Lee Pearl Flower was another single shuttle pattern. I saw the teaser and thought what a great item for a barrette for my granddaughter. I showed her the picture and then let her select the thread.
An open forum for everyone was conducted prior to lunch. Designing 101. There was a panel of distinguished designers that talked about how they got into designing, with tips for those who do or would like to design. Good tips. One thing I saw was a panelist that had a notebook. In the notebook were samples of lots of techniques along with finished designs using the techniques. That is the best tip I came away with and am going to start my own notebook. It will be a good reference tool when designing future patterns.
Puzzle Fun was the class I taught. I like to think outside the box. It is made of individual pieces (just like a puzzle). My students were really excited. One piece was tatted to learn the technique of split and thrown off rings along with single shuttle split ring to end the piece. Between continuous thread method and SSSR, there are no ends to tie, cut and hide.
Single Shuttle Stacked Rings 2 colors is based on "Waves earrings by Corina Meyfeldt" which can be found on Craftree. The technique of stacked rings was new to me. Instead of cut/tie/hide ends between the two colors, I just added the new thread by hiding ends between last and first color rings. I also decided to add beads but with a twist. Black beads on Boysenberry and Boysenberry on Black. It was a hit in class with show and tell along with pictures and instructions. Another color variation was discussed in class and I will be try it out later.
LOVE your Puzzle Fun !!! Very inventive :-)
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