William's First Beading Project - BEADWORKERS WORTH KNOWING..

Here is a photo of William's first attempt at beading. He used the Woodland Butterfly Belt Pattern from this website to begin his work. He modified the pattern in several ways, and chose his own colors to make this truly a personal beadwork piece..

William used the off loom flat bead weave. The pattern as he worked it is 40 beads x 71 beads. He writes that he used 2,840 Pony Beads, each one 6mm x 9mm, and 130 yards of waxed thread. The piece measures 22 3/4 inches width by 10 1/4 inches length. It was made to be a gift to a friend.

It was fun, but a "big learning experience". William says what he learned while doing this is "You have to always stay in the present moment or you'll end up with a big knot in the thread or beads that are lined up to go on will hit the floor".

The e-mail from William really gave me a lot of pleasure, sometimes I get discouraged when I am here working on these beading patterns all alone. To see my work become a part of someone's life is really satisfying.

William writes "Thank you for such a great website to help someone like me that is completely new to beading. I'm already looking around to see what I want to do next."