💜 Why should I wax my beading thread? 💜 What wax should I use? 💜 What’s the difference between wax and thread conditioner? 💜 How to wax your thread These are questions I get asked a lot! In this blog and video I’ll guide you through this and answer these questions.
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Beading Tips: Stretching Your Thread
Why should you stretch your beading thread and what's the best way to do it? Which threads should you always stretch? These are questions I get asked a lot! In this blog I'll guide you through this and answer these questions. Why should you stretch your beading thread? The easy answer is; it makes it [...] Continue Reading
My Favourite Colour Palettes
I often get asked for advice about colours or to suggest some colour combinations. So I thought I'd share two of my favourite colour palettes with you. The first is very much in 'Chloe colours' and the second is slightly more muted but still makes a statement. I hope you find it useful and I'd love to [...] Continue Reading
Beading With Mindfulness
The summer seems to be racing away and in just a few short weeks my tiny beader will be setting off to Big School. It's an emotional time for sure. We've been enjoying trying lots of new things recently, including riding her bike without stabilisers and lots of new crafts like sewing on wooden shapes [...] Continue Reading
Beading Tips: Keeping a firm tension
Tension can be a tricky thing – some beaders bead very loosely, while others (like me) sometimes end up with work that is so tight it even snaps beads and threads! I find from my experience as a teacher that most people who struggle with tension tend to err on the looser side. Tension plays […]
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