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Secret Project Reveal Time
Hi everyone! I finally finished the project. It came with much learning as it went along. Let me show you first, then I will explain what I learned. Dave named it ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’. The name is used frequently by many, but I still liked it.
One of the things I have been wondering about for a while now is why the loom work ‘crinkles’ when you take it off the loom. I don’t know if my answer is right or if there are other answers, but I did figure out how to fix that after you take it off the loom and maybe why it happens to start with. I used KO thread on this project, similar to C-Lon D. There is a stretch factor with this thread and when you tighten the warp threads, you are stretching the thread. I stretched it before I put it on the loom, perhaps I shouldn’t, so it can stretch the one time when you tighten the warp. In any case, before I weave ends in, tape or do anything to the bottoms of the work, I am from now on, am going to rub the work to flatten out. Kind of like rubbing out a bubble under a sticker.
The other ‘issue’ I had was how to make a 16 dent spring, you can see that on a previous blog post.
There are 4 panels on the lamp. Each of them took me 2-3 days, which felt like a lifetime with life happening all around me and no pause button 🙂 I used 5 spools of KO and 9 Delica colors. I bought bulk in the Delicas, but I am going to wager there is close/around 300 grams of beads on there. The lamp measure 11 1/4″ in height and is 5″ square. I was going to do some fringe around the top, but by the time I finished assembly, I kind of just wanted to be done. I may add fringe at a later date. My ONLY regret about this whole project is that the length of the panels was only just right and not a few rows longer. So after all this work, I see the flaw and that upsets me. I measured several times for overlap, I suppose one more measure would have done the trick….next time that won’t happen. I vowed I would never make another, but, ultimately, I love the concept and the beauty, so one of these days, I will make another 🙂
Below is the video I made of the assembly process. I know I used the same ‘tune’ as the last time, but I kind of cherish it as my ‘theme’ song LOL
5 Comments
Becky Clay
Good job, I was wondering what was holding the beadwork. I would love to try my hand at this sometime! Will have to look for the lamp. Thanks so much for the info!
Tina Clark
That was worth waiting for. Beautiful job. I’m inspired to do something similar…somewhere down the line.
Julia Hecht
Christina, this is fabulous! Thank you for sharing your secrets with us. I can’t wait to get back to beading. You are an inspiration.
Julia
Janna Maria Vallee
Christine, this is fabulous and I LOVE the video! You’re a superstar, so inspiring.
Tina Bird
Absolutely spectacular. I think I have one of those sorts of lamps in a box out in the garage…