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Gemandpearlover - that is such a fantastic strand. It looks great on. Bweaves - beautiful layering! And thank you to both. I'm a little on the fence about the pendant but will likely keep it.

Oooh, that is fantastic!

Yes, hand quilting is no joke! I hand quilted one of my quilts (machine pieced, hand quilted) and that was enough! It's funny because I'm very happy to do hand stitching on tailoring or couture sewing, or Alabama Chanin-style stitching. But quilts are all machine, all the time for me. Your...

I'm going through old photos today . . . Here's a piece I made several years ago when I was doing metal smithing. Sterling silver with a FWP.

Hmm, interesting. I do like the bracelet a lot. But I don't like how the headpins catch on things, so I never wear it. :( I will have to start reading up on Persian Gulf pearls.

So here are the bracelet and earrings. I have worn the bracelet a couple times, although not in many years. But I have never worn the earrings - the posts are so thick that I can't even put them on. If this set strikes my fancy one day, I may have them converted into a drop style. But at the...

Thank you, Charlotta!

Well, you know, now that I think about it . . . I don't really know! I have always assumed they were inexpensive FWP because they are so misshapen and the luster varies a lot from pearl to pearl - really evident in the bracelet which I will post next. But until I started reading this forum a...

Some more of my Majorica rings.

Some of my Majorica rings.

BWeaves - you were smart to buy those earrings in both yellow and white!

Wearing today: Tahitian "Honey" pendant, recently purchased from PP Super simple button pearl ring purchased in Turkey this summer - assuming it's a FWP. This was before I really fell down this rabbit hole, so it never occurred to me to ask about the pearl itself - I just loved the simplicity...

Here is something a little interesting. This is a handmade ring from the southeast of Turkey, my husband's home town. My mother-in-law gave me this ring along with a matching bracelet and earrings many years ago. It seems to me (as an outsider looking in) that Turkish women love pearls, but...

BWeaves - Wow!! You aren't kidding about the light! Those strands are exquisite. I love all your looks, but the Tahitians have me all heart eyes. Beautiful Turkish carpet too! I think you and I have a lot in common beyond pearls - I see a lot of handknitting in these posts! And spinning...

Thank you Jill! I was so happy to have finally found them!

Thank you, Lisa! Can't go wrong with hot pink, IMO! ;-)

Your quilts are sewn entirely by hand, Charlotta? Kudos! (I sew too - the jacket in my avatar was sewn by me, mostly by hand. :))

Thank you, Charlotta!

I went out of the house yesterday!!! (I've had a bad cold for a week, finally better.) I decided to wear my new earrings and a 16" strand of 7.5-8mm FWP. These earrings: I have been searching for exactly this style for months, to no avail. I had finally decided that I'd just have to buy...

That strand is just so gorgeous, and I love all the creative ways you change it up.