Yay! The flu is finally over, what a horror it was. I realized that I just hate 'doing nothing'. Even my favorite tv shows did not keep me from boredom.
My sis-in-law, visiting from Florida, was finally able to spend some fun time with me. We went to my local Bead Shop, Beadjoux, and shopped for over 3 hours. It isn't a huge store, but we just could not leave without her seeing each section, very carefully. :-)
The greatest time for us was taking a class on Thursday, 16th, from Jimmie Boatright, whose work you can find in several Bead And Button magazines.
Juana was making a Floating Islands. I will have to post a picture. I had originally chosen to make Heavy Metal Bands bracelet, which you can find in the August, 2011 Bead & Button magazine. Truthfully, I thought that making the one I selected was easier. The one she chose was lots more complicated, or so I thougt! For me, it was a wild trip trying to learn tubular right angle weave. For the life of me, I could not understand 'the roof, the wall, and the floor' concept. After 30 minutes of trying to follow her, I gave in and started making the one that I had originally thought was complicated. Little did I know how much easier that one was! We did not finish it in class, but working on at at home, at our pace, went well! Once I figure out how to post pictures on this blog, I promise I will post the bracelets.
We also got to make a Herringbone bracelet, made with 3mm cubes. pattern found in Cubed Bead Stitching by Virginia Jensen. Those came out beautiful, at least to our eyes. :-)
There was also a lovely rhinestone bracelet taught as a free class by Stephanie, daughter of Beadjoux owner. I cannot recall the name of it, but it required rhinestone chain, rolo chain and 1.5 mm leather. A quick but beautiful bracelet! Since I had already taken the class and made several of them, Juana purchased the supplies from Beadjoux, and made the bracelet.
All in all, for just a few days of being able to spend with her, without the flu, we had a wonderful time. Her husband, Bill, said he will bring her back soon. I hope so. Hobbies are fun, but so much better when shared with a fellow hobbier, especially someone you get along with so well!
Happy hobbying!
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