.........here's my first beaded brooch/pin, before I knew how to do peyote stitch to enclose the piece of china! It's a 17th century Chinese Canton china vase that its owner dropped and broke! Luckily, she saved the pieces, and I had this large chunk sanded off at the sharp edges, and filled in the concave back with felt; glued it onto felt backing and stitched away with beads until it held together nicely! The pin back was sewn on the other side, of course, and my cuz tells me she's enjoying wearing it now!

Now I'm off to bead awhile on the round robin doll again.......and maybe to sign up for a Christmas "challenge" doll, which we work on, but get to keep! Stay tuned................