I’ve been holding on to these antique turquoise sterling silver buttons for ages. Just waiting for the right project to come along to use them. Very southwestern colors in this micro-macrame bracelet. Available exclusively at Cactus Joe’s gift shop in Blue Diamond, Nevada.
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Salvation Micro-Macrame Necklace and Bracelet
My favorite color combination so far. I decided to make a micro-macrame necklace and I wanted to try to make the bezel for the cabochon using micro-macrame cavandoli knotting. This is my first foray into micro-macrame bezels and free form style knotting. A small challenge as the cabochon was an irregular shape. I then […]
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Still waiting for the new torch to arrive. Anyway, still too hot with near record heat here in the Las Vegas Valley. We missed the all time record high heat for the date by one degree. In the meantime, tying knots along the lines of Micro-Macrame Jewelry by Joan R. Babcock, Project #6 (with modifications […]
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What’s with all the micro-macrame? Well, two reasons. I’m waiting for a new torch set-up to arrive and it’s also still fairly warm here in the desert. In the upper 90’s, maybe even close to 100 yesterday. Even so, I can see how all this knotting activity could be addicting. The endless play with colors, […]
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Another try at micro-macrame knotting. Inspired by the book : Micro-Macrame 30 Beaded Designs For Jewelry Using Crystals and Cords by Annika deGroot. I modified the closures, but basically followed the pattern for the Baroque Bracelet. I must say that working with the small size 11 seed beads was a humbling exercise.
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Another attempt at knotting cavandoli micro-macrame style. This bracelet pattern and directions are from Bead and Button book : Beaded Macrame Jewelry, embellished bracelet by Linnea Lockwood Gambino. It took a bit of reading and re-reading the directions, but the final outcome is worth the effort.
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