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Cat
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Merry Christmas!
Just a short post today to say merry Christmas and happy whichever holiday you celebrate. I'll be back with more posts after the new year.
Cat
Cat
Wednesday, December 07, 2016
A Book of Beaded Fairies
I'm always looking for something different to make with beads. So, when I saw a book called Mini People available from The Beadworkers Guild in England, I knew I had to buy it. And I have certainly not been disappointed with my purchase. I am having so much fun with it!
The instructions in the book are fairly easy to follow, but you should have some beadweaving experience if you buy it. That is because there aren't any line-by-line tutorials. The author, Ann Mockford, calls her instructions "recipes", which feels accurate. There are brick-stitch graphs for the clothing, and the individual doll recipes say to use this or that skirt, jacket, arms, etc. for a particular character, so you are thumbing back and forth through the book. They aren't difficult to make or put together, so if you are adventurous, give it a try!
There are eight different characters in the book, plus a baby doll sized fairy. They are all put together in basically the same way, but there are different ways to make their clothes which turns them into different characters. Once you've made a couple of these, you can expand on the ideas in this book, and make hundreds of different styles of fairies, elves, and more.
I have made two figures so far. I really enjoyed making both of them.
The first one I made was this little fairy. She is based on the fairy that you an see on the cover of the book, above. She even has a petticoat under her skirt, but you can't see it in this picture.
The next one I made was this elf in Christmas colors. He is very loosely based on one of the elves in the book, the one that you can see on the cover, above, holding the umbrella.
I made both of their faces myself by using Sharpie pens to draw on a wooden bead.
I hope you enjoyed my book review. If you have any questions, ask away in the comments.
Cat
The instructions in the book are fairly easy to follow, but you should have some beadweaving experience if you buy it. That is because there aren't any line-by-line tutorials. The author, Ann Mockford, calls her instructions "recipes", which feels accurate. There are brick-stitch graphs for the clothing, and the individual doll recipes say to use this or that skirt, jacket, arms, etc. for a particular character, so you are thumbing back and forth through the book. They aren't difficult to make or put together, so if you are adventurous, give it a try!
There are eight different characters in the book, plus a baby doll sized fairy. They are all put together in basically the same way, but there are different ways to make their clothes which turns them into different characters. Once you've made a couple of these, you can expand on the ideas in this book, and make hundreds of different styles of fairies, elves, and more.
I have made two figures so far. I really enjoyed making both of them.
The first one I made was this little fairy. She is based on the fairy that you an see on the cover of the book, above. She even has a petticoat under her skirt, but you can't see it in this picture.
The next one I made was this elf in Christmas colors. He is very loosely based on one of the elves in the book, the one that you can see on the cover, above, holding the umbrella.
I made both of their faces myself by using Sharpie pens to draw on a wooden bead.
I hope you enjoyed my book review. If you have any questions, ask away in the comments.
Cat
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