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Post by joanne2 on Oct 29, 2009 8:59:41 GMT -5
Well I've got a long way to go! But thanks to LT and mr. BadManPinto I think I gotta little more of an idea on how to get there a little quicker. I didn't really know which stitches LT was writing about yesterday when she wrote bmp says he uses almost the same holes..so by same holes my guess its that they're referring to these ones! the end of the rows stitches so.. that basically keeps things moving on and uniform and there should be an equal amount of rows in each row.. so the same thing over and over.. no wonder it's called lazy stitch.. kinda like my housework.. the 'battle of tomorrow', I guess I'll never win, cause I'll just do the same old thing all over once again! Well hopefully these pics might help someone else get started on trying this. I took out two threads full of beads on the first couple of rows as I had too many beads and they just looked messy to start with.. spacing the groups of beads apart is a bit hard at first but once you get a foundation row that looks and feels alright to ya then it becomes just repitition and the turtle shell thing just comes on it's own. I'm just using the cheapie beads that I have to mess around. Beats working outside in the COLD dampness AND.. housework! Always plenty of that to go round.. no time like today y/k! Why put off til tomorrow? Well anyway thanks LT and BMP! The beadstitching is very nice and soothing.. course they're LARGE beads, lol.. might not be with teeny weeny beads!
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Post by longtrail on Oct 29, 2009 12:36:21 GMT -5
Hey great!!! Its looking good !! I was wondering about the tape trick you mentioned and wondered how that would work with beads that varied in size a bit but it looks as if it is working real well for you, so I might have to give it a try next project. Im out of thin beading thread so my projects are on hold until I get some. I guess with the tape you can easily figure out if you need to decrease or increase the number of beads to keep the row bottom line straight. thanks for sharing..... lt
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Post by GW on Oct 30, 2009 5:57:02 GMT -5
Looking Good Joanne -
re: the turtle shell hump - this is true for Lakota/Dakota work and some other tribes, but Cheyenne style has little to know hump and is done a bit differently.
While Lakota and Cheyenne beading does not go all the way through the leather Crow and Nez Perce work often does even on the lane stitch work.
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Post by joanne2 on Oct 31, 2009 9:24:04 GMT -5
Hey thanks GW. Always good hearing from you:-). I would like to add too that I highly admire the time and effort that you put into researching how things were REALLY done. I don't know as I'll ever get to where I can make something that is really replicative. Be nice! Guess I could start with some of the right beads some day. There sure is a lot that goes into having that knowledge that you've earned. I can so easily see well just how much that knowledge adds to your own work. It does indeed make a HUGE difference. :-) anyway my goofing around and just doing something different than wrestling with hides and skins was fun. My phone doesn't fit in the bag... lol where's that rolling eyes emoticon anyway? Well anyway this is what I did with my cheapie dollar store beads and a small piece of buckskin in just a few hrs. made a bag that my phone doesn't fit in. My stack of credit cards may fit in it (maybe NOT!!)but i didn't really want a plastic card clutch! No.. heck no! Need to be cutting those up! It's why I can't afford the good beads! Well anyway thought I'd post more pics of the sparkly carnival colored beads on the buckskin. Sure makes the little piece of skin heavy. I like the lines of beads. One thing I found very useful and advantageous is the little tin my daughter had these beads in. I could pick up many beads with just putting the needle deep into the corner filled with beads so it wasn't like I was picking up a bead at a time. I surely don't have that kind of time! the problem with that was however that after going through a number of the beads it seemed like the ones left in the tin were larger or more odd shaped so my work started getting a bit more irregular.. but not bad. I just 'fixed' it up best I could and chalked it up to being aware that any repition has it's tradeoffs.. fun stuff, and also dispells that this beadwork is so incredibly time consuming..well I would imagine that smaller beads would take considerably more time but look what you got when you're done.. something much finer and more exquisite. I dont' know how I'm going to finish off the top or IF i'm going to.. that's my daughters phone in the bag! Figures..Even hers is too tight in it! I stitched it from the outside (both sides)with a fine whipstitch. The second side was a little tough to trim the seam on as it was so small and the beads so bulky it would not turn inside out. :-)
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Post by longtrail on Oct 31, 2009 9:51:40 GMT -5
Great Job GF !! Figures youd get the hang of it so darn easy! lt
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Post by joanne2 on Oct 31, 2009 12:00:53 GMT -5
Thanks Sister. Was quite curious to know if you do pick up several beads at once? It was a real time saver I'm sure. That tip about trying to use the same holes was helpful. Well anyway you are very inspiring LT and now I want to do some more! Keep up the beading gf and I hope you find the same peacefulness as I do while you're at it!
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Post by longtrail on Oct 31, 2009 17:24:23 GMT -5
I do pick up several beads at once. And ye it does save lots of time. And ye again, I do find it very calming, UNTIL I have to cut something out !!! I was going to mention that I have some metal beads that Im working with now, the fact that my needles get magnatized as I use them doesnt help with working with them. I have two colors, ones are silver color and must be 15s. Then I Have some copper ones that are even smaller than that, I was putting a bunch of them next to dime the other day to show how small they are and ended up putting one in Rosevelts eye where his pupil would be and it works.. So tiny. Have fun.
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Post by james on Nov 11, 2009 19:01:31 GMT -5
great work.
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Post by redcoat on Nov 15, 2009 12:53:37 GMT -5
Thank you so much for the info. I was working the stitch horizontal end to end to end. Much harder to get lines straight. OOOO.OOOO.OOOO. wrong
.OOOO. .OOOO. .OOOO. right
Thanks again! Redcoat
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Post by joanne2 on Nov 18, 2009 11:03:24 GMT -5
You're very welcome Redcoat. I'm glad that you found some usefulinfo out of some of the noise I make! I found some helpfull information from both lt and gw! I appreciate their generosity! Picked up a lot of tips about this crafting on the forums over the years. Thanks for posting.
I'm using some nylon and some other kind of mix (strong thread) to running stitch another couple of pcs of buckskin together just to help protect my phone fro any more scratches. I may try adding a few beads after stitching the two pieces together. May share if it reaches completion! pj
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