Where do you get you beadwork designs?

Keya_win · 05-21-2006, 10:41 PM

Where do you get your beadwork design? I was just wondering. Some of the designs I use are past down, some are given to me, some are made up and some come from other places, books internet.

Blackbear · 05-22-2006, 07:40 AM

Pretty much the same places you get yours... well with the exception that I don't get mine passed down to me from YOUR family..LOL

between2worlds · 05-22-2006, 08:02 AM

Coloring books are awesome sources of inspiration for applique beadwork ideas (and there are online coloring books too !); for loom work I've found inspiration in some free online counted cross stitch and rug hooking patterns ....

I've used rubber stamps to mark my fabric (store bought and custom) for beading. Currently I'm "cheating" at quilting: using sheets of heart-embossed papertowel over the top fabric. I'm putting a bead in the stitching at every "dimple" in the paper - it's working up fast since I don't have to transfer the quilting pattern. I got one section done last night, dampened the paper with a mist from a spray bottle, and the paper came away - no muss, no fuss.

No one ends up having -exactly- what I see in my mind as the finished item but it does cut down on the translation from mind to pattern if I can find something similar.... and it's even better when I can find something to convert to a shortcut pattern!

~b2w

**Eagle Plumes** · 05-22-2006, 08:35 AM

wyo_rose · 05-23-2006, 12:23 PM

I get INSPIRATION from books, the Internet, etc...

But I come up with my designs on my own.

05-21-2006, 10:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Keya_win Lakota Turtle women Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 10	Where do you get you beadwork designs? Where do you get your beadwork design? I was just wondering. Some of the designs I use are past down, some are given to me, some are made up and some come from other places, books internet.

05-22-2006, 07:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,622	Pretty much the same places you get yours... well with the exception that I don't get mine passed down to me from YOUR family..LOL __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

05-22-2006, 08:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Eagle Plumes Just Bead it! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: MId-West Posts: 11,497	Last edited by Eagle Plumes; 05-24-2006 at 05:09 PM.

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05-22-2006, 08:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
between2worlds Patrick Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Riverdale, MD Posts: 2,739	Coloring books are awesome sources of inspiration for applique beadwork ideas (and there are online coloring books too !); for loom work I've found inspiration in some free online counted cross stitch and rug hooking patterns .... I've used rubber stamps to mark my fabric (store bought and custom) for beading. Currently I'm "cheating" at quilting: using sheets of heart-embossed papertowel over the top fabric. I'm putting a bead in the stitching at every "dimple" in the paper - it's working up fast since I don't have to transfer the quilting pattern. I got one section done last night, dampened the paper with a mist from a spray bottle, and the paper came away - no muss, no fuss. No one ends up having -exactly- what I see in my mind as the finished item but it does cut down on the translation from mind to pattern if I can find something similar.... and it's even better when I can find something to convert to a shortcut pattern! ~b2w

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wyo_rose Teenah's Too Cool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Washakie Posts: 8,037 Blog Entries: 2	I get INSPIRATION from books, the Internet, etc... But I come up with my designs on my own.

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