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Completed Murano…
I’ve completed the design inspired by the Murano Bead from Artbeads.com.
It is opera length, 17 inches. I am delighted the way it hangs and how comfortable the piece is.
I’ve used what is called russian spiral stitch, also known as a modified circular or tube net stitch. 
The sparkly portion has Swarovski 4mm 5301 in red topaz with dark amber drops and japanese 11°s.
It becomes an extremely flexible tube. For strength a length of beading wire has pulled the whole piece together.
I’ve downloaded and am in the process of learning a vector program. It promises to be a bit easier than Adobe’s Illustrator (so far it is!). As soon as this is mastered I will post the directions for the stitch I used. It is a wonderful stitch. If you have the White Russian beading book, instructions are there, albeit in Cyrillic.
Valerie
2 comments:
Hi, would you mind sharing the name of the vector program you're using? I've tried a few but haven't come across one that I like.
Thanks, Margaret
Hi Margaret,
The program is Inkscape. I forgot to mention and leave a link. Thanks for asking.
It can be found at http://inkscape.org and I believe it is still considered a beta product as the numbering has not yet reached a full digit!
The good things, it is easy and it it free.
Valerie
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