[Nfb-krafters-korner] Saftey pin beading question

Mon Jan 3 16:03:38 UTC 2011

I have done 4 items from Theresa.  Ready to start the heart basket and a second christmas tree, when she gets some clear beads.  I use containers with sections and put the beads in sequence.  Then I just follow the patern she e-mails us.  I emboss it first at work.  This way I have the directions for the tree already.  I really like it.  A friend at work helps me tighten the wires, that's all.  The rest I do totally myself, even finding errors!
Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Barb Roland [mailto:barbwire59 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 9:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Saftey pin beading question

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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