AboutPamela Welborn Expertise I have been beading for over 10 years and teaching beading for about 8 years. I especially love Japanese seed beads in size 11 and size 15. Not a delica fan but maybe someday... I especially love teaching other people about beading.
Experience
Experience in the area: I teach the following stitches/projects: peyote, brick, netting, St Petersberg chain, spiral rope, dutch spiral, beaded pens, beaded Christmas ornaments, earrings, pouches, necklaces, bracelets - just about anything beaded, I have tried it.
Publications: I have had 7 articles published by Jewelry Crafts Magazine and one by Bead & Button Magazine.
Awards and Honors: 2nd place Professional Beadwork in the Gems and Minerals section Los Angeles County Fair 1998
3rd place Professional Beadwork in the Gems and Minerals section Los Angeles County Fair 1999
Present Day: Currently, I design patterns and make kits for beading projects. Check out - violetbead.com There is a gallery of my work there.
Question Do you know of a place where I can learn..and have a pattern for, 1920's style beadwork on clothing. I would really like to learn how to do this.
Answer Well I don't know what you mean by 1920's style - do you mean bead embellished with crystals and fringes? I would think that you could get any of the bead embellishment books to learn the techniques and then use them to create bead embellishments in the 1920's style. I bought a book last fall at a craft boutique that was a beading magazine from about 1904 and it has the beginning of the beading boom back then.
I have scanned the book in but am trying to get a publisher to do a review or write up on it. It shows everything from beaded necklaces to lampshades to some clothing embellishment.
Hope some of this helps.
Pamy
Pamela Welborn
My Site www.violetbead.com
My Blog www.violetbead.blogspot.com
