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mymotiki
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Joined: Sep 18, 2007
Posts: 454
From: Bellingham WA
|  Posted: 2011-01-15 2:01 pm Permalink
Well, I think it's time that I showed this finished project that my sister made and gave me as a gift. Beadtiki spent 8 months making this.I think it is beautiful and I am grateful to my sister Beadtiki. It is about 13" X 17". I however, need help. I want to put light behind it, and frame it. The only idea I have been able to come up with was buy a light box put glass on it, put the beaded project on top lay down another piece of glass on top of it and then, somehow frame it. I am sure there are much more creative people out there so I could use some help...please.
mymo
PS.. Thank you, SHAG for the great art!!!
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-01-15 6:22 pm Permalink
Mymo, so cool to see the finished project! I've been watching this progress for months, Regan did such a great job - 27,000 sparkling imported glass beads.
Maybe you can mount it to a single pane of plexiglass (lighter and unbreakable) and hang it in a window?
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beadtiki
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Joined: Aug 24, 2007
Posts: 929
From: Bothell, Washington
| Posted: 2011-01-17 08:24 am Permalink
Hey, I just realized that the picture is flipped - the deer should be on the left! No matter - it's like a reversable shirt! LOL
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-01-17 09:09 am Permalink
 I noticed that too, I just didn't say anything
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beadtiki
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Joined: Aug 24, 2007
Posts: 929
From: Bothell, Washington
| Posted: 2011-01-17 1:20 pm Permalink
You're so polite Mike!
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beadtiki
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Joined: Aug 24, 2007
Posts: 929
From: Bothell, Washington
| Posted: 2011-01-20 7:59 pm Permalink
Hi all. Here's the progression of the making of this tapestry.
First - this is the original picture:
...and this is the bead size (not a trick dime - MIKE!) 
HOURS of tediously building the sky - the same color over and over - at least this part went quickly!
Then I realized I was not even CLOSE to having the right number of orange beads so I ordered them over the internet from the same place I got the first batch. Unfortunately it had been years since I had purchased the first ones so the new ones were a bit different in color. So I tore it all apart so I could mix all the orange, old and new. This is the aftermath! Looks like spaghetti and marinara!
I also tore it apart because the program I use had not been updated in a while and the pattern I made LOOKED right, but printed wrong! I figured out the fix too far after I had started the tapestry a second time so I ended up fixing it by eye along the way - which took FOREVER!
I begin again:
Here's the deer up-close:
Almost there...!
Ta Da!
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woofmutt
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Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 2584
From: Seattilite Telstar
| Posted: 2011-01-20 11:00 pm Permalink
Very cool! And definitely the most labor intensive potholder I've ever seen.
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
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From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2011-01-21 12:38 pm Permalink
only an insane person could have the patience to create such a rockin piece of art! Congrats on a job well done,Kookypants!
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beadtiki
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Joined: Aug 24, 2007
Posts: 929
From: Bothell, Washington
| Posted: 2011-01-21 1:21 pm Permalink
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On 2011-01-20 23:00, woofmutt wrote:
Very cool! And definitely the most labor intensive potholder I've ever seen.
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Smartass!
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beadtiki
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Joined: Aug 24, 2007
Posts: 929
From: Bothell, Washington
| Posted: 2011-01-21 1:22 pm Permalink
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On 2011-01-21 12:38, little lost tiki wrote:
only an insane person could have the patience to create such a rockin piece of art! Congrats on a job well done,Kookypants!
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Does this mean I have to change my name on here to Kookypants now?! LOL I am just a tad insance though, I will admit!
Thanks everyone!
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