In this post I want to share a cool project I recently finished. A friend of mine asked me to make a nice amulet "word-off evil eyes" for his rearview mirror. He just bought a new car and he didn't want any evil eyes! Some cultures around the world believe in this, and I respect everyone.
So here it is, 6 inches long. I like it a lot and I will definitely make a few more, just a little bit smaller, so they can be worn on necklaces if people want. I would use silver beads for fringes next time, I think it will be more subtle. This one is very daring, it looks like it says "stay away" ... what do you think?
Some steps in the process: I made the eye first, using brick stitch, the same stitch you use in fringe earrings. After I finished the eye, I started to make fringe. I graduated the length of each fringe and ended each with a drop bead, so it has the look of tiny tear drops. Well... I tried.
The bottom part went well. It took a lot of time and a lot of beads. I used Delica beads which are quite expensive, regular 11/0 seed beads would have been more suitable, because they are more rounded, not tube, so they would have draped better, I think.
The top part was tricky because I had no plan, no pattern, so I had to improvise. I did short fringes and ended up with square stitch and a loop, so we could hang it from the rearview mirror. I should've taken a photo from the car... next time....
I hope you like my creation, see you soon!
