2006

This black and silver bracelet was made with Memory Wire. It is not woven but is still fun and made a striking bracelet.I gave this to Susan also. November 2006

This was another of my early experiments. I used two bangle bracelets and strung colorful beads between them making a wide bangle bracelet. Susan received this bracelet as well. November 2006

This Christmas necklace was my most ambitious project. This one I kept! December 2006

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In the beginning there were no beads :-)



I made for a baby present. I had made my own kids a books using the same pattern about 27 years ago!


I saw the directions for these clowns in an issue of Women's Day in Fall 1980. I made one for Susan and her little best friend, Biz. I made one for Brooke. And then I made one, made one, made one... Soon it was Christmas time I was selling them for $10 a piece which I thought was highway robbery (especially since I had gobs of fabric scraps) and the buyers thought it was such a deal :-) About six months ago I got a call wanting to know if I could please make one for the next generation :-)
An African American woman asked me if I could make a black clown as she was pretty sure she could sell a few if I could do it. I did and she did, too!
These clowns are definitely in my "Top 10" of the fun craft projects I've done!
1980-1981