Anne's Homespun Plaids

[Anne Ricketts]

Ok, for those of you asking about how I do my plaids, I've made up a little tutorial for ya!
Make a base bead (usually white) and add a fairly thick straight stringer of transparent color around the center. Melt in.


I then use a thin stringer of an opaque colors on top of the fat transparent and go around the center. Melt in.


I then place in 4 (or 6 if you put the lines together close) going from hole-to-hole in 4 equal spaces around the bead. I use either opaque or transparent. Melt in.


I then go around the bead on each side of the 1st large line around the center of the bead with thin stringer in either transparent or opaque. Melt in.


I usually use 2 opaques and 2 transparents or really whatever would look good! This is an excellent practice for stringer control!! Trust me!! Here's an example of some recent plaids I did. As you can see there are endless color combos that you can play with! To make them look more like a homespun plaid, etch them. :)

[drickettshqt]

I love her :love: work..But I love her more

[Jacinthe]

I just LOVE Anne's plaids. I've even got one to lick and drool on!

Hi Anne! :wave:

[bazile]

Anne I really love your plaids, Thanks for posting this!

[Anne Ricketts]

I wish I could figure out how to get the pics I have for the steps in here!! :?

[Nicker]

Anne those are so cool, I have admired them for a while. Thanks for sharing now I can try them!

[purplelilyone]

plaid is sooooooooo cool, I love your work.

[Anne Ricketts]

Thanks ya'll! Nicole I wanna see how they come out!! This is one of the techniques I'll be teaching in the class in a couple of weeks! :)

[Rose Leslie]

Really great. I love them. Now I have more to learn. That is wonderful for this old fogie. :grin:

[busy_beads]

that looks great thank you !!!!!

[Jacinthe]

I wish I could figure out how to get the pics I have for the steps in here!! :?
What I do is upload my pics to my site
then use the [ img ] link to pic [ /img ]
Of course remove the spaces. :twisted:

Hugs
Sarah

[Marcy]

I love those beads!
Marcy

[Anne Ricketts]

Thanks Sarah and thank you Marcy for the compliment! :grin:

WAAAAAA!!! It won't let me add the pics! It keeps saying I have too many images! A little help here please!!

[Jacinthe]

Here are Anne's Steps.
Step 1.
http://www.amrglassworks.net/10680-1-plaid1.jpg

Step 2.
http://www.amrglassworks.net/10680-2-plaid2.jpg

Step 3.
http://www.amrglassworks.net/10680-3-plaid3.jpg

Step 4.
http://www.amrglassworks.net/10680-4-plaid4.jpg

[Jacinthe]

Final product!
http://www.amrglassworks.net/10680-Tye_Dye_1113-plaids.jpg

[Anne Ricketts]

Thanks for the help Sarah!!

[sarakay]

That's a sweet technique, and the color combos are endless! :cool:

[Dread]

Anne's plaids were one of the first beads I fell in love with !

[jessie]

Great tutorial Anne! Now if only my hand was a little steadier I would try them. :(

[Anne Ricketts]

Do you have a Creation Station yet? That helps quite a bit! :-o

[jessie]

Do you have a Creation Station yet? That helps quite a bit! :-o
No, what's a Creation Station?
Jessie

[Anne Ricketts]

Here's a link where you can get one! They are a great addition to any studio! It really helps with steadying your hand! www.austinbluemoon.com. I think you can see it towards the bottom of the page, just click on the picture that says Creation Station! :-D

[jessie]

Thanks Anne! That definitely looks like something I need.

[Jamn!]

Oh yes I love those. :)

[swamper]

Anne, your plaids are great. I got the Creation Station at the Gathering and it is the bestest purchase I have make in a while. I don't know how I lived without it.

[Anne Ricketts]

Isn't it though??!! I'm hoping that the places I hope to teach at in the future will have them! Linda I'm so glad I got to meet you!! It was fun sitting with you during the demo!! :biggrin: I need to remember to turn my phone off though next time! :rolleyes:

[swamper]

Giggle....Anne you are so much younger in person than your photo here. I had a blast - I'm still recouperating. . . and it was great to meet you too. Now I have a personality to place with your lucious beads.

[JCHerrellGlass]

Thank you, Anne! Very well done!

JC

[The Pear Door]

I have learned so much from Anne's tut's. I forgot about this one. Thanks Anne!!

[Lisa]

Wow this is sooo cool! I love to see stuff bubbling up. Thanks!

[extexnick]

Anne - do you ever come out to Tucson for the Gem and Mineral Show? There is a lampwork part of the show that most people don't know about.
I'd love to watch you do your thing. I was going to start the Nucleus bead tutorial today but people came over and I never got started, now I have a plaid tutorial to do also.

[Anne Ricketts]

The Tucson show in on my "to do" list! :lol: One of these years I WILL get there! Have fun with the tuts!