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2008-03-18, 5:22pm
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Show your PLEAT beads!!! help also needed
Here's my first Pleat beads that I also put in Wednesdays Gallery. I'm having trouble with the pleat making it all the way to the holes.
Heres a blury picture of my first paddle. White in the center, light amber and dark amber.
All ideas welcome for the beads!
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2008-03-18, 9:52pm
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looking for flowers
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2008-03-18, 11:04pm
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all for the love of glass
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Those sure look good to me! Do you melt the sides in first?, that should draw the glass down toward the mandrel. Nice job..
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2008-03-19, 12:58pm
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Hi Teena, your pleated beads are very nice! I like how the amber looks in the pleat. To stretch the pleats towards the mandrel, try adding 2 wraps of clear on either side of the center wrap of clear, touching just the clear. I use an entire rod of clear just on encasing the twisty before the disc is melted down.
Here's my favorite pleated bead so far. I made it last month.
 Kelly
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2008-03-19, 3:50pm
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just plain silly
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Kelly, That bead is gorgeous!
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2008-03-19, 3:51pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tt4st
Kelly, That bead is gorgeous!
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Ditto!
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2008-03-19, 6:59pm
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<---RamboPatootieSuperbun
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Thank you!
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