This is loom necklace by my design. I've named it "Autumn in my town". I was admiring of autumn coloures from dark green to golden and red and I wold like to see it even in spring time, winter or summer. This necklace was made with seed beads and some of large glass beads different shapes. I wish great creations to all beadworkers!!!

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"Autumn on a String" is depicted here with a woman surrounded by
autumn leaves and the bag itself is on a "String" made with autumn colors. The autumn feel is definitely there. The strap can be removed and the toggle clasp can turn it into a necklace to be doubled to dress up your pretty autumn colored shell. Otherwise I would wear the bag across from shoulder to opposite hip... it will hold a small cardholder of credit cards and a license and little bit of money. The stitch is regular peyote, except at top and bottom and that's just a little lace to dress it up. Hope you enjoy, I had a blast making it.

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A few years ago while driving through Gold Bar, Washington, I stopped at a Rock Show being held outdoors in a parking lot. These pretty autumn leaf colored agates caught my eye at once and I bought several of them very cheaply. It took me another few years to decide how to work with them, but when I did, I ended up making four. One for Skddle's Falling Leaves and Waters swap, one for my Mom, one for my best friend Charley and one for me. Mine is the one pictured. Fall is my favorite season and I love wearing this. I redid the strap recently since I cannibalized it for some beads I needed for another project. The new strap, with the peyote cylinder at the back of the neck, is much more comfy than the old one, which was simply strung on softflex.

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An amulet bag "Gold leaves of autumn" is made in RAW technique. Photo is approximately half a real size of a bag. I designed and made it 2 years ago. I'm beading for about 4 years, but it's my first try to show my beadwork on the net.

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I didn't plan on entering this challenge, but when I finished this piece the colors just "said" autumn, so here it is! The cabochon is chrysanthemum, I peyote stitched around it. I used netting for the chain and around the cab. the dangles are brown-bronze colored crystals.

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This is done in peyote, from a sketch, not a pattern. The beads used are bead soup--anything to give me the color mix. The strap includes some vintage flea market beads.

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For this Quarterly Challenge "Autumn on a String" the word autumn was the deciding factor of the colors for my 'Fall Flowers 2001' bracelet. The bracelet is composed of two(2) parts, leaves and a spiral chain; the leaves are done in square stitch using size 11 Japanese seed beads. The leaves range in size from 1/2" to 1" wide by 7/8" to 1 1/2" high, now the leaves are attached to the core beads at random intervals. Size 14 Japanese delicas were used in the circle part of the clasp, total length of the bracelet is 8 inches.

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I have done this necklace with leaves, because in the autumn they fall and I have wanted that they stay around my neck. I have been inspired by the Russian Beadweaving book (white cover) to make my leaves.

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My entry is a large hand bag, approximately 9.5 inches in length (including the fringe) and 3.5 inches wide. It was made with size 10 and 11 glass seed beads in, at least, 25 colours. The body of the bag was done with one-drop peyote stitch. I designed the image myself and incorporated peyote leaves into the fringe. The pattern for peyote leaves can be found at Maria Oldring's web-site. I love autumn with it's rich colours of changing leaves. Yet there is the other side of autumn: when all the leaves have fallen off the trees. I find bare naked trees quite stark, not attractive, an unappealing harbinger of winter. So I tried to beautify, in beads, a scene involving a bare tree having lost all if its leaves, save for 2 little leaves hanging on for dear life ,and the autumnal yard work staple of raking/bagging leaves.

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I'm glad to send you my entry for the contest. It's an autumn beaded tree, which is about 25 cm. It's made of warm colors: yellow, orange, red and brown, with a bit of green too. I used brown wire for the branches and the trunk. I hope you'll like it.

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This is a 16" white stoneware vase that I slip cast, then altered. I added ceramic leaves (I created a mold and cast these as well, attaching them before the first firing). It is glazed with under glazes, glazes and stains. The beads used are fossil beads and garnet chips for the roots of the tree. The tree itself is three sizes of Rocaille seed beads strung on 24 gauge gold filled wire and Acculon 3 strand. The branches are embellished with pressed glass flowers and a cat.