Caesar's Forum Update

I restarted my Caesar's Forum project.  I decreased the number of colors of beads that I am using and the result is MUCH better.  And the best thing is that in less than a week, I was able to put in 9 rows. There are 135 rows in this one.  It's only 170 beads wide which is about 8.5".  It's about 9" tall.  

Here is what it looks like now:

Here's what it WILL look like when it is finished:

 So, you can see that the bottom shadows are well under way in my bead weaving.  Looking forward to working on this one.  I can do 2 rows in 45 mins, so this should go pretty fast.  

And sad news about the Red Victorian Lady....I think I am not going to finish her.  12" wide is too much for me to deal with.  I have to make too many changes on the fly.  It's going to take me forever to finish her and I'm not enjoying it very much.  

I'll find something else to work on besides the three off loom projects I have.


 

Caesar's Forum Tapestry Bites the Dust

My Caesar's Forum tapestry is biting the dust and I'm starting over.   That pattern was one of the the first photographs of a location that I made.  Since then I've learned a lot about designing patterns from those kinds of photographs.  I think there were too many different colors all scattered around which muddies the outlines of the buildings and makes the shapes unrecognizable.  
SO, I went back to the drawing board and redesigned the pattern.  I'm going to restart the weaving process.

Progress on the Red Victorian Lady

Finished two rows on the Red Victorian Lady...should have done 4, but I have a couple of extra days off this weeks, so I'll catch up and keep on track.  This picture represents my favorite past time on Sunday afternoon.

Little wine....couple of rows in my favorite lady :)

 

Red Victorian Lady

More progress on the Red Victorian Lady!  I have 245 rows left to do.  She started with 297 rows and she is 12 by almost 20"!   I thing she'll be the biggest work I'll ever do.  It's quite a chore.  But she'll be beautiful when she's done.

 

More Progress!!!

I have made quite a bit of progress on the Red Victorian Lady.  I added three rows to her since Friday pm.  I plan to do two more tomorrow. I'm down to 247 rows.  I plan to do a minimum of 4 rows a week until I finish her.  

Blogger App

I used the Blogger App on my iPad, but I didn't like it.  Can't do as much as you can from a laptop.  So, here's my other bead weaving project.  I'm using a smaller Mirrix loom.  This piece is smaller than the Red Victorian Lady, so isn't as exhausting to work on. 

This is what it looks like now and the original picture...

Red Victorian Lady is back!!!

I'm blogging from my iPad...not a big fan of the Blogger app, but I don't want to drag my laptop out.

This is my Red Victorian Lady bead tapestry...I still have 250 rows to go...she's pretty hdifficult to work on...I am constantly adjusting the bead positions to make her look like I want her to.  And she's very wide.  I'd like to get her finished by late 2014.