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Ok, for those of you asking about how I do my plaids, I’ve made up a little tutorial for ya!
#1 Make a base bead (usually white) and add a fairly thick straight stringer of transparent color around the center.
I then use a thin stringer of an opaque colors on top of the fat trasparent and go around the center.
I then place in 4 (or 6 if you put the lines together close) going from hole-to-hole in 4 equal spaces around the bead. I use either opaque or transparent.
I then go around the bead on each side of the 1st large line around the center of the bead with thin stringer in either transparent or opaque.
I usually use 2 opaques and 2 transparents or really whatever would look good! This is an excellent practice for stringer control!! Trust me!! Here’s an example of some recent plaids I did. As you can see there are endless color combos that you can play with!
Hope this helps out!!editted for photo upload correction
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I LOVE your plaids. I’ve tried a few myself — of course they don’t look as good as yours. I think the 3 P’s are definetly a part of the mix. Stringer control of course is key and getting the right thicknesses of stringer in the right locations (not as easy as you make is sound) LOL:p
Any tips on starting and finishing off the stringers when you go hole to hole? That seems to be my biggest problem.
Thanks so much for sharing.:)
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[FONT="Arial Black"]See my new website at www.beadsbytlc.comWhen I do the hole-to-hole lines I heat up the bead at the hole just enough for the stringer to stick and then go across to the other hole and melt off. I use a small carving tool with a flat end to pat down the ends of the stringers but you would use a pick or graphite tool, anything that can tuck down the ends. Does this make sense?
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Thanks for the tutorial Ann. I have tried these before without success. Will have to give them another try.
Even though I thought I was using thin stringers they still were not thin enough. Are you melting in the lines after each of the steps? Just wondering if it makes a difference.
I’m sorry everyone!! This tutorial had me so flustered!! Yes you melt in the stripes after each step!! Sorry I didn’t say that!! I do that alot!! :rolleyes: David just looks at me like “huh”? He’s supposed to know what I’m saying right?? LOL!!
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thanks for writing up this tutorial, Anne! very nice job…
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I have drooled over your beads forever. I have bid on a few of your sets ( never sucessfully) now I can give it a try myself. That is if I can ever get away from this computer lol,lol Thank for this helpfull infoLiz
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