A Time To Stitch 8: What's your bag?

Finally after some months of thinking, designing, creating and waiting the big reveal of ATTS 8 is here. Thank you, Christine and Therese for hosting the event for the 8th time now. Love it!!!!

 

 

So what's my bag? It clearly is an amulet bag and since my totem animal is the polar bear it has to be bear-themed. Plus I was able to work with my two favorite materials: leather and beads. But there is much more about it. So first I made the two-drop peyote beaded paw square and added it to a handsewn deerskin amulet bag. When I thought about embellishment I found a few special pieces some dear friends, Nicole and Ursel once sent me.

 

The handmade antler button was once bought and made in Germany, then brought to the US and now sent back to me. How awesome is that? Thanky, Ursel! :)

 

Next the tin cones: I love the sound they make when the fringe moves! Simply love it. Four of the tin cones (the outer two on each side) were sent to me all the way from the Pacific Northwest by my dear friend Nicole. Thank you so much, Nicole! :)

 

I would have loved to make a beaded pendant form the black bear claw I had in my stash for years, but I couldn't gather enough infos to make the best of it, so it's in the phot unbeaded.

 

So this bag will always remember me of two dear friends I have never met in person.

 

Now make sure you visit all the sweet and talented ladies who took the challenge of ATTS 8 and made their very own special bag, too.

Therese

Christine

Jenny

Bobbie

Ana

Amy

Cynthia

Karin S

Maryanne

Liz

Lori

Paula

Jasvanti

Dagi you're here!

Kepi

Samantha

Alicia

Motidana

Becky

Keltischer Knoten - zweiter Versuch/Celtic Trefoil - Second Attempt

 

Die erste Schicht im zweiten Versuch liegt schon mal flacher als im ersten. Gute Voraussetzungen für die zweite Schicht. Diesmal gibt es einen rot-schwarzen Knoten und wenn ich noch Lust auf einen dritten habe, dann gibt's noch ein blaues Farbschema, das mir zusagt.

 

The first layer in the second attempt is a lot flatter than in the first one. Good for the second layer. This time the color scheme is read and black. And there is a blue color scheme that I like if I ever come to make a third one.

Keltischer Knoten fertig/Celtic Trefoil finished

Der Dreiecksknoten von gestern ist fertig. Er gefällt mir gut, obwohl ich nicht ganz zufrieden mit ihm bin.

 

The trefoil I started yesterday is finished. I really like it, although I'm not completely happy with it.

 

 

Ich denke, das Thema hier ist die Fadenspannung in der ersten Schicht von Perlen. Da habe ich den Faden ein bisschen zu stramm angezogen und das Teil hat sich gewölbt. Das schreit nach einem zweiten Versuch. :)

 

I think the problem in this piece is the thread tension in the first layer. I pulled the thread a little bit too tight and the piece didn't stay flat. Soooooooooo I think there will be a second attempt. :)

Adlerfedern/Eagle Feathers

Heute habe ich an einem neuen Satz Pfeile gearbeitet und die Befiederung hat mich an diese Adlerfeder-Ohrringe erinnert, die ich euch bisher noch nicht gezeigt habe.

Today I was working on a new batch of arrows and the fletching made me think of the eagle feather earrings I once made and never shared.

The Eagle Feather
by Randy Macey, Mohawk


When the world was new, the Creator made all the birds. He colored their feathers like a bouquet of flowers. The Creator then gave each a distinct song to sing. The Creator instructed the birds to greet each new day with a chorus of their songs. Of all the birds, our Creator chose the Eagle to be the leader. The Eagle flies the highest and sees the furthest of all creatures. The Eagle is a messenger to the Creator. During the Four Sacred Riguals we will wear an Eagle Feather in our hair. To wear or to hold the Eagle Feather causes our Creator to take immediate notice. With the Eagle Feather the Creator is honored in the highest.




Und weil der Schöpfer alle Vögel mit unterschiedlichen Federn gemacht hat, mußte ich natürlich auch ein paar mehr Federn machen. Dieses Set habe ich für meinen lieben Freund Billy von Dragonfly Jewelry Designs gemacht.
And because the Creator made all birds and colored all their feathers differently I had to make some more, too. Those were made for my dear friend Billy of Dragonfly Jewelry Designs.




(Federn aus Delicaperlen und Nymo; feathers made from delica beads and nymo, designed by Kokopelli, 2009, original idea by Theresa Flores Geary)