glue but it’s not that easy. The feathers seem to get all over the place.

Probably won’t be making very many more of these. They take too long to assemble and I’m running out of hooks.

Published in: on January 17, 2012 at 7:47 pm  Comments Off on More Fishing Lures With Hooks  
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Fishing Lure Charms

I wanted to try to make some “real” fishing lures but I’m still trying to figure out how to attach hooks. In the meantime, these are just decorative.

The top one ended up with a short tail. It was the first one I made and I was trying to figure out the best way to attached the feathers.

Published in: on January 15, 2012 at 4:18 pm  Comments Off on Fishing Lure Charms  
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All Disc Bead Necklace

Nothing too exciting. Just strung disc beads onto rubber cording and added a clasp.

Published in: on January 15, 2012 at 4:15 pm  Comments Off on All Disc Bead Necklace  
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Glass Disc Beads

I started out making purple/pink disc beads for a necklace. Here’s a picture of them:

Then I realized I already have a necklace made with purple beads. Not disc bead but purple none the less. So, I went towards blue and aquas, even some green – gasp!!

I probably have enough to make one and a half necklaces. I see some of these being used in a future bracelet.

Published in: on January 9, 2012 at 7:58 pm  Comments Off on Glass Disc Beads  
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Glass Bullets??

I asked one of the guys at work to get me some bullet casings. He brought me a big bag of them. He was wondering if I could put a piece of glass in one of them to make a glass bullet. I never thought of doing this but thought I’d give it a try. This is what I came up with.

I added the brass loops on the tops because I’m thinking they aren’t of any use unless they can hang from something. I also cut the last one down to make it look like a cabochon is stuck in there. These are still in the experimental stages. Still trying to figure out the best way to do them.

 

Published in: on December 31, 2011 at 12:32 pm  Comments Off on Glass Bullets??  
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Holiday Metal Work

Hope everyone had a nice holiday. My sister is here and she wanted to make a porthole pendant. She has never worked with most of the equipment, nor soldered so it’s been doing all the teaching. Here’s her first two pendants:

Both porthole pendants are the same cat, Sonny.

Then she had to make tags for her other kitties:

Pictures are of the front and back of the tags.

Then, I made this:

It’s a picture of my kitty, Marley. The picture is of the front and back of the pendant. It’s a little different than the ones my sister made. They have mica covering the picture and the whole thing is held together with wires threaded through the pendant.

I also finished up this one I started before my sister arrived:

I’ve used this picture before but I liked it so much that I made another one.

Published in: on December 26, 2011 at 7:59 pm  Comments Off on Holiday Metal Work  
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