I went through my stash of glass beads, looking for some that will work with the sort of bog-scum-green color I picked for the Eleventh Century schmata. From what I understand, I should be using less shiny glass beads, coral beads, seed pearls, and little gold flatty-bits. I don’t have gold flatty-bits, so I’m using gold trim. Beadlandia, however, is just full of opportunities for me…
It looks like you’re using a lot of 11/0 seed beads or larger. Given the scale of your project, why did you choose to avoid smaller beads like 15/0?
Hi, Janell,
It’s not so much that I’m choosing to avoid them – I just grabbed from my stash of beads, and those are the sizes I have. (I’m not a really great beader, and I’m not too comfortable with the tinier ones, so I don’t really buy them.)
Le sigh. Now I have to rethink things again!
I’m sorry my curiosity caused you to rethink things! I think not being comfortable with the really small beads is a reason enough.
*laugh* It’s ok! Actually, I cleaned the garage (aka, sewing room) this afternoon and stumbled across some more beads – little green and lilac ones. So maybe my plans were destined to change. ;)