The Journey of Beads

If you love unique, handmade beaded jewelry crafted one bead at a time, you'll enjoy the history too

https://www.crazycrow.com/site/seed-bead-history-and-use-by-native-american-tribes/

https://www.swcreations.net/blogs/articles/91697415-the-fascinating-history-of-seed-beads-in-beaded-jewelry

https://www.bigbeadlittlebead.com/guides_and_information/seed_beads_guide.php

http://www.tohobeads.net/

Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs

 

Crafter's Block 

You may have the best intentions to get to that crafting project, but other things keep sticking in your brain and you can't make them go away. 

Part of that is no doubt a function of my ADD, but partly it's because I'm stuck in the Physiological Needs zone. The way this works is that you start at the bottom of the pyramid. If your physiological needs are met, you can move to the next level. If your safety needs are met, you can move to belongingness and love needs, and so on until you reach the self-actualization tier. 

This is where creativity lives.

few more face masks

I haven't really done any machine stitching of my own this week.... been happily hand stitching masks though ....

In the meantime I am still doing some more hand stitching ....

seems all my fabric scraps will be used

fabric face mask for Kid

 

Made a protective masks in reusable fabric, for kids

I personally can't stand the rubber bands behind my ears, made an ear saver with a rectangle of cloth paired with the mask where have stitched a button to one edge and made a loop on the other

You should use a 100% cotton fabric for this fitted face mask. This is a natural fabric that is breathable and it tightly woven.

The best mask for our heat in my opinion is this pattern

The curve of the center cut allows you to have a minimum of free space between the nose and the fabric to breathe a little better.

It has no folds, less cloth, less hot.

Only 2 layers of this fabric are enough and therefore less heavy, less hot the mask feels

Step 1) For this mask you need the base pattern, you cut the piece 2 times and then join darts with a straight seam at top and bottom along the center curved line. i have taken a cotton knit fabric and a printed woven fabric

Step 2) Sew the kitten's nose in the center of the mask with a blanket stitch then draw with a pencil and a very light stroke the snout and mustache and hand embroidered with stem stitches.

Step 3) Now place the piece with the embroidered snout and the other piece facing against each other and sew the 2 long edges leaving the sides open, turn on the forehand.

Step 4) On the sides, fold the outer edges inwards Place the elastic (about 12 cm) bent to the slot and with the edges inwards. Sew a straight stitch along the folded edge.

The protective mask decorated with the kitty face is ready

How beautiful

A forest is the last place you’d expect to find a chandelier, but John Grade’s gorgeous creation is no ordinary fixture.

The Seattle-based artist is known for his installations influenced by nature, including “Drawdown,” a wooden structure in Redmond, Washington, inspired by balancing rocks near the Colorado-Utah desert. And hanging between trees in Italy’s Arte Sella Sculpture Park is John’s most stunning piece yet.

Unveiled in 2018, “Reservoir” is made up of 5,000 heat-formed droplets. Each is shaped from casts of cupped human hands and framed by steam-bent strips of Alaskan yellow cedar. These plastic pouches collects rainwater and are attached to fishing line and suspended nets, which fall when it rains and rise when the water evaporates. According to John, the sculpture is about 65 pounds when dry, but can weigh more than 1,000 pounds filled with water.

Rain Turns This “Abandoned” Chandelier Into Glittering Masterpiece.

This is an installation in Italy by John Grade called "Reservoir." He made glass cups and hung them from a net. When they catch the rain they glisten. How beautiful reservoir-chandelier-italy