[Marianna]

Thank you !


I haven't added any rhine stones or anything else besides the beaded loops. The copper one is an original Great Loop with all the rhine stones already on it.
I only touched the middle loop - thinned it out by cutting about every 2nd or 3rd or so and then replacing them with loops made of the same beads mixed in with bigger loops. But now it took only 1 "line of loop" instead of 2-3, because of the size, so I had left over to make the loops bigger. I even had enough to add 1 loop to the belt (ot looks nice) and make a necklace.

The turquoise Topkapi took the most work. The fringe had silver beads at the end (3 beads at each end) but the silver came off and now they were ugly gray. I think that was another reason to redo it. So I took the fringe apart, and also sewed them on at the base of the rhine stones - this way there were 2" short fringes hanging. I made an extra one for each rhinestone, so from each there is 3 hanging , and then there are the loops in the middle.

Marianna