Satin Top Finished
Good afternoon! I'm going to try to get all my blogging in before I need to leave for work.
I finished beading and adding the sequins to my satin top. That's a picture of my new thimble. I spent a little time trying on metal thimbles and thought I would put in on the blog. Hah!
So to get started, one sequins and one bead at a time... The photo is pretty self-explanatory.
Now it's starting to produce that sparkle I wanted!
This is a photo of the completed shirt. I didn't fix the hem puckers. I just decided that I'm wearing it with jeans anyway, so there's no point. Well, I suppose I could have finished it off for learning experience. I can always do it later. I'm so happy with how it all turned out. I washed it a tub with warm water and mild detergent and hung it to dry. I plan on wearing it tomorrow!
I did learn a lesson concerning stringing bead fringes. If you look closely, you'll see that I have two fringes too close together. Even though I was placing 20 white beads between each fringe, I finished off one of the strings short of 20. That was going to be under my arm, so it wouldn't have been noticeable. I changed my mind on the placement and I can't do that. I have to think everything through, thoroughly! (I'm still going to wear it as is though.
) And the color of my bead is somewhat off-white. The lace is bright white. ...I went with silver sequins so nothing matches! ...That's one unmatched wizardry technique! 
Next project: Purple Tunic. I began this top about a year or two ago. It's far too large and as you can see my markings in the photo, I'm going to take in the sides and a good portion of the arms. I'm also going to bring up the hem to right below my derrière. I'll probably just post the final photo on that one. Don't expect too much there. It's a boring project for me. It was screwed up from the beginning and I'm just trying to make it all wearable.
All right, that's a wrap.
Until the sun rises again, happy sewing!
I finished beading and adding the sequins to my satin top. That's a picture of my new thimble. I spent a little time trying on metal thimbles and thought I would put in on the blog. Hah!
So to get started, one sequins and one bead at a time... The photo is pretty self-explanatory.
Now it's starting to produce that sparkle I wanted!
This is a photo of the completed shirt. I didn't fix the hem puckers. I just decided that I'm wearing it with jeans anyway, so there's no point. Well, I suppose I could have finished it off for learning experience. I can always do it later. I'm so happy with how it all turned out. I washed it a tub with warm water and mild detergent and hung it to dry. I plan on wearing it tomorrow!
I did learn a lesson concerning stringing bead fringes. If you look closely, you'll see that I have two fringes too close together. Even though I was placing 20 white beads between each fringe, I finished off one of the strings short of 20. That was going to be under my arm, so it wouldn't have been noticeable. I changed my mind on the placement and I can't do that. I have to think everything through, thoroughly! (I'm still going to wear it as is though.
) And the color of my bead is somewhat off-white. The lace is bright white. ...I went with silver sequins so nothing matches! ...That's one unmatched wizardry technique! Next project: Purple Tunic. I began this top about a year or two ago. It's far too large and as you can see my markings in the photo, I'm going to take in the sides and a good portion of the arms. I'm also going to bring up the hem to right below my derrière. I'll probably just post the final photo on that one. Don't expect too much there. It's a boring project for me. It was screwed up from the beginning and I'm just trying to make it all wearable.
All right, that's a wrap.
Until the sun rises again, happy sewing!
The blue satin top is really cute!