re: Free Project: Chain Maille Necklace

Jaidphoenix — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:49:50 GMT

I sketch my designs as well. I carry my sketch book with me to places so I can work where ever I'm struck. :)

re: Free Project: Chain Maille Necklace

DaniA3 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:28:20 GMT

I sketch in my 'beading notepad' but also write foot notes as my drawing is terrible. It actually helps me a lot as I don't start on some of the designs until much later. I've got several that I have not started on as I'm learning new techniques at the moment.

re: Free Project: Chain Maille Necklace

BettyA@10 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:48:16 GMT

Sometimes I do Sketch my designs.That way I don't forget what I wanted befor I get a chance to work with my Beads.

re: Free Project: Chain Maille Necklace

Knitting Daily — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:37:22 GMT

I sketch my pieces all the time, specially if the piece is a special request. sometimes is just a bunch of different color blobs to mark each different bead. it never comes exactly what i sketch but to me is better than a bead board. you are not the only one.

Comment by: LOIDA H | April 11, 2008

I also sketch my ideas - they don't always make it to being actually beaded, but I know that someday I'll have the perfect sketch (somewhere in my horde of paper).

Comment by: Heather R | April 11, 2008

I'll sketch if I know it will be a bit before I can get to it and don't want to lose the idea. Sometimes to try to work out how to go about it or how I want to attach a piece. I don't generally draw to scale, but I know others who do :)

Comment by: Dana H | April 11, 2008

Your sketches look just like mine! I love blank books. I've got one and a half full of projects. Unfortunately I have way more ideas and beads than time. So, in the hopes that the time will come, I keep drawing.

Comment by: Mary H | April 11, 2008

I love to sketch... It's like beading without beads... Fantastic when inspiration gets me on a railway trip or in any other place. But I do not always sketch.. no.. I like to let the needle go its own way too.

Comment by: | April 11, 2008

I usually sketch my 2-D patterns if I haven't made them in the past (a model is better than a sketch!). It's harder to sketch 3-D patterns. It's also good to sketch colour variations to see if they will go together. Now a comment about Michelle's necklace... it's cute, but challenging is not the first word that comes to mind to describe it.

Comment by: Allegra C | April 11, 2008

I also sketch some of my projects especially when I am traveling or cannot be in my bead room. My ideas are more than my fingers can find the time to create. but they keep coming...Happy beading :) Melinda J ~ MP Designs Jewelry

Comment by: Melinda J | April 12, 2008

I do this all the time and have for years. It really helps me get ideas out and keeps me organized: www.tammypowley.com

Comment by: Tammy P | April 12, 2008

i'll never sketch any designs on papers, they are all in my head. Shirley-L www.beading-fantasy.com

Comment by: | April 13, 2008

Sketching a pattern or design is always helpful. I try to make up about four designs using some part of the pattern. It helps to be creative and comeup with new combinations that I had not thought of before.

Comment by: jan M | April 14, 2008

I sketch my designs AFTER I make them. That way, I can figure the cost and keep a record of what I have done to recreate later, after I have sold the item. Wih well over 150 original designs to date, I can't even keep the most popular ones in my head any more and my photography is worse than awful!

Comment by: Lisa F | April 15, 2008

I began sketching within the past 5 years, mainly before I took digital photos of my work so I'd have a record of what I'd done. Almost anything can be a "sketch pad" including the note book I was using in a photographic lighting class. The young woman sitting ahead of me had an amazing pair of shoulder duster earring on and I couldn't help skteching out the details with a few notes on components and color. I'll probably do a variation to add to my product line.

Comment by: Mary S | April 16, 2008

Hi, thanks for great patterns,and ideas. I keep my pattern that i print off computer in a 3 ring binder inside plactic sheet covers, my 4 year old grandaughter likes to do beading and other crafts, and she can look at my patterns and they stay neat and tidy.

Comment by: angela K | April 17, 2008

I was trained to be an architect, but end up being an interior decorator and jewellery designer. Thus, sketching become like daily habit for me, especially when I'm travelling and being surrounded by inspring things. I have lots of 2 blank books for sketching , the small size moleskin sketchbook I use only when I'm travelling.Even I dont make all sketches into real jewellery, but they supply me all year round inspirations.

Comment by: zulfa s | April 18, 2008