Bet you thought I’d be done by now….NOT!

I had some interruptions that kept me from putting in the hours so I am a day or so from finishing. I have beaded all of the flames but the early work is not as dense as the later so I am having to go back and fill in. Last week we had to make an emergency run into town to restock up on beads before the big snowstorm and we just made it home as the snow started falling. By the next morning we had huge drifts. Even though the snowplow came through, by noon the road was drifted shut again with a five foot drift! Since we live on a dead end road, that is not a good thing!

Yesterday was the coldest day in years, record breaking cold with a chill factor in the minus double digits and wouldn’t you know – our furnace’s blower fan died. Luckily the road had been plowed, the wind let up and the repairman made it in to fix it. With the fireplace going it was not too bad in here, but not conducive to beading so I started a jigsaw puzzle.

This is a small portion of yesterday’s work:

This piece has thousands of beads, all individually chosen and placed by hand to add movement and sparkle to the flames and the background. I enjoy the process of beading but don’t do it a lot.The piece needs to really need it, I don’t do it gratuitously. I figure there are two or three more days of beading to go in this one. At least.

The weather is cooperating; more snow today and tonight with winds to make it drift, combined with bone chilling temperatures, so what better way to spend the time than beading?

I had intended to add a link to Patrick Daugherty’s site yesterday, but I forgot. It’s there now so if you didn’t pursue it yesterday, go back and check it out.

I did more beading yesterday and I would say that I am half way done with “Spring Burning”! Frankly, I am getting a little tired of this and am anxiously looking forward to beginning the next piece!

The last three days have been pretty much spent beading and I am not even half way done! But this morning the sun’s rays hit the design wall and really lit the sparks in the sky and brought the flames to life as the beads sparkled . You can see the thread dangling where I left off yesterday.

Clearly, finishing in 2010 will not be a problem! But I’m sure I can make my Jan 14 deadline.

Yesterday, I got my entry sent in to AQS for the Paducah show, cross your fingers for me!

We still have snow as it has been very cold. A little melted but more came to take it’s place. We enjoyed our family Christmas gathering on Sunday this year and plan a quiet new Year’s Eve at home alone. Maybe I can get my jigsaw puzzle finished!