This morning, my newly organized bead box fell off the couch (where I shouldn’t have left it!) Luckily, only one box of pink beads exploded on impact! They had quite the trajectory. It reminded me of CSI (craft scene investigation!) Eighteen minutes was the time it took to contain the area!
Yes, they thread easily, but they seem to be made of cheap aluminum and they snag on the threads of whatever you’re sewing. They may be good for fixing picks, but a very fine crochet hook works for me. Buy some of those needle threaders that look like old Lady of Liberty dimes. You’ll probably have money left over!
I may never make it, but ain’t it cute?
‘Not to the extent they once were, but much more than the past couple of years:
Here’re the results of a recent experiment. I got a roll of fiberglass windowscreen at Lowes Home Improvement for about $5.00. I did some “beadpoint” using glass seed beads, Nymo beading thread, and a graph I enlarged from the Cross-Stitchers Club. I’m pretty pleased with the results, but it was really hard to photograph. The beads are very reflective.
I’d planned to put the piece in a tinier hoop and fix it as a suncatcher. Unfortunately, you can see the stitching when the light hits it a certain way. I am developing Plan B!
I stopped by the new JoAnn store in Mooresville a couple of weeks ago (I am thrilled about it!) and looked for a bead scoop. There was a set of three small “sugar scoop” looking ones for $5.00. Surely, I thought , I must have something at home that would work better. I rummaged through kitchen drawers and found it! This eighth of a teaspoon measure does the trick and cost me nothing!
