Saturday, August 2, 2014

Haberdashery Blog Hop

What exactly does Haberdashery mean?
 
 
In this blog hop, the participants are to design a piece of jewelry inspired by sewing. 
Sewing notions include cloth, thread, yarn, trims, button, zippers, etc.  I found a fun fiber
 pack from my scrapbooking days that I used for my necklace inspiration.
 
The 10 separate fibers were separated into a group of 8 and I used my Kumihimo disc
to make a 12" rope.  I am a ceramic bead artist, so with clay I made 2 cones to hide
the ends of the rope.  I also made the focal hibiscus pendant.
 
I thought it looked neat to leave the loose fiber ends overflowing the top of the
ceramic cones.  I used a piece of 20g antique copper wire to attach the rope to the
chain pieces that end with a chunky toggle.  In the middle of the rope, I used thread
and sewed the pendant onto the rope.  I put a piece of wire on the back of the pendant like
a button shank so it would lay flat.  It took me 2 tries to get it in the middle!
 


 
Thank you to our blog hostess, Melissa Trudinger, for coming up with this unique
and fun hop!  Please check out what all the participants have come up with!  If you'd
like to see more of my ceramic beads, please visit www.fireflydesignstudio.etsy.com
 
Melissa Trudinger                                           http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com



Ann Schroeder                                                 http://www.beadlove.wordpress.com

Tammy Adams                                                http://www.paisleylizard.com/blog.html

Amanda Wacasey                                           http://mandyinmystic.blogspot.com

Dolores Raml                                                   http://craftydscreations.wordpress.com 

Divya N                                                             http://www.jewelsofsayuri.com

Michelle McCarthy                                         http://www.fireflydesignstudio.BlogSpot.com
 
DiYana Brooks                                                 http://agapecreationsjewelry.blogspot.com/

Robin Kae Reed                                               http://willowdragon.blogspot.com

Andrea Glick                                                    http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/

Karin Grosset Grange                                     http://ginkgoetcoquelicot.blogspot.fr

Mitzie Crider                                                    http://needfulluxuries.blogspot.com

Janine Lucas                                                    http://www.esfera.me/travel/blog/travel-stories  <-- font="" on="" post="" sunday="" will="">

Rosantia Petkova                                           http://bairozan.blogspot.com/

Susan Kennedy                                                http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com

Leithleach Alainn Seodra                http://alainnjewelry.wordpress.com/

Kathleen Breeding                                          http://99bobotw.blogspot.com/

Shiraz Biggie                                                    http://secretsongdesigns.blogspot.com

Chris Eisenberg                                               http://www.wanderware.blogspot.com
 
Heather Richter                                              http://desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Lennis Carrier                                                  http://www.windbent.net/

Rebecca Anderson                                         http://www.songbeads.blogspot.com

Jenny Kyrlach                                                   http://anafiassa.blogspot.com

Rita Toltec Jewels                                          http://www.JewelSchoolFriends.com

Mischelle Fanucci                                           http://www.micheladasmusings.blogspot.com

Karen Mitchell                                                 http://overthemoon-design.com

Carol Briody                                                     http://Cbriody.blogspot.com

Karla Morgan                                                  http://TexasPepperJams.blogspot.com

Carolyn Lawson                                              http://Carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com

Lori Anderson                                                  http://www.prettythingsblog.com/
 
Jami Shipp                                                        http://www.celebratinglifewithdamamashipp.blogspot.com

Lili Krist                                                             http://pcbylik.blogspot.com/

Evelyn Shelby                                                   http://raindropcreationsbyevelyn.blogspot.com/

Raissa de Guzman                                          http://www.abloro.com

Niky Sayers                                                      http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk

Keren Panthaki                                                http://vasdea.wordpress.com