Hi all, I'm trying to decide if I should add some more appliqués to visually balance?? I feel like in going crosseyed lol. Putting it down for now.
The black raised border will be quill-wrapped, and I'm trying to decide which color(s) to fill in mortarboard in with.
I don't have ton of folks to ask in person, so I thought I'd post here!
Hi all,
I am panicking and needing some insight from members who also bead.
Basically, my dad is graduating from college in two weeks, he’s a grandfather already, so many roadblocks in his life to access education, I’m so proud of him and (yes crying now) problem is, he didn’t tell me the grad date until today and that he already did everything on his own/has tickets/whatever.
I lost track of time because, just life/work being crazy, and realized I will definitely not have time to bead his grad hat.
So question, I have only been beading seriously for 5 years, have done lots of types of work, earrings, ropes/lanyards, small medallions, popsockets, , edgings of bags with some small flat work designs (non leather), edgings of leather bags, hats edging, etc.
With that said, can I finish a largish medallion in two weeks? Is this a plan for disaster? I am intimidated, but also feeling determined?
Also my dad is a pretty big person so rope will have to be longer than usual and I want it to be peyote x-x
Thank you in advance for any of your insights.
Also trying to be realistic and will have to accept if this is just too crazy to work out.
UPDATE: Thank you everyone for all of your help!
I was actually having an anxiety attack due to stress when I posted, but am feeling better and have a game plan now.
I’m gonna do a feather and see if I have time to do just an edge on the cap with coordinating colors.
Thank you for all the good ideas! Gonna keep these in mind for the future.
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