A simple band between the two most complex areas on this little sampler. Four sided stitch and "tiny heart". The bead on the original version was a "Tiny Rose Quartz Heart" from Access Commodities. Well, 'barely there pink' isn't in the revised color pallet. But my friend Beth, who is a fantastic jeweler, offered up a tiger's eye bead that is very close in size to the Access Commodities beads. I picked the lightest, most yellow one out of her stash, and I think it looks great.
Just the bottom band of bargello - "River of Air" left.
ETA: Beth isn't sure of the source, but it's probably Fire Mountain Gems. She gets most of her beads from there. Not co-incidentally, that's where I got the malachite beads for the "Green Earth" sampler. Lots of lovely beads available there. I just wish you could order single beads, because even the smaller jewelers' lots are more than you need for most needlework. (I traded several of the left over malachite beads for this one, win/win.)
ETA: Beth isn't sure of the source, but it's probably Fire Mountain Gems. She gets most of her beads from there. Not co-incidentally, that's where I got the malachite beads for the "Green Earth" sampler. Lots of lovely beads available there. I just wish you could order single beads, because even the smaller jewelers' lots are more than you need for most needlework. (I traded several of the left over malachite beads for this one, win/win.)
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