Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Dithering . . .

Hello, I'm Kathy B from the Pacific Northwest and new to BJP this year. After having viewed and read about most of the past two years, I couldn't resist joining the challenge (with some gentle nudging from previous participants). Bead embroidery is also new to me. I recently finished my first project, a beaded button, after taking a class from Robin in November.

But now I must decide what to do and how to do it for BJP. I'm having trouble deciding on a size: If it is small, it might be difficult to use a wide variety of stitches, sizes, and colors of beads. But if it is large, it could be time-consuming to encrust or design a cohesive pattern. And what shape should it be? Should it be something practical to be used or worn? or something to be viewed / displayed but where, how?

Decisions, decisions, oh dear . . .

My blog for beady and other subjects is Beady Zoo, but it is in serious need of updating. Maybe after I choose a size, shape, theme, oh my.

5 comments:

flyingbeader said...

You could make each of them small & experiment with different stitches each month.

dot

beadbabe49 said...

Hi kathy! Great to see you here! I went up in size the second year (from the first year) but this year I've gone smaller and changed the shape from a rectangle into a hand...

Beady Zoo said...

Hi Dot & Bobbi! I'm happy to see you both here too!

I think I'm narrowing my focus somewhat -- leaning toward something between 2 and 3 inches total. Not completely sure of shape yet, but I'm getting there, LOL.

abeadlady said...

Gentle nudging? I thought we used a bludgeon on you. LOL. Great to see you here too.

Arline

Beady Zoo said...

Hi Arline! Well, if that was a bludgeon, it didn't leave too many bruises ;-) or I just heal quickly. I've got my bead mix just about ready and am looking at size samples tonight.
--
Kathy B