Fireline vs Power Pro

As long as I've been making seed bead jewelry I've been using power pro as my thread, and I love it the only problem is when I use lighter colored beads since power pro is a dark green color. As you can see in the picture below it doesn't look so nice against the white beads.




Fireline on the other hand comes in several different colors including crystal which is almost invisible against the white beads which you'll see in the next picture.




It looks a lot nicer with the white beads. Both threads work up pretty much exactly the same. The only difference is the Fireline seems a little slippery to me but that will just take some getting use to since Fireline is more of a plastic (monofilament) and power pro is a thread like line. Also power pro frays at the end when it's cut which can make it difficult to get through the eye of your needle while Fireline passes right through. I will continue to use power pro with most of my projects but in the case that I'm using lighter colored beads I'll be using the Fireline. Hope this helped you if your looking to try a new thread :)

Edit: I've actually now switched over to using fireline only. I tried it out a bit more after this post and decided I liked it better because it slips through the beads a lot easier and causes less tangles.

Here's a comparison shot of the two samples.



Happy Beading,
Jessica

Netting with fringe tutorial

I've put together a picture tutorial on how to do netting with a fringe. I tried to do a video version but I failed about three times so I gave up, and decided to do pictures instead. If you try it let me know, and if you have any questions feel free to ask.

For a Video Version Click Here


First you start out with your needle and thread, two different colors of size eleven tohos, and size 4mm Czech glass beads (or whatever bead you choose for your drop)






You start off by adding your beads on your needle in the order above. Then move all your beads down your thread leaving an eight inch tail. (1 accent 2 main color 1 accent 2 main color 1 accent 2 main color 1 accent 2 main color 1 4mm round and 1 accent color)






Now run your needle back up your 4mm and pull tight.







Now string on more beads in the sequence show above. ( 2 main color 1 accent 2 main color)







Then run your needle up through your second blue (or whatever your color is) bead from the bottom of your work.







It should look like this.







Now string on these beads again







Then run your needle through your top bead.







And it should look like this.







Then string your beads on again like this.







And go down through your accent color bead in the group you just added.







And it should look like this.







Add your group of beads on again.







Go through your second accent bead in the first group you had added.







It should now look like this







Now add two main color beads a 4mm and one accent color bead and, move it down to your work.







Now run your needle back up through that 4mm bead and pull tight.







Now add this sequence again







And go through your accent bead in the group you added right before you added your 4mm.







It should look like this







Add the group again







Go through your accent bead at the very top group.







Then you should have this. Just keep repeating these steps and you'll get something like this.....







You can make it as long or as short as you want it. You can make a bracelet or a necklace. Leave it plain or add embellishment is up to you. I hope the pictures weren't to dark for you to be able to tell what I was doing. If you would like for me to do more tutorials let me know, and I'll try some more.

Happy Beading,
Jessica

Netting Love

I love netted necklaces they are so pretty :). I don't love making them as much though haha they take about four to six hours each. I finally got time to take pictures today. Please tell me which background you like better the wood or the stone, I can't decide.

I hope you like them too :)

Happy Beading,

Jessica

Flat Spiral Stitch Necklace

I Love Love Love this stitch I've been doing bracelets with it for a couple years now, and I finally got up the courage to do a whole necklace (well choker a necklace wouldn't lay correctly) I Love how it turned out. Oh, and I'm modeling it in the pictures and my grandma took the pictures normally it's the other way around. Oh and another thing let me know if you have this issue, but I don't know if it's my imagination or what, but I think I've developed an allergy to Swarovski crystals because when I'm working with them my fingers itch and when I had this necklace on it made my throat feel tight. Let me know what you think (is it even possible to be allergic to them?) well anyways let's get to the good stuff. :)

Sooo cool right!? comment and tell me what you think :)

Loops

This is so pretty with the sun hitting it :) It's so shiny. One thing you should know about be is I love shiny things lol. Another thing is I love seed beads, but I hate taking the time to string them all on  lol. Red is a really hard color for me to work with, but I love how it looks with this necklace.

Hope you like it! :)