I was busy at work today collecting and organizing items for an auction that one of the organizations for which I am a board member is holding this Saturday. So it was a little crazy and not much beading happened. Maybe an inch of fringe.

Sorry the photo isn’t the best. Now that I look again, maybe it was an inch and a half! Hopefully, I will have time this evening to finish this up. I did get the organza painted with Dye-na-Flow paint that will cover the back of each page. I heat set it this morning. Now just need to put some fusible on the back and cut into 4 inch squares. I’m ready to start binding. I’m not sure why the book isn’t ready!

Still beading away here. This last edging is taking forever. Are you getting tired of seeing the bead book yet?

 It is slow at the store so I had plenty of time to bead today. I managed to get one edge complete on the fringe page. This is taking more time than I had hoped. Of course if I could keep it simple…

 I do like the fringe better with it all filled in. Now only two edges left to go. On a side note, I made an eye appointment today. It is really hard for me to see these little beads and frustrating when I have to take it out because I couldn’t see well enough to do it right. I can see fine without my contacts but have a really hard time with them in. Hopefully, I can get that situation resolved. Getting older is a pain.

I also spent a bit of time today looking up the “Bronze Age”. Our local group is working our way through art history starting in the stone age and working forward. I now have another notebook filling up with art history stuff. It’s been interesting so far. Each of us can look at whatever we want to about the specific age we are studying each month and then we discuss what we learned at our monthly meetings. We are meeting on Friday and we’ll be doing free form crochet. Should be interesting since I haven’t crocheted since I was a child.

Still plugging away at the beaded book. I just have the last edging to complete but it is going to take a while. It’s a fringed page and I’m doing a mix of different fringes. I hope it doesn’t look as silly as it does now with just a few attached.

 This is the front cover. I finished the basic edging. The edgings get more complicated as you go through the book.

 I didn’t think I should add too much more to the cover since the book is getting so heavy. I’m afraid the binding is going to take a real strain to hold all this together.

This is the last page. It is going to have a very long fringe with a mix of types of fringe. So far it looks a little silly but hopefully with it all complete it will look more cohesive. Once this edge is finished, I need to paint some nylon organza to cover the backs of the pages. Then I can start on the binding.

It’s been a full week and so far, so good. I’ve been working creatively every day and have managed to post every day. How has your week gone?

 I had 10 minutes extra this morning before I went to work so I decided to pick out fabric for my next applique design that needs to be stitched. I’m thinking that the red/orange will be the background and the green the applique pieces.

 Or I could use these two. I like the green better. This will be another shadow applique so a piece of organza will go on top. So the colors underneath need to be pretty strong. Which pair of fabrics do you like?

 Here is the design that I will be using. Hopefully, this won’t be too difficult to cut out.

I did spend a bit of time at work today and added another row of beads around the cabochon. I think that’s it. Now just finish two edges and I’ll be ready to start on the backing of the pages and the binding.

We were planning on going skiing today but it was so foggy, you couldn’t see a thing. We decided we didn’t want to injure ourselves because we couldn’t see the hand in front of your face. So we came home and I had more time to play with fiber.

 I finished cutting out the black and white applique. Some of those long strips were a bit tricky to cut out.

 Since it is going to be a “shadow” applique, I tried out various pieces of silk organza to cover the felt.

 It’s hard to see the colors in these photos.

 This one is more purple than what shows in this photo.

 It was hard to decide which one to choose.

 Here’s the piece after I basted the organza in place. I will then stitch it down at the edges of the white felt.

 Here is the front cover that I made for my little applique book. It needs to be stitched down as well. I wrote a post about the rest of the pages here.

 Then I went back to beading while I was watching the Seattle Seahawks beat the Washington Redskins. I completed the edging on this page.

 It is a “braided” edge. It was fairly simple to complete.

 Then I stitched down the cabochon on the front page. I’ve got to decide if I want to add more to the front page or just add the edge. It would be pretty plain but the book is really getting heavy. I’m not sure I should add much more.

Here’s a side view of the cabochon. Perhaps I’ll just add another couple of rings around the base. What do you think?