Battle of the Patterns: Arthur (PBS show 1996-2022)

 Have you ever seen the PBS cartoon show, Arthur? My younger kids watched it when it was small, and it was quite popular for a while, with books and toys available in stores. It was actually on PBS until just a couple of years ago, I was surprised to find out.

Since Arthur was popular during the heyday of pony bead creations, I have several different versions of patterns for the main characters. Let's have a little vote to see which ones we like better!

Arthur

I have Arthur patterns from three places, two of which are defunct. The one on the left is from Evelyn's Bead Page (Arthur). The second is from Danette's Beadie Buddies Bonanza, and the third is from some patterns you could order from Making Friends years ago.

What do you think of them? I made the two on either side first. Then when starting on the middle one, I noticed that she was calling for a different color bead for Arthur's skin/fur(?), and decided to look more closely at images of Arthur, and settled on tan rather than the medium brown I'd been using. I completely disagreed with her idea that his skin/fur was "goldenrod."

Which one of these beadies do you like best? Left, middle, or right? Which skin/fur color do you think is best?

DW

I have DW patterns from the same three sources. From Evelyn's site (DW), Beady Buddies Bonanza, and Making Friends.

They are all pretty similar. Which one do you like best?

Please comment below to let me know!

Additional Patterns

Making Friends had a Baby Kate pattern (above). Evelyn's site (Baby Kate) and the Beady Buddies site also had patterns for Arthur's baby sister, but I didn't make them all.

My site has had a pattern for Muffy, one of their friends. The sample above uses a tan color that is no longer available.

Evelyn's site also has a Buster pattern.

The old Beady Buddies site had the most complete collection of Arthur patterns, featuring Arthur's parents, and friends Binky, Buster, Emily, and Sue Ellen, as well as Pal, Bionic Bunny, Nadine, and Mary Moo Cow.

Is the Beady Buddies collection missing anyone that you enjoyed from the show?

See my Pinterest board for some of these patterns!

New Beadies! Monster High Characters

It's harder nowadays for me to stay up on all the new characters in kids' shows. Luckily, I have some friends with small children. One of them has a daughter who is into Monster High. I was in the mood to do some designing, so I decided to start with her favorite. I ended up designing 5 that day.

Frankie

Draculaura

Cleo

Lagoona

Spectra

These designs were all created using icandream.com's Fashion Doll Pattern Maker. 

Some of the colors I used are hard to come by in retail stores. I recommend ordering from bolekscrafts.com. They have 60 colors of pony beads in two sizes (regular and mini). You can order in bags of 75 or 1000 in the regular size, or bags of 90 or 1000 in the mini size. Their prices are great, and their quality is better than the beads you will find in a retail store.

You can also try finding the assortment that comes in a divided container from Walmart to find most of the colors you need. 

I plan on putting these on the site officially soon. But these patterns are simple enough that you should be able to figure them out by looking at the picture. I am working on getting Expression 3 on my new computer so that I can work on my website.

New Patterns are Up!

I have completed the pattern drawings for my new Frozen designs, as well as for some Walking Dead characters I made for someone's request.

Check out the new patterns here:

Frozen Characters:
Anna in her Everyday Dress
Anna in her Coronation Dress
Elsa in her Ice Queen Dress
Elsa in her Coronation Dress
Hans
Kristoff
Olaf
Sven

Walking Dead Characters:
Rick
Daryl
Marchionne

I hope you enjoy them! Let me know if you have any other requests.

I've Been Designing

I have been busy designing new beadies today.

I had a request for "Walking Dead" beadies.

And I'd been itching to do some of the Frozen characters.

Patterns for these are coming very soon! I might just keep on designing, while I'm on a roll.

Harry Potter Mania!

The final Harry Potter movie is coming out this week. While it's sad to see it end, I'm excited to see what they've done with the exciting events in the end of the book.

In celebration, here are some Harry Potter beadies:

Harry on his broom with the Golden Snitch in hand!

Harry Potter in Gryffindor colors (there are several other variations of outfits for Harry)

Broom

Dudley Dursley

Dumbledore

Fred Weasley (there is a George to match)

Hermione

Mr. Dursley

Ron Weasley

A wand

To find these patterns go to www.beadiecritters.com/Cartoonframe.htm and scroll down.
Hope everyone enjoys these, as well as the final movie!

Movie Beadie Friday: Beauty and the Beast

On Fridays I will be featuring characters from a movie. Most of the time these will be cartoon movies, as is this one. Today's feature beadies are from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

The Beast: www.beadiecritters.com/beadbeast.htm

Belle: www.beadiecritters.com/beadbelle.htm

Mrs. Potts & Chip: www.beadiecritters.com/beadpottschip.htm

Cogsworth: www.beadiecritters.com/beadcogsworth.htm

Lumiere: www.beadiecritters.com/beadlumiere.htm

Beauty and the Beast is one of my daughters' all-time favorite movies. My younger daughter watched it over and over and over again for months, and will still watch it occasionally. It's a definite classic in our house!

Watch the movie while you do the beadies for even more fun!