Earrings #14

More right angle weave...this one I thought was impossible. It was all sloppy and floppy but came good in the end.
Another pattern from Beadwork magazine, this time by Maggie Roschyk.

So I have decided that all these beadwork designers are incredibly clever and I have no idea how to go about designing my own earrings.
I am so in awe of their skills and realise that it must take hours and hours of dedication to even think about creating your own designs.
So I'm not that I will carry on with the earring challenge - I have other things that I should/want to do.
But we'll see!

Earrings challenge #13

I found this pretty design in the latest Bead and Button magazine.
I adapted a bracelet pattern by Kelli Burns .
I have found that often bracelet designs can be adapted and picked apart to make an earring component.

Earrings challenge #12

Inspired by the arrival of my Bead and Button magazine I chose to comd to grips with right angle weave - a stitch that has previously had me tied up in knots. Anna Elizabeth Draeger shows how to make Hattie Newman's square pieces.
I used size 6 and size 11 seed beads.

What number am I up to?

#11 I think.
Sunburst earrings designed by Nancy Rocknich in Beadwork magazine.

Lovely earrings

I just made these lovely earrings designed by Lanai Kinsky that I found in Beadwork magazine.

Peyote and crystal earrings

Earrings #8 and a half

I started making these earrings in the matt black beads but realised I didnt have enough to make the second one :-(
That'll teach me to count my beads before I start.
So I now have a pair in opalised clear cubes.
What do you think?