Actually I am not in a slump. I can tell the group what I was doing today. It has a bit of history to go with it so.... I started a new beading pattern from an older issue of Bead and Button Magazine. I chose this pattern because I have an old necklace made in the pattern. I am not sure if the old necklace is from my Grand Mother Miller or her Sister Great Aunt Ellen Lafever. I will attach Great Aunt Ellen's picture. I hope this list allows pictures. I think the necklace is from Great Aunt Ellen Or Aunt Ella as I called her. She kept a box of clothing for me to play dress up with. I spent many a happy hour staying with her and playing at her house between the ages of 5 and 13, when my family moved 300 miles away. So I chose the necklace to duplicate as the old one is to fragile to wear. I wish I had the entire box of clothing and jewelry now that I played with then. How lovely it was to visit my Aunt. I also remember that she fed me celery every night for a bed time snack when I stayed with her. I also remember that they had two double beds in their bed room along with many other beautiful antique furniture and that she had a lovely crazy quilt on hers. I am not sure if her mother made the crazy quilt. It did have velvet pieces and silk pieces and some ribbons as part of it. And the crazy quilt was so lovely to lay and look at when I was to take a nap in the afternoon on Aunt Ellen's bed. I believe that Aunt Ellen was born 7 years before 1900 in Michigan so I do not think that she made the crazy quilt herself. Aunt Ellen did hand work and made some very lovely huck weaving on kitchen towels as was popular during the 1960's when I was visiting her. I was born in the Valley of Texas and this is where I visited my Great Aunt Ellen who actually lived quite close to my parents. My Aunt and Uncle were married for over 50 years. After she died my Uncle remarried and all the items that were part of her house were lost to my family. I have no clue as to what happened to them. So I feel very lucky to have at least one necklace that may have come from her or her family. I was very happy to find the pattern for the necklace in the old issue of the magazine. This pattern was not the one I was looking for at the time but I sure was happy to find that it was the exact pattern for the old necklace. Except that the pattern did not have the way that my necklace is joined together in the front. I plan to duplicate my necklace join and send a picture of my new necklace to the magazine when I finish it. Dorothy