It is time for me to reveal another blog hop....this one is hosted by Therese Frank and Christine Altmiller. This is A Time to Stitch 2 hop and it features Right Angle Weave and St. Petersburg Chain. The rules are pretty simple: make something using Right Angle Weave or make something using St. Petersburg Stitch.
I did a basic right angle weave base and added a layer of fringe that is right angle weave too and added the daggers for more drama. To make this elegant evening necklace I used black Czech firepolish beads, size 11 seed beads and black daggers. I am going on a cruise in December and think this will be perfect for one of my dresses.
I also did a lariat that used several stitches. St. Petersburg stitch and a chevron stitch make up the main parts of the lariat and they are joined together using a ladder stitch, the pieces that make the three inside fringe portions use right angle weave and straight fringe. The beads on the end of my fringe are enamel beads I made. For the clasp I used circular peyote stitch. This is a design by Kelley Wiese and she called it Royal Chains Lariat. It was in Bead Work magazine issue Oct/Nov 2009. I have wanted to do this necklace since I first saw the pattern way back when but I did not know how to do St. Petersburg or Chevron stitch. This was my first time doing the Chevron stitch, really easy and stitches up fast. I really love the way this piece turned out. I think I will do it again in lighter colors.
Unfortunately I had difficulties and could not get the list of the other participants to copy with links so I am asking you to please go to their blogs by visiting our hostesses Therese and Christine. Thanks so much!
