HOW TO FIND OUR UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday Let's Bead Live! events stream live through the Public Upper Midwest Bead Society Facebook Page.
Monthly Member Meetings stream live through Zoom at 6pm CST.
These meetings/links are subsequently uploaded to the Upper Midwest Bead Society Members Only Facebook Page.
Zoom links for both events are emailed to our current members.
FYI Our meetings/events will continue to be on Zoom even after we get back together in-person
Saturday Let's Bead Live! events stream live through the Public Upper Midwest Bead Society Facebook Page.
Monthly Member Meetings stream live through Zoom at 6pm CST.
These meetings/links are subsequently uploaded to the Upper Midwest Bead Society Members Only Facebook Page.
Zoom links for both events are emailed to our current members.
FYI Our meetings/events will continue to be on Zoom even after we get back together in-person
UMBS December 13th Member Meeting & "Virtual Holiday Party"
Monday December 13, 2021 6:00-7:30pm CST
Come join us for the last meeting of our calendar year 2021.
We're planning on "Show & Tell" for Zoom participants
as well as a mini-class!
(Watch your email for the Zoom Link)
Maggie Thompson will be teaching a fun and easy pattern by our founder Diane Fitzgerald. It's one of her Trendsetter designs and is entitled "Dagger Fern Earrings". This fun and easy design is made with Czechmates 2 hole daggers and #11 seed beads.
If anyone needs 2 hole daggers I sell them in my Etsy shop. The project should last about 30-45 minutes.
The free pattern is listed below as well as a link to my shop.
If anyone needs 2 hole daggers I sell them in my Etsy shop. The project should last about 30-45 minutes.
The free pattern is listed below as well as a link to my shop.
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Elfleda will discuss beading as an expressive art form: orchestrating elements, choosing content, making beading itself expressive
She'll also cover how to build structures with beads: Chains to architecture, types of chains, ruffles, folding, free form Herringbone and Brick stitch, including beading onto supportive materials: an array of materials for casting and constructing.
Watch your email for the Zoom link
She'll also cover how to build structures with beads: Chains to architecture, types of chains, ruffles, folding, free form Herringbone and Brick stitch, including beading onto supportive materials: an array of materials for casting and constructing.
Watch your email for the Zoom link
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UMBS January Let's Bead Live!
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Our very own Christine Girior will be teaching us how to bead a fairy! This little figure is so cute and fun to make! Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn this technique!
Watch your email for the Zoom link
Watch your email for the Zoom link
Beads are universal. They are found in almost every society and culture throughout the world for thousands of years. My obsession started in 2001. Looking for a new hobby I could do at home with a newborn, I stumbled upon a simple bead stringing kit to make stretchy bracelets. With that, the doors opened to a world I knew little about. With every book I purchased and every YouTube tutorial I watched, I learned a new technique, a new kind of bead, a new way of looking at color and texture. And soon I was fascinated by these little seed beads - the possibilities are endless!
My obsession began to grow and I started making not only bracelets, but necklaces, pictures, boxes, and bead embroidery pieces. Then it expanded even further into 3D geometric items and loomed tapestries. Within a few years, my bead budget was blown almost every month...!
Beading has been my way of coping with this crazy world. During the day I work for a medical device company as a documentation specialist. Before that I was a civil litigation paralegal for many years in a variety of legal fields. My educational background is, oddly enough, a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the U of M. I moved back home to Minneapolis in 2010 after being in So. Florida and North Carolina for 20 years. I am originally from Wayzata, MN and now reside in New Hope, MN with my little dog and two cats.
My obsession began to grow and I started making not only bracelets, but necklaces, pictures, boxes, and bead embroidery pieces. Then it expanded even further into 3D geometric items and loomed tapestries. Within a few years, my bead budget was blown almost every month...!
Beading has been my way of coping with this crazy world. During the day I work for a medical device company as a documentation specialist. Before that I was a civil litigation paralegal for many years in a variety of legal fields. My educational background is, oddly enough, a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the U of M. I moved back home to Minneapolis in 2010 after being in So. Florida and North Carolina for 20 years. I am originally from Wayzata, MN and now reside in New Hope, MN with my little dog and two cats.
Christine will be teaching the fairy pattern by Nancy Jenner. It's a practice in Increasing and decreasing Peyote stitch, should be familiar with Peyote stitch for this intermediate class. It will be Free to members, she can take 25 Students. Supplies needed 4-6 colors of 11/o Seed Beads basically,
A note about beads: I recommend using Miyuki beads for the body, hat, and wings and Toho for the face. Being slightly larger than Miyuki, the Toho beads plump out the face better than Miyuki. I used Swarovski 3mm pearls for the eyes and one 3mm Firepolish for the hands, but feel free to substitute with beads you have on hand. For the embellishments, use what is in your bead stash. Thread: My thread preference is 6 lb. Smoke Fireline, which is what I used for the body and head. The wings were beaded with transparent beads, so I used 6 lb. Crystal Fireline for those.
Supplies: Body & Arms: 11/0 Miyuki seed beads, approximately 4 grams
Hat: 11/0 Miyuki seed beads, approximately 4 grams
15/0 Miyuki seed beads, 25 beads for underside, plus any used for embellishments
11/0 Miyuki seed beads, 6 for flower,
1 for flower center Face:
11/0 Toho seed beads, 60 beads Mouth:
11/0 Miyuki or Toho seed bead, matte pink, 1 bead
Wings: 11/0 Miyuki seed beads, approximately 1 gram
Eyes: 3mm Swarovski pearls, 2 pearls
Hands: 3mm Firepolish. 1 bead (or substitute with 2 bicone beads)
Internal weight for base: US dime or coin similar in size (approximately 11/16” or 1.75 cm) Stuffing: Glad “Press’n Seal” (found in the grocery store) or similar self-sticking food wrap
Misc.: Size 11 beading needle, beading mat, scissors or thread zapper, and optional thread conditioner
A note about beads: I recommend using Miyuki beads for the body, hat, and wings and Toho for the face. Being slightly larger than Miyuki, the Toho beads plump out the face better than Miyuki. I used Swarovski 3mm pearls for the eyes and one 3mm Firepolish for the hands, but feel free to substitute with beads you have on hand. For the embellishments, use what is in your bead stash. Thread: My thread preference is 6 lb. Smoke Fireline, which is what I used for the body and head. The wings were beaded with transparent beads, so I used 6 lb. Crystal Fireline for those.
Supplies: Body & Arms: 11/0 Miyuki seed beads, approximately 4 grams
Hat: 11/0 Miyuki seed beads, approximately 4 grams
15/0 Miyuki seed beads, 25 beads for underside, plus any used for embellishments
11/0 Miyuki seed beads, 6 for flower,
1 for flower center Face:
11/0 Toho seed beads, 60 beads Mouth:
11/0 Miyuki or Toho seed bead, matte pink, 1 bead
Wings: 11/0 Miyuki seed beads, approximately 1 gram
Eyes: 3mm Swarovski pearls, 2 pearls
Hands: 3mm Firepolish. 1 bead (or substitute with 2 bicone beads)
Internal weight for base: US dime or coin similar in size (approximately 11/16” or 1.75 cm) Stuffing: Glad “Press’n Seal” (found in the grocery store) or similar self-sticking food wrap
Misc.: Size 11 beading needle, beading mat, scissors or thread zapper, and optional thread conditioner