Saturday, September 24, 2011

Hemstitching on the Bernina 1630


Someone on the InTatters tatting list
was researching edges on hankies. I thought my page of wing needle stitches that I designed for my Bernina 1630 years ago may give her some ideas of what to look for in a modern machine.

If anyone is looking for instructions about how to use the built in Stitch Designer of the Bernina 1630, my book can be found at http://www.ginabea.com/heirloomstitchesbook.php

Friday, September 2, 2011

Eyeglasses Beaded Lanyard


I used Patti Duff's beaded lanyard pattern to make a lanyard to hold eyeglasses. My beads were not uniform in size. Irene Morgan suggested that I string them by twos (that were similar in size and color). YES! that worked out nicely. I used a bracelet closure rather then using the eyeglass findings that I had first intended. You know the ones that are like a double eyelet of vinyl rings? They hold the earpieces of the glasses around your neck.
I decided that I wanted this to have more of a necklace appearance. The lanyard will still slip over the head, but the eyeglasses earpiece will slip down through the loop of the leaf.