This purse is the third piece that I have used Delicas for. The first being Suzanne Cooper's Lemonade bag (my Delica practice piece!). The second was 'Nouveau', a piece designed by Margie Deeb for her new book, 'Out on a Loom '. Mary Tafoya put me in touch with Margie as she was looking for split loom weavers to make up her designs for her book. At the time I had no idea that some of the looming I was doing was called slw, silly me. LOL. I wish her book was out whe I was doing her piece, as I think it has some of the most comprehensive looming instructions that I've seen!!! Oh well, glad to have been a part of it!!
Ah yes, I digress again...
The following is copied from my 'techniques sheet' for the Delica Challenge...
Princess: peyote stitch, square stitch, right angle weave, kinky fringe and Miyuki 15/0's
Bed (Mattress and Base) : 2 drop peyote, brick stitch, multi bead edging, Miyuki 15/0's
Bedposts: 2 drop peyote, brick stitch, lampworked glass beads
Vine: 3 strand braid with etched, pressed glass beads
Pea: peyote stitch
Crown: peyote stitch with vintage crystal bead
For the 3 strand braid I used the instructions by Mary Tafoya of Aunt Molly's Bead Street. For the kinky fringe I used Sigrid Wynne-Evans instructions in the April 1999 issue of Jewelery Crafts.
The lampworked beads on the bedposts were 'donated' :-) by my good friend Amber Higgins of 'Worn Beadies'.
The mattress part of the bed was stitched around my metal 'BandAid' container. The pea was a beaded bead. For the bedposts I used telescopic metal tubing as a base. I needed the smaller diameter at the top for the beaded lid to clear the bedposts easily when opened.
The princess is my first beaded Delica figure. She is done in freeform peyote with a bit of square stitch here and there. Her dress is baically RAW. Her hair is done in Sig Wynne-Evans kinky fringe. It is similar to the 'spikey' fringe that I usually use, but slightly different and better I thought for the hair.
For the vine growing up the bedpost I used Mary Tafoya's instructions for three strand braid.
