November 2023 Class - Snowflake in New Berlin

A few months ago, I joined a group called The Loose Bead Society of Milwaukee.  They meet monthly at the New Berlin Library and talk about everything related to beading.   Sometimes, they have speakers, sometimes it is a project and sometimes it is just open beading with other like-minded people.   In November, the project was to make a beaded snowflake.

This involved “sewing” beads together.   I have never done it before, and once again, I needed a great pair of reader glasses.  With a bit of help from some of the other participants, I worked my way through the pattern and came up with a snowflakeish looking object.  It’s more of the essence of a snowflake.  It wasn’t great, but I did learn while I was doing it, and if I did it again, it would come out better.

Things I learned:

1.       When sewing with beads, you have to make sure everything is TIGHT!  And then, make it a bit tighter.   My snowflake is rather floppy because I didn’t do that.

2.       Pay attention to the directions or you will just need to take it all apart and start over – a few times.

3.       I never realized needles came so ridiculously small.