Bead People are Go


Success! But a little bit funny around the neck where their insides are showing (oo-er!) I shall have to make a whole gang anyway no doubt, since at present there is only one each for the bigger kids, and that is not enough to prevent ‘troubles’. So I’ll improve my technique a bit as I go.


The Steiner/Waldorf blocks (also affectionately known as ‘offcuts’ around here, thanks to Dermot being the son of a joiner!) were from Mum for Rohan’s birthday. They came from Winterwood, we visited for the first time last week. For the record – beautiful shop, beautiful, beautiful felt, but I don’t recommend driving from here to there and back again with a passenger prone to carsickness. Sorry Mum! (She couldn’t even drive us, since my car is a manual and I won’t let her drive it!)

6 responses to “Bead People are Go

  1. Trudi says:

    They look great Melanie – try doing a running stitch around the neck and tighten. This should get rid of the ‘funniness’ around the neck.

  2. Nikki says:

    Awww… sweet bead peeps. I hope you can sew some more fast enough to avoid troubles!

  3. Marita says:

    They are adorable. Well done.

  4. They are so cute! I marked that tutorial a while ago for my kiddos, because I know they’d love them. Now I just need to actually make them! ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. Liesl says:

    They look great! Hope you have made inroads on sewing a pile of them this weekend to avoid the troubles!!

  6. Grandma says:

    They need tiny felt collars, glued on around the neckline, or little ribbons.
    We will go to Winterwood in MY car next time. I think It was an ear thing though, after my cold. Took me all week to throw off the migrainy feeling.