I'm still into the beadweaving and my latest (and definitely greatest) beadweaving is the 'Last Kisses of Summer Bracelet' by C. J. Bauschka from the August/September 2012 Beadwork issue. I liked the picture on the front cover of the magazine so much that I decided to start with making one in those colors....

Ooh... isn't it so sparkly and pretty? So one in this colorway (except I used tortoise colored fire-polished 6mm beads and a matte bronze seed bead) and because it turned out so splendidly, I made another in a silver colorway with blues, greens and purples...
And so this is how mine turned out. The only other change I made was making it smaller than the pattern called for (made the bronzey one 14 right angle weave squares long and the silver one 15 right angle weave squares long).
I was planning on making this bracelet in all blue crystal colors but ordered the wrong size crystals - ordered 4mm instead of 3mm - which is needed for this bracelet. Oh shucks, now I'll have to find a piece of jewelry to use the 4mm crystals with. :) Anyone have any beadweaving ideas for 4mm crystals?
Hi Denise, I was just messing around with Google and searched my name. Came across your blog post of Last Kisses of Summer. Just wanted to say you did a wonderful job on your bracelets, love the silver color way. Thanks for posting! CJ
ReplyDeleteThank you CJ! I love this pattern so much that I've even made more as gifts for family and friends. And I wear these two quite frequently! Great job on the pattern!
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