Novya's Beadwork

Novya chose bead work as one of her classes for this year.  She is really enjoying it.

Her first attempt at bead work was a belt for herself made on a loom.  She has finished it and it turned out great.

I really want her to make me a hat band.  And I wouldn't turn down a matching belt.


After she finished the bead work, she cut a suede belt to go under it and the rest of the way around her waist.  She finished the edges of the belt and stitched the bead work to it using crochet thread around the outside of the belt.


Then, she created ties with beads on the end and attached to the front of the belt for securing it.

I asked her what she needed to make a belt.  She said, a bead loom, scissors, loom thread or cord, a small needle and lots of beads.  She hadn't counted all those beads and had no idea how many it takes.

After the bead work is done you need suede crochet thread, a strong needle and large scissors for a belt like hers.

She loves working in the music room while her cousins are practicing their instruments.  They play piano. violin. guitars and harp.  She gets a good variety of music while working in there.

She has her pattern leaned up against the piano leg and her beads and water beside her.  She's comfortable and ready to work.

She has started a new project now.  She won't let any of her siblings see it.  She says it's a Christmas gift and her family can't see what she's working on.  She puts it away when she leaves the music room.  Her cousins have been sworn to secrecy.

She starts by putting the strings on the loom and stretching them tightly.  After that she can add the beads.

There is a good video of how to do beadwork at the following address:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScjJsOIQP3w

I asked her if she had any dream projects she would like to do.  She said, some day, she wants to do a bead headboard.

That sounds like a huge project to me.