[Nfb-krafters-korner] Saftey pin beading question

[Barb Roland]

Terry, I'm making a round lidded candy dish, it is 6"x3", the color of beads 
are pink, lavender and green in sizes of 4, 6 and 8 mm. No the beads were 
not sorted , I had to sort them by size then had sighted help (hubby) to 
sort by colors. I still have some usable vision so am able to cut the sizes 
of wire I needed and the instructions are printed on two sheets of paper and 
pretty easy to understand (for me anyway). I have a CCTV I use to read 
regular print. There are some diagrams but they are for the most part 
separated from the instructions.

When we separated the beads, I put them into small lidded bowls and labeled 
them according to size and color, then when I was ready to thread them onto 
the pins, I counted out the number of pins, set the rest aside, loaded the 
first bead on each pin so I would only have one bowl of beads opened at a 
time and continued untill those pins were done, put them in a container 
labeled as pin # 1 and so forth until all pins were loaded. Then follow 
instructions to put them all together, so far so good, I've only had to take 
one section apart so far cause I "missed" a pin, lol

If you have sighted help to sort colors (or order from Theresa), organize 
it, and can follow some simple directions, then yep anybody can do it.It's a 
lot easier than I thought it would be, now I wished I hadn't waited so long 
to try it. Still working on this one and already thinking "next project"!
Barb
'Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly, 'one must have sunshine, 
freedom and a little flower.' ~ Hans Christian Anderson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Saftey pin beading question


> Barb;
> What are you making?  Describe how your kit was sent.  Was each kind of 
> bead in a separate bag.  How did you know what bead to use at what time? 
> Theresa uses numbers.  Trying to see if I could follow directions from a 
> kit.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barb Roland [mailto:barbwire59 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 1:34 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Saftey pin beading question
>
> Hi all, I've gotten a safety pin beading kit (now I know why it's better 
> to order from Theresa) and am following the instructions okay so far, 
> however, they don't give you the little tips and tricks needed to "make 
> life easier" lol, so my 1st question is:
> 1. when threading the pins onto the wire, what have you found to be the 
> best method of preventing the pins coming off the other end of wire?
> 2.  what is the easiest way to twist and hide the ends?
>
> Barb
> 'Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly, 'one must have sunshine, 
> freedom and a little flower.' ~ Hans Christian Anderson 
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