#bugle beads

I started the blinging on my Wizard umbrella today. It is kind of hard to get a picture of reflecting light, so I may try to take some outdoors in sunlight. There are two shades of blues, plus silver and crystal, also in different sizes. There is an oval glitter piece at the start of the shooting star, but in the pic it blends into the surrounding fabric. There are no yellow rhinestones, so it is reflecting from somewhere.

I already glued down several shisha mirrors, but the glue for them needs 24 hours to cure, so I will start with the stitching around the shisha mirrors next. Still waiting for some sequins and more rhinestones to come in! A lot of this is totally freehand!

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Thanks to the fellow fan on a Facebook who shared the discovery that Minx's black and white dress was designed by Adrian for MGM's Letty Lynton.

1 & 2. Promotional photos of Joan Crawford for MGM's "Letty Lynton," 1932. Dress by American costume designer Adrian Greenburg, who was known as Adrian.

3. "Joan Crawford, Iconic Bombshell," by Barrett Evon. Overpainting of George Hurrell's original photo of Joan Crawford for “Letty Lynton,” 1932.

4 & 5. Screenshots of Danse in the Jem episode, "Homeland, Heartland," first aired 8 Feb. 1988. The first screenshot is by rockjem.com; the second screenshot is from Tubi TV.

Three pictures this time, but only two projects:

One, a gift for a friend. This is an icosahedron, pattern by Gwen Fisher. The new place I’m getting beads from doesn’t label by color, so I’m just going to list: Gold 15/0, gold 8/0, purple 11/0, purple 6mm FirePolish, and blue-purple 3mm magatama beads.

The second one is all of my attempts at making the new pattern for the DNA. The weird curled-up one at the top is the pattern I finally ended up going with.

I spent 4 to 6 hours yesterday and 2 to 3 today to get this motif finished, All the beading had to be done in a hoop, and that means very careful ironing to remove the wrinkle without damaging the sequins nearby. There are three shisha mirrors, five colors of rhinestones in different sizes, three colors of holographic sequins, and seven colors of bugle beads; the comet is @ 9 inches long. I might add a few more silver rhinestones to the front so that there is more 'white-hot' at the front of the comet with the other colors trailing behind it.