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storage chest & beads
A friend of mine sent me a storage chest that she got from a yard
sale...it was filled with plastic beads, sequins, and a bunch of other 'odds and ends,' including some beads that I can't tell what they're made of. Some of them are green and others are white with gray lines in them, kind of like the 'design' in tourquoise. They don't feel like plastic, they feel more like polished rock chips, but don't know for sure what they are. Valerie |
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The beads which are white with grey matrix are probably the natural form of
Howlite, which is often dyed and passed off as Lapis or Turquoise, depending on the color. The white w/grey is Howlite's natural color. Patti |
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Thanks! Do you think the green ones could possibly be the same thing
dyed green, because they have the same matrix in them.? Valerie Beads1947 wrote: The beads which are white with grey matrix are probably the natural form of Howlite, which is often dyed and passed off as Lapis or Turquoise, depending on the color. The white w/grey is Howlite's natural color. Patti |
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Roxan, you're really good. I'd never have thought of it -- but you're
absolutely right. Beaded beads. Duh. Don't throw out those plastic beads, you can do peyote stitch around them. Roxan ~~ Sooz |
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Don't throw out those plastic beads, you can do peyote stitch around them.
Roxan "Valerie2" wrote in message ink.net... A friend of mine sent me a storage chest that she got from a yard sale...it was filled with plastic beads, sequins, and a bunch of other 'odds and ends,' including some beads that I can't tell what they're made of. Some of them are green and others are white with gray lines in them, kind of like the 'design' in tourquoise. They don't feel like plastic, they feel more like polished rock chips, but don't know for sure what they are. Valerie |
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IF I knew how to do peyote stitch! I haven't gotten that far yet! I do
plan on keeping them, though, because I can always use them for childrens necklaces if nothing else. Valerie roxan wrote: Don't throw out those plastic beads, you can do peyote stitch around them. Roxan "Valerie2" wrote in message ink.net... A friend of mine sent me a storage chest that she got from a yard sale...it was filled with plastic beads, sequins, and a bunch of other 'odds and ends,' including some beads that I can't tell what they're made of. Some of them are green and others are white with gray lines in them, kind of like the 'design' in tourquoise. They don't feel like plastic, they feel more like polished rock chips, but don't know for sure what they are. Valerie |
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Thanks! The howlite that's on that site looks like what I got, except
the ones I got are smaller pieces. Valerie Kathy N-V wrote: On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 18:30:15 -0400, Valerie2 wrote (in message . net): Some of them are green and others are white with gray lines in them, kind of like the 'design' in tourquoise. They don't feel like plastic, they feel more like polished rock chips, but don't know for sure what they are. The white is likely "howlite," which is the most common stone of that description. It's often dyed to make fake turquoise, but the white is the natural state. For more info, the nice people at Rings and Things have just added a gemstone information database: http://rings-things.com/gemstone/index.html Just click on the "H," Howlite is about halfway down the page. The information is concise and fairly well written. (I think that Neil, the owner, wrote the descriptions. We correspond on occasion, and it feels like his writing style) It's a good database, not too technical, and has a little of that "new age" stuff that most people find so popular. Congrats on the big trunk of booty - even if a lot of it is not what you'd like, any senior center or community group would be delighted to have the things you don't want. Kathy N-V |
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Because beading on a glass bead makes it very heavy I like doing it on
plastic beads. When I do peyote on beads I glue a very small strip of interfacing around the center of the bead, then attach the first row back stitching to this strip. Then the rest of the peyote goes very easily by decreasing the stitch with each new row. I hope that makes sense. Roxan "Dr. Sooz" wrote in message ... Roxan, you're really good. I'd never have thought of it -- but you're absolutely right. Beaded beads. Duh. Don't throw out those plastic beads, you can do peyote stitch around them. Roxan ~~ Sooz |
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For more info, the nice people at Rings and Things have just added a
gemstone information database: http://rings-things.com/gemstone/index.html That's an addition to the Links List right there; thank you. Also on the List: Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery http://www.galleries.com/default.htm "The Mineral Gallery is a constantly growing collection of mineral descriptions, images, and specimens.......together with several ways of accessing these descriptions." ~~ Sooz |
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There are also beaded beads instructions (of various kinds) in this book (which
is **fabulous** overall, Valerie2): The Art and Elegance of Beadweaving by Carol Wilcox Wells -- $14.95 http://snipurl.com/7m4m The instructions throughout this book are so dang easy and clear. The beaded beads are a lot easier than you'd ever dream. Because beading on a glass bead makes it very heavy I like doing it on plastic beads. When I do peyote on beads I glue a very small strip of interfacing around the center of the bead, then attach the first row back stitching to this strip. Then the rest of the peyote goes very easily by decreasing the stitch with each new row. I hope that makes sense. ~~ Sooz |
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