The Enchanted Lake – Great Escapes weekend
For me, a Great Escapes weekend is a bit like Christmas. I really look forward to it and enjoy all the preparation - organising my stash and supplies for everyone, and then it's arrived, and...
Jenny’s Lace Bracelet
Jenny Wilson came to my Fan-tastic Variations workshop at the Oxford Summer School and this is her version of the Lace Bracelet, it’s called Jonquil Satin. Jenny’s adapted the closing design to suit her needs,...
Posh Premier Bag
From my Posh Premier Bag workshop at the Essex Bead Fair.
The first Outing of the Fan-tastic Variations workshop
The first outing of the Fan-tastic Variations workshop was at the Friends House, Euston. Everyone put their pieces together to show the wonderful variety of effects their colour combinations produced making the Antoinette Pendant and Baroque Earrings...
Beth’s Cabochon
Another Fantasy Cuff, this time from Beth Jones. The cabochon was made by Elise Mann, and Beth has taken the beautiful colours in the cabochon and worked them into the ends for a lovely bronze...
Alilisons versions of the Fantasy Garden Cuff
This is Allison Causey’s version of The Fantasy Garden Cuff from the workshop I taught at the 2007 GBBS. She’s called it Titchmarsh Cuff because it was inspired by one of Alan Titchmarsh’s garden designs. Allison also...
Mary’s Finished bottle from the Great Escapes Beaded Bottle Weekend
Mary Lillicrap was one of my students at the Great Escapes Beaded Bottle weekend, and this is her beautiful finished bottle, with which she’s delighted and rightly so! I love her colour scheme.
Some images from the Great Escapes Workshop
Great Escapes – Barnett Hill workshop: These are just some of the beautiful Byzantine Crosses made over the course of the weekend. I’m so proud of my students because they worked really hard.
Ann’s Byzantine cross
This lovely Byzantine Cross was worked by Ann Hadlow. Ann has made the size 11⁰ version used bronze-coloured Miyuki seed beads and a Swarovski Rose rivoli. She’s embellished her cross with more pearls on the face and...
Nitty’s Reversible Byzantine cross
Nitty Chamcheon has made her lovely version of the Byzantine Cross reversible by putting a different coloured rivoli on each side. She’s used dark bronze seed beads with a Swarovski Amethyst rivoli shown in the image left,...