Yay, it's finally blog hop time for the ATTS challenge hosted by Therese Frank and Christine Altmiller! I chose to take three of the suggested four stitches to make a sampler bracelet. I left out the spiral rope stitch, but included a spiral by shaping the Chenille stitch tube with the help of a piece of thick aluminium wire. I also chose to include a piece of Chevron stitch and of course I included netting. The Netted Diamond is a pattern from the book "Zulu Inspired Beadwork" by Diane Fitzgerald.
Netted Diamonds make for some nice earrings as you can see in some older posts on my blog here and here. To achieve the desired length for the bracelet I added a piece of handmade Full Persian chainmaille and a magnetic clasp, which makes putting on and off easy. All in all it was a great learning experience and I enjoyed learning a new beading stitch with Chenille (which I LOVE!). When is the next ATTS 4 Challenge? :)
And now have a look what the other participants did with two, three or all four stitches!
1. Amy Severino
5. Paula Kramer
6. Kim Hora
7. Dee Alcalde
8. Dagi (Kokopelli) you're here :)
10. LizE
11. Sally Russick
12. Becky Pancake
15. Alenka
16. Sarah Sequins
17. Tanya Goodwin
18. Debbie Rasmussen
19. Shirley Moore
What a FUN idea to make a sampler bracelet!!! I love it!!!
AntwortenLöschenI love that you used so many techniques in your bracelet. The colors are wonderful and I know it would be so much fun to wear and move around on the wrist -- so much to look at.
AntwortenLöschenBrilliant idea to incorporate the stitches together and your bracelet is absolutely beautiful!
AntwortenLöschenThe sampler is fantastic! It is just what this hop should be...try a little and see how it goes. What a neat bracelet! I really like the netting piece and the links you sent to the netted earrings. It is really lovely. Thanks so much for being a part of this.
AntwortenLöschenExactly what Amy said! Love it as a sampler. They look so good together.
AntwortenLöschenWow, this a great project and so pretty!
AntwortenLöschenThat is such a clever idea! I love that diamond, now I really need to get that book!
AntwortenLöschenWhat a lovely bracelet! Love the idea of combining different stitches and materials!
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I really like the sampler idea. Great job on your bracelet.
AntwortenLöschenHi Dagi,
AntwortenLöschenThank you for participating in mine and Christine's ATTS4 challenge. I love the bracelet you designed using all but one of the stitches in this challenges and combining wire with the bead woven samples is awesome. I hope you will join us for a ATTS 5.
Therese
I love your bracelet. It's gorgeous and original too. The beaded 'samples' and the chain maille go together very well.
AntwortenLöschenThat's such a clever idea: using multiple stitches in one piece. It makes for a perfect 'sample' bracelet :) Love all your stitches and the colours are up my alley (love that bold blue in contrast to the silver).
AntwortenLöschenWhat a clever idea to make a sampler. And I agree about the Zuni earrings. I made a sister a pair awhile back and every time she wears them, I want to make myself a pair!
AntwortenLöschenDagi, your bracelet is awesome...love the idea to put the stitches into one piece! I posted late, however, I would be delighted if you could find time to look at my post! Thank you, Crystie
AntwortenLöschenNow that is awesome!!! I love how you combined everything in one piece! You have a gift!
AntwortenLöschenWhat a fun bracelet. I really enjoyed that you managed to use all three stitches in a single piece! Now that's inventive and it works great :-)
AntwortenLöschenWhat a great piece and using all those stitches!
AntwortenLöschenWhat a fascinating bracelet. I bet you get lots of compliments, it's beautiful.
AntwortenLöschenVery unique! Great job.
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