Blog posts of '2020' 'June'

To start from scratch, it is best to get used to working with Excel to develop your own graph and create your very own masterpiece in brick stitch … the sky is the limit. Have fun!

Starting a graph in Excel:

open an Excel document and change the dimensions of the cells as follows:

• at the top, click on “Home” which is next to “File”
• click on the first cell at the top and drag the handle (the dot at the bottom) horizontally from A to Q and vertically from 0 to 20

• this working space will turn blue

• click on “Format” and choose under “Cell size” the box “Row height”

• a little window appears where you can change the default height
• fill in "10,1" and confirm

• click again on “Format” and choose “Column width”

• when the little window appears, fill in “2” and click “ok”

• click anywhere in your document and your empty graph will appear
• if necessary you can change more rows and columns later on by repeating the above

Creating fictitious beads:

• click on “Insert” which is next to “Home”
• click on “Shapes”
• and choose a “Can” shape under “Basic shapes”

• click on the page and a cylindrical shape appears

• to format the over-sized bead so it fits your graph: click on the cylinder and adapt its size by moving the cursors, first the side and then the top and bottom till it fits a cell

SEE- part 2

CONTINUATION

Give your beads a color:

• to multiply the number of beads, go to “Home”
• click on the “bead”, choose “copy” and “paste”
• click on a cell in your field so it can appear

• click as many times as you wish on “paste” to add a bead in a cell

• when you click on a bead, “Drawing Tools” with underneath the mention “Format” will appear at the top
• there are options to change: the shape fill (color), the shape outline (color) and the shape effects (shadow, ...)

• have fun and choose the bead colors

Give your creativity wings:

• copy and paste the colored beads in your graph
• for the brick stitch, do not forget to put the beads in the cells in one row and put the beads in between the cells in the next row

Get supplies for “Your Design”:

• choose 11/0 Delica beads for a flat surface or seed beads a more rounded appearance
• polyethylene thread (fishing line or Fireline)
• James John needle #10 or #12
• scissors and a bead mat

Start beading:

• start with a base row in ladder stitch
• and continue in brick stitch
• the increase and decrease techniques you learned previously @ https://dunebeads.com/en/learn-and-create-the-kawaii-kitten-an-element-in-brick-stitch-2

Thank you for choosing your beads and finding @ dunebeads.com/en/!

Happy day, see you soon!