Create Beautiful Beaded

Embellishments:
5 FREE BEAD
EMBELLISHMENT
PATTERNS
 CREATE BEAUTIFUL
BEADED EMBELLISHMENTS:
5 Free Bead Embellishment Patterns

MEMENTO MOSAIC WRAPPED IN RECTANGLES AUTUMN BRANCH NECKLACE

by JEANNE BARTA CRAINE p. 4 by EILEEN FELDMAN p. 7 by LINDA GETTINGS p. 9

WROUGHT IRON
EVENING IRIDESCENCE
FOR YOUR WRIST

by LISA KAN p. 11 by JENNIFER VANBENSCHOTEN p. 14

TECHNIQUES p. 17

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 CREATE BEAUTIFUL BEADED EMBELLISHMENTS:
5 Free Bead Embellishment Patterns

What’s the best way to jazz up your off-loom bead- • If you love beaded fringe, Linda Gettings’ Autumn
weaving projects? With bead embellishments, of course! Branch Necklace will be a delight for you to stitch
Embellishing with beads is a fun way to play with your up! For beginners, this is the perfect beaded necklace
design skills while learning how to create unique beaded project to learn how to create beaded fringe, while
jewelry. And there are so many different techniques that more experienced beaders can build their design skills
you can use for bead embellishing your favorite bead- by modifying this beaded necklace project to their own
weaving stitches, you’ll never run out of ideas or inspiration. tastes.
To help you along, we’ve gathered 5 of our favorite bead • Right-angle weave is probably my favorite base for
embellishment patterns into our latest free eBook, Create playing with beaded embellishments, and Lisa Kan’s
Beautiful Beaded Embellishments: 5 Free Bead Embellishment Evening Iridescence bracelet is the perfect example of
Patterns. These patterns include techniques like basic bead why I love this technique so much. A few simple bead
stringing, right-angle weave, and bead embroidery. Are embellishments turn a simple bracelet into something
you ready to dive in and learn how to incorporate beaded worthy of a night on the town!
embellishments into your bead-weaving and jewelry-
• Finally, my very own Wrought Iron for Your Wrist
making projects?
bracelet was inspired by a decorative iron fence I
• Use basic bead embroidery techniques to embellish saw on a walk one afternoon. Using bugle beads for
your favorite keepsake beads and treasures when the base of right-angle weave means that this bead
you stitch up Jeanne Barta Craine’s Memento Mosaic embellished bracelet works up quickly!
bracelet. Each little “bead picture” can be embellished
Beaded embellishments are what keep our beading
as much or as little as you like, finished with an easy
projects interesting! You can learn so much from working
picot trim.
them into your own designs and ideas. No beadwork
• Basic gemstone bead frames are turned into need be boring when you have such a range of bead
miniature works of art in Eileen Feldman’s Wrapped in embellishment techniques to choose from. Just work up
Rectangles beaded bracelet making project. Use basic a sample of your favorite beading stitch, pick a beaded
stringing and easy beaded fringe techniques to make embellishment technique (or two, or three!) and start
each one a masterpiece. stitching.
Bead Happy,

Learn How to String Beads: 5 Free Patterns for Stringing Beads

editor, beadingdaily JENNIFER VANBENSCHOTEN
production designer JANICE TAPIA / photography JOE COCA, ANN SWANSON
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 memento mosaic
JEANNE BARTA CRAINE

Create tiny treasures by embellishing

flat beads or buttons. Link them
together for a sensational, personalized
bracelet that is truly unique to you.

TECHNIQUES
:: backstitch bead
embroidery
:: peyote stitch
:: right-angle weave
:: picot

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 MATERIALS
10 g total assorted size 11° and 8° Japanese
1) FOCAL. Tie a knot at one end of 5' of
seed beads in blue, turquoise, indigo,
conditioned thread; place a needle at the chartreuse, green, fuchsia, gunmetal,
other end. Center one of the flat focal copper, and bronze
beads or buttons on 1 piece of beading 2 size 6° Japanese seed beads in bronze
foundation. Pass through the foundation and purple
Fig. 2: Peyote-stitching Rounds 1 and 2 7 bronze 6mm faceted bugle beads
from back to front near the bead’s hole or
2 copper 2.5mm faceted tubes
the button’s shank. Pass through the bead 3) BACKING. Trim the foundation
2 fuchsia 6mm textured vintage sequins
or button shank and sew down through close to the edge of the beadwork, taking
5 assorted 12–16mm flat round or rectangle
the foundation, securing the item in care to avoid cutting any stitches or the beads or buttons in purple, blue, fuchsia,
place. Repeat the thread path several times working thread. Center the focal on and orange
to secure. Knot the thread but do not 1 piece of Ultrasuede with wrong sides 1 antique copper 16mm toggle clasp
trim. Exit up through the fabric next to together. Trim the Ultrasuede even with 6 brown or black 2 × 2" pieces of beading
the edge of the focal bead/button. the outline of the base round, being foundation
6 black 2 × 2" pieces of Ultrasuede
careful not to cut threads.
Black size D beading thread or smoke 6 lb
2) BEZEL. Use bead embroidery and braided beading thread
peyote stitch to form a bezel around the 4) PICOT EDGING. Use the beadwork’s Thread conditioner
focal bead/button: working thread to pass through the edge
Base: String 3 size 8°s, lay them along the of the Ultrasuede and make a small stitch TOOLS
edge of the focal, and pass down securing the foundation and Ultrasuede Scissors
through the foundation. Pass up together with wrong sides together. Size 10 beading needle
through the foundation between the String 3 size 11°s; pass through the bead-
first and second bead just added and ing foundation from front to back and
FINISHED SIZE: 8"
pass through the second and third the Ultrasuede from back to front one
bead. String 2 size 8°s, lay them along bead’s width away. Pass back through the 5 components using the remaining focal
the edge of the focal, pass down last size 11° just added to form a picot. beads/buttons and changing the seed-
through the foundation, pass up *String 2 seed beads; pass through the bead colors and sizes as desired so that
through the foundation between the edge of the beading foundation from each component is unique. Note: If you
2 beads just added, and through the front to back and the Ultrasuede from do not wish to bezel some of the flat
last bead added (Fig. 1); repeat, working back to front one bead width’s away from beads/buttons, consider bead-embroi-
backstitch bead embroidery around to the last stitch; pass back through the sec- dering circles around the beads as you
encircle the focal. Make sure you’ve ond bead just strung (Fig. 3). Repeat from did in the base round.
used an even number of beads if you * to connect the focal to the Ultrasuede
want to build up the bezel around the 5) STITCHED COMPONENT. Form a
focal in the next rounds. 12 × 22mm component with embroidery
only instead of stitching on a focal bead/
button as before: Use backstitch bead
embroidery to attach bugles and size 11°s
to the center of a 2 × 2" piece of beading
foundation, following the layout of Fig. 4.
Fig. 1: Working backstitch bead embroidery
To add fringe, exit between beads near
Round 1: Exiting one of the base beads, one corner of the
work tubular peyote stitch off the base Fig. 3: Joining the foundation and Ultrasuede focal, string 1 se-
with picot edging
using 1 size 8° in each stitch. Step up quin and 1 size 11°,
for the next round by passing through while adding a picot edging. When work- and pass back
the first bead of this round. ing the last stitch, string 1 size 11° and through the sequin
Round 2: Work tubular peyote stitch using pass back down through the first bead and foundation to
1 size 11° in each stitch (Fig. 2). Weave added and the foundation and Ultra- form a fringe; re-
through beads to exit down through the suede. This completes the first compo- peat to add a match-
beading foundation. Make several small nent. Don’t trim the thread; set the ing fringe in the
stitches at the back of the foundation to component aside. opposite corner of
secure the thread; knot and trim. Repeat Steps 1–4 four times for a total of the focal. Repeat Fig. 4: Pattern for the
stitched focal

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 ARTIST’S TIPS
• The designer likes to use black or • This is a great portable project • If you’d like to use a small
brown Stiffened Easy Felt or Lacy’s to bead on the go since you can cabochon instead of a bead
Stiff Stuff for the embroidered work on one focal at a time and or button, use two-part epoxy
foundation; its dark color helps still have a great feeling of to glue it to the beading
the foundation visually recede accomplishment. foundation in Step 1.
into the background.

Steps 3 and 4 to back and edge the pass up through the bead at the tip of a
stitched component. Set aside. picot on the first component. String
1 size 11°; pass up through the first
6) LINKS. Line up all the components in bead exited in this section (Fig. 5).
a pleasing order and connect them by Repeat the thread path to reinforce. If
working a single unit of right-angle desired, embellish the link by stitching
weave and/or peyote stitch: 1 copper tube bead to the center of the
Right-angle-weave link: Weave the working unit. Secure the thread and trim. Fig. 7: Attaching one half of the clasp
thread of one component to exit from Peyote-stitch link: Weave the working
the tip of one picot on the edge. String thread of one component to exit from and pass through the tip bead of the fol-
1 size 11°; pass down through the tip of the tip of one picot on the edge. Work lowing picot (Fig. 7). Repeat the thread
a picot on the edge of a second compo- a strip of peyote stitch 4 size 11°s wide path to reinforce; secure the thread and
nent. String 1 size 11°; pass down by 4 rows long off the last picot bead trim. Begin a new thread at the other end
through the tip of the next picot on the exited and the tip bead of the nearest of the bracelet and repeat entire step to at-
second component. String 1 size 11°; picot (Fig. 6a). Interlock the up beads of tach the other half of the clasp. Note: If
the fourth peyote-stitched row with the desired, you may attach the clasp to beads
of the focal’s base-round embroidery
instead of the picots. ✦
b

Fig. 5: Linking 2 compo-

nents with a single unit
of right-angle weave
Fig. 6: Linking 2 components with peyote stitch

tip beads of 2 picots on another com- JEANNE BARTA CRAINE lives in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, where she specializes in improvisational art
ponent, lacing them like a zipper
jewelry. She has been beadweaving for about
(Fig. 6b). Repeat the thread path to fifteen years and enjoys teaching and sharing with
reinforce; secure the thread and trim. others at Bead Haven in Cedar Rapids. Contact
Jeanne at jbartacraine@hotmail.com.
7) CLASP. Weave one of the remaining
working threads to the end of the brace- RESOURCES
det

let and exit the tip of one picot at the Check your local bead shop or contact:

il
edge. String 3 size 11°s, 1 size 6°, 3 size FireLine braided beading thread and Nymo
11°s, one half of the clasp, and 3 size 11°s. nylon beading thread, Stiffened Easy Felt, and
a

Pass back through the size 6° and string all beads and findings: Bead Haven, (319)
The back of the bracelet 247-2323, www.beadhavenbeads.com.
3 size 11°s, skip one picot on the edge,
showing a peyote-stitch link

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techniques >> stringing • crimping • fringe

Wrapped in Rectangles Eileen Feldman

When Eileen found some amber rectangles, all she could see were little picture frames
waiting for artwork. The materials used in the bracelet all jumped together with color
and texture. How lovely to have five little works of art in one bracelet!

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 FINISHED SIZE 8 1⁄ 2" Tips

Materials 5 silver 3mm daisy spacers Don’t be afraid to experiment with bead
2 g copper size 11° seed beads 4 Bali silver 8×3mm coil spacers frames other than the ones shown here.
1 g green size 11° seed beads 1 silver 22mm crown-and-scepter Simply adjust the number of black size 6°
28 black size 6° seed beads toggle clasp beads needed to fill the center of the
2 copper size 6° seed beads 2 silver 2mm crimp tubes frames in Step 1 and embellish as desired.
3 clear 3mm crystal bicones Black size D beading thread
13 total 6–13mm accent beads G-S Hypo Cement
in black crystal, amber glass, carnelian, 12" of silver .024 beading wire
and peridot
10 total 11×6mm pressed-glass leaves Tools
in amber, clear, and copper Size 10 beading needle
5 red agate 24×34mm rectangle bead Scissors
frames Wire cutters
20 Bali silver 2mm cubes Crimping pliers

1: Base. Use the wire to string 1 crimp tube, Accent fringe: String 1 accent bead, 1 small
1 copper size 6°, and one half of the clasp; pass spacer, and 1 bicone or 1 size 11°; pass back
back through the bead and crimp tube and through the spacer and accent bead. Pass
crimp. String 1 black size 6°, one side of 1 rect- through the black again to center the fringe
angle, 2–3 black, 2 leaves, 2–3 black, the other over the bead (Figure 2).
side of the rectangle, and 1 coil spacer; repeat
four times, omitting the last spacer. String
1 black, 1 crimp tube, 1 copper size 6°, and
the other half of the clasp; pass back through
the copper size 6° and crimp tube and crimp.

2: Embellishments. Use an overhand knot to Figure 2

secure 5' of thread to the wire between the
crimp tube and first black size 6°.
Branch fringes: Pass through 1 black. String
6 copper size 11°s and 1 cube; pass back Leaf loops: Pass through the next leaf. String
through the last 4 copper. String 4 copper 4 copper size 11°s and pass through the leaf
and 1 cube; pass back through the 4 copper again. Pass through the next leaf and repeat
just strung and the first 2 copper. Pass to make a second loop (Figure 3).
through the first black again to center the
fringe over the bead; continue passing
through beads to exit from the next black
(Figure 1). Repeat entire step to work
another branch fringe and pass through the
next black.
Figure 3 Eileen Feldman is a self-taught jewelry devotee with a
preordained heart of an artist-of-all-trades. She has a rich
creative history that includes jewelry design, mosaics,
needlepoint, and knitting. Her love of beads and baubles
Continue working embellishments for the has spurred her never-ending creativity.
length of the bracelet, with 1 branch fringe
over the last black bead outside of the frame. RESOURCES
Secure the tail threads, trim, and dab the knots Check your local bead shop or contact: Clasp: Carl
Figure 1 with glue.  Clasmeyer, (505) 989-5711, www.clasmeyer.com.

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 Autumn Branch Necklace
Linda Gettings

Peyote-stitched bead tubes are strung between round beads creating the “trunk” of this necklace while

an effusion of fringe creates the “branches.” Although the color and shape of the necklace make it

reminiscent of a tree in fall, this unique piece is seasonless in its appeal.

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Autumn Branch.indd 30 10/4/11 1:25 PM

 Materials Notions
15 g size 11° seed beads Size 10 beading needle
15 g size 2 bugle beads Scissors
50–100 round 6mm beads
PowerPro beading thread Te c h n i q u e s
Thread Heaven or beeswax Tension bead, flat peyote stitch, stringing, fringe
F i n i s h e d S i z e 27"

Beaded tuBes
Step 1: Using 6' of thread, string a tension bead leaving a 5"
tail. String 11⁄2" of seed beads, ending with an even num-
ber of them. * String 1 seed bead and pass back through
the second-to-last bead. String 1 bead, skip a bead, and
pass back through the next bead. Repeat, working pey-
ote stitch down the row of beads, then repeat from * for
a total of 9 rows. Roll the beads into a tube and stitch
through the first and last rows to join the ends like a
zipper (Figure 1). Work the threads into the beadwork,
tying knots between beads, and trim close to the work.
Repeat Step 1 to make nine tubes. Figure 1 Figure 2

stringing l bugle, l seed bead, l bugle, and another seed bead.

Step 2: Secure the ends of a 48" piece of doubled thread * Skipping the last bead strung, pass back through the
inside one of the tubes. String one 6mm and one beaded last bugle and next seed bead. String 1 seed bead, l
tube. Repeat for all the tubes. String one 6mm and 2 bugle, and 1 seed bead. Repeat from * once more and
seed beads 30 times. String one 6mm and pass through then pass through 2 beads of the tube. Continue adding
the end of the first tube. Secure the thread in the “branches,” increasing the length of the initial strand of
beadwork and trim close to the work. beads and adding a 6mm every few branches (Figure 2).
Work along the bottom of the tubes, increasing the
Fringe length of your branches to the center of the necklace,
Step 3: Using 5' of thread, secure the end inside the top of the then decreasing as you finish the second half. (
fourth tube, exiting at the edge. String 2 or 3 seed beads,
Linda Gettings lives in Center
Tips Va l ley, Pennsylvania, and
• Always use a few seed beads before you add teaches classes at My Father’s
“sticks” to the main branches. Doing so will give the Beads in Coopersburg, Pennsyl-
sticks more flexibility and movement. vania; Beadfest in Ft. Washing-
• To make a bracelet, crimp one half of a clasp to ton, Pennsylvania; and at the
the end of 8" of beading wire. String one 6mm and 2 Berks Bead Bazaar in Reading,
seed beads for 3", then string a 14mm square bead. Pennsylvania. She can be
String one 6mm and 2 seed beads for 3” and crimp reached at ladybeading@aol.
on the other half of the clasp. Begin a thread at one com and her work can be seen
end of the bracelet and work short branches of at www.bead generation.com.
fringe all along its length, passing through the core Companion bracelet.
strand of beads.

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 evening iridescence
LISA KAN

Elaborate embellishments atop a base

of chevron chain and right-angle weave
perfectly complement the clasp that cleverly
doubles as a focal piece.

TECHNIQUES
:: right-angle weave For a softer
:: fringe look, work in
:: chevron chain hues of pink,
opti

:: picot peach, and

mauve.

n
o

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 MATERIALS
4 g fuchsia-lined light sapphire size 15°
1) CHEVRON CHAIN. Wrap half of 12' 6 teal just strung, and the following set
Japanese seed beads
of thread around the bobbin (this re- of 3 teal on the edge of the chevron 3 g green iris size 15° Japanese seed beads
duces the necessity to add thread too chain (Fig. 3). 2 g midnight iris size 15° Japanese seed
often). Use size 11°s to stitch a base using beads
chevron chain and right-angle weave: 8 g teal iris size 11° Japanese seed beads
Unit 1: String 1 midnight, 2 teal, 1 mid- 2 g fuchsia-lined amethyst size 11° Japanese
night, 3 teal, 1 midnight, and 2 teal; seed beads
2 g midnight iris size 11° Japanese seed
pass back through the first bead strung
beads
to form a chevron unit. 3 g fuchsia-lined light sapphire size 8°
Unit 2: String 3 teal, 1 midnight, and Japanese hex beads
Fig. 3: Unit 2 of one right-angle-weave side
2 teal; pass back through the third 28 metallic sage 4–5×2mm center-drilled
midnight bead added in Unit 1 (Fig. 1). Side 1, Units 3–24:Continue working keishi pearls
right-angle-weave units, with 3 teal on 96 green 2mm seed pearls
each side, to the end of the chevron 54 light peacock 3×4mm rondelle pearls
Fig. 1: Units 1 and 2 chain. Do not trim the thread. 1 sterling silver 18×17mm 2-strand box clasp
of the chevron chain with ribbed matte glass inlay
Side 2: Unwind the bobbin and place a
Smoke 6 lb braided beading thread
needle on the thread. Repeat entire
step on the other side of the chevron TOOLS
Unit 3:String 3 teal, 1 midnight, and chain. 2 size 12 beading needles
2 teal; pass back through the midnight Scissors
bead added in the previous unit. 3) GAPS. Use Side 2’s working thread to No Tangle thread bobbin
Units 4–48: Repeat Unit 3 to form a chain stitch 1 midnight-size 15° between each
48 units long or long enough to fit corner gap of each of the right-angle- FINISHED SIZE: 6½"
snugly around your wrist, minus the weave units (Fig. 4).
length of the clasp. Note: If adjusting
the length, be sure to end with an even
number of units. Fig. 5: Attaching
the clasp
2) RIGHT-ANGLE-WEAVE SIDES. Use
size 11°s to work right-angle weave off the
chevron chain:
Side 1, Unit 1: Weave through beads to exit
from the first teal of the 3-bead set in
the second-to-last chevron unit. Loop reinforcements: Weave through beads
String 9 teal; pass through the 3 teal Fig. 4: Filling the gaps with size 15°s to exit the nearest midnight size 11° of
last exited and the first 3 beads just the chevron chain. String 3 teal; pass
strung to form a right-angle-weave 4) CLASP. Make seed-bead loops to through the fourth green iris added to
unit (Fig. 2). connect each half of the clasp: the nearest clasp loop. String 3 teal;
Loop 1: Weave through beads to exit from pass back through the fourth green iris
Fig. 2: Unit 1 of one
the center teal of a right-angle-weave- added to the second clasp loop, to link
right-angle-weave side unit at one end of the base. String the loops. String 3 teal; pass through
1 teal, 7 green iris, and one loop of one the midnight size 11° added in the last
half of the clasp; pass back through the unit of the chevron chain (Fig. 6).
teal just strung and through the bead
last exited on the base. Repeat the
thread path to reinforce.
Loop 2: Weave through beads to exit from Fig. 6: Reinforcing
the clasp
String 6 teal; pass back
Side 1, Unit 2: the center bead of the other right-
through the next set of 3 teal on the angle-weave unit at the same end of
edge of the chevron chain, the 3 near- the base. Repeat Loop 1 to connect the
est side beads of the previous unit, second clasp loop (Fig. 5).
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 ARTIST’S TIPS
This bracelet is designed to be worn Keep your chain-nose pliers close If you have trouble finding
with the clasp on top of your wrist as at hand. They are great for helping 2mm seed pearls, size 15° seed
the focal piece—a great way to show- weave the needle through tight spots beads can be used instead.
case your favorite clasp. and straightening bent needles.

Loop embellishments: Weave through beads size 15° along the base edge and the
to exit from the second loop-rein- picots between (Fig. 7). a
forcement bead. *String 1 green iris, Repeat entire step on the other base edge. b
1 rondelle pearl, and 3 fuchsia-lined
size 15°s; pass back through the pearl. 6) CHEVRON ZIGZAGS. Weave
String 1 green iris; pass through the through beads to exit from a non-fringe
loop-reinforcement bead last exited to teal at the outside corner at one end of
form a fringe.* Weave through beads the base. String 1 seed pearl, 1 hex, and
to exit the fifth reinforcement bead. 1 seed pearl; pass through the teal at the
String 3 fuchsia-lined size 15°s; pass opposite corner and the next 2 beads,
through the green iris last exited again exiting from the unit’s adjacent corner
Fig. 9: Adding keishi fringe and picots
to form a loop. String 1 keishi and (Fig. 8). Continue in this zigzag pattern to
1 fuchsia-lined size 11°; pass back Continue adding keishi fringe and picots
through the keishi and through the for the length of the base and then add
green iris last exited to form a fringe. alternating embellishments to the other
Weave through beads to exit from the side of the chevron chain. Secure thread
second-to-last loop reinforcement and trim. 
bead. Repeat from * to * for a second
button-pearl fringe that mirrors the
first. Fig. 8: Embellishing the right-angle-weave units Another colorway in
Repeat entire step at the other end of the purples and mauve
base to attach the second half of the clasp. embellish each right-angle-weave unit.
Making sure the hex strands cross over
5) EDGES. Use seed beads and pearls to the units at an angle opposite the first
embellish the base edges: side to create a chevron effect, embellish
Fringe: Weave through beads to exit from the units on the other edge of the base.
a midnight size 15° gap bead at the
outside corner at one end of the base. 7) PEARLY PATH. Working at one end
String 1 green iris, 1 rondelle pearl, of the base, weave through beads to exit
and 3 fuchsia-lined size 15°s; pass from the center teal in the 3-bead set Bead and glass artist LISA KAN draws her inspira-
tion from nature, ceramics, Japanese arts and
back through the pearl. String 1 green that makes up the common wall between aesthetics, and Victorian-era jewelry. She is a fre-
iris; pass through the midnight size the first chevron and right-angle-weave quent contributor to Beadwork, Stringing, and other
15° last exited and the next 2 teal units. Add fringe and picots using keishi publications and the author of Bead Romantique
along the base edge. pearls and size 15°s: (Interweave, 2008). Visit her website, www
Picots: String 3 fuchsia-lined size 15°s; Keishi fringe: String 1 keishi pearl and .lisakan.com.
pass through the teal just exited again, 1 fuchsia-lined size 11°; pass back
the next teal, and the following size through the keishi pearl and through RESOURCES
15°. Continue, forming fringes at each the teal last exited to form a fringe Check your local bead shop or contact:
Keishi pearls: East West Best Trading Co.,
(Fig. 9a). Weave through beads to exit
(415) 504-7138, www.eastwestbest.net.
from the center teal of the next Rondelle and seed pearls: Evergreen Trading
3-bead set. Co., (213) 688-2723. Clasp: Claspon-Claspoff,
Picots: String 3 fuchsia-lined size 15°s; Division of Bead Need, (954) 880-0880,
pass through the teal last exited to www.claspon-claspoff.com. Seed beads: San
Gabriel Bead Co., (626) 447-7753, www
make a picot (Fig. 9b). Weave through
.beadcompany.com. FireLine braided beading
beads to exit from the center teal of the thread: (800) BASS-PRO, www.basspro.com.
next 3-bead set.
Fig. 7: Adding picots to the sides
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project beadweaving

Wrought Iron
for Your Wrist
JENNIFER VanBENSCHOTEN

Make a geometric framework of “windows” with

bugle beads and add a nifty little twist of seed beads,
for a bracelet with the look of an Art Deco garden
gate. Create the bugle windows first, then stitch the
“wrought iron” crisscrosses of seed beads.

advanced beginner
WHAT YOU NEED
• 1 g opaque black size 11° Japanese seed beads
• 10 g metallic bronze 8mm bugle beads
• Black Nymo or WildFire .006 beading thread
• Size 10 or 12 needle
• Scissors
• G-S Hypo Cement

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Stitch the framework
1. Thread a needle on a 5’ piece of Nymo. 3. String beads in the following order: 5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until you have a
String 2 bugle beads. Pass back through 1 seed bead, 1 bugle bead, 1 seed bead, total of 11 “frames.”
the first bugle bead. Pull thread gently but 1 bugle bead, 1 seed bead, 1 bugle bead, and
snugly so the 2 bugle beads line up next to 1 seed bead. Pass through the second bugle
each other. bead and pull gently to form a square. Pass
back through the first 2 bugle beads strung
in Step 3.

Embellish the frames

6. Pass back through the beadwork so
the needle exits the top bugle bead of the
eleventh frame.

4. String 1 bugle bead and pass back

through the second bugle bead strung in
Step 3. Pull thread gently but snugly so
that the 2 bugle beads line up next to each
other. Repeat Step 2 to form 2 picots on the
top and bottom of these 2 bugle beads.

7. String 9 seed beads. Pass through the

bugle bead on the bottom of the frame
so that the beads run in a diagonal across
the frame.

2. String 3 seed beads. Pass back through

the second bugle bead, forming a picot.
String 3 seed beads and pass back through
the first bugle bead, forming a picot.

8. String 16 seed beads. Push the seed

beads up against the bugle bead and very
carefully wrap the strand of seed beads
under, around, then over, the diagonal
beads across the frame.

9. Pass through the top bugle bead that

you originally exited (needle will exit in the
same direction as in Step 1).

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10. Pass back through the beadwork so
the needle exits from the top bugle bead of
the second frame. Bugle beads can have sharp ends. Use an emery board to file any burrs.

15. Pass back through the first seed- 18. With the working thread, pass through
bugle-seed bead combination strung. Pull the bugles to exit a middle seed bead.
gently but snugly so that the 2 rows of
bugle beads and seed beads line up next to
each other. Remove the stop bead.

16. Continue to work in square stitch

adding seed-bugle-seed bead units until
you have 4 rows of 2 units each. 19. String 1 seed bead, 1 bugle bead, and 4
seed beads. Pass into the first bugle bead
of the first embellished frame on the edge
11. Repeat Steps 1, 2, and 3 until you have of the bracelet.
embellished 10 frames. Leave the last
frame open for the toggle clasp.

17. Pass through the first 2 units (first 20. String 3 more seed beads, pass back
Make the toggle for the clasp row) and close the 4 rows into a single through first seed bead strung, the bugle
12. On a 2’ piece of Nymo, string 1 seed tube. Thread the tail on a needle, weave in, bead, the seed bead, and back into the
bead. Pass back through the bead to make and knot to secure. Dab the knot with glue. seed bead next to the bead you exited.
a stop bead, leaving a 5” tail. Weave in a bit more of the thread and trim
the thread.
13. String the beads in the following
order: 1 seed bead, 1 bugle bead, 2 seed
beads, 1 bugle bead, 2 seed beads, 1 bugle
bead, and 1 seed bead. Pass up through the
third seed bead, second bugle bead, and
fourth seed bead strung to form a loop. Pull
gently but snugly so that the bugle beads 21. Weave remaining thread through the
and seed beads line up next to each other. toggle and back into bracelet to secure.
Knot. Dab the knot with glue. Weave in a
14. Pass back through the last seed-bugle- bit more of the thread and trim the thread.
seed bead combination strung. String 1
seed bead, 1 bugle bead, and 1 seed bead. RESOURCES: Bugle beads: Shipwreck Beads,
Pass back up through first seed-bugle- www.shipwreckbeads.com. Seed beads and
seed bead combination strung. Don’t pass Nymo: Whimbeads, www.whimbeads.com.
through the stop bead!
JENNIFER VanBENSCHOTEN is a lampwork
and beadwork artist in the Adirondack moun-
tains of New York state. She is the About
.com guide for beadwork, and loves being a
work-at-home-mom. Buy her kits and more at
www.vanbeads.etsy.com.

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techniques
STRINGING PEYOTE STITCH peyote stitch over the decrease. Work with PICOT
Stringing is a technique that uses beading For one-drop even-count flat peyote tight tension to avoid holes. A picot is a decorative net, most often
wire, needle and thread, or other material stitch, string an even number of beads to made with 3 beads, used to embellish a
to gather beads into a strand. create the first two rows. Begin the third beadwork surface.
row by stringing 1 bead and passing back
through the second-to-last bead of the pre-
vious row. String another bead and pass
back through the fourth-to-last bead of the
CRIMPING previous row. Continue adding 1 bead at a
Crimp tubes are seamless metal tubes used time, passing over every other bead of the For circular peyote stitch, string 3 beads
to secure the end of a beading wire. To use, previous row. and knot the tail and working threads to
string a crimp tube and the connection form the first round; pass through the first
finding (i.e., the loop of the clasp). Pass back bead strung. For the second round, string
through the tube, leaving a short tail. Use 2 beads and pass through the next bead of RIGHT-ANGLE WEAVE
the front notch of the crimping pliers to the previous round; repeat twice. To step For one-needle right-angle weave, string
gently press the length of the tube, causing up to the third round, pass through the first 4 beads and pass through the first 3 beads
the tube to form into an oval and the wire bead of the current round. For the third again to form the first unit. For the rest of
ends to line each side of the tube. Move the round, string 1 bead and pass through the the row, string 3 beads and pass through
tube to the back notch of the crimping pli- next bead of the previous round; repeat the last bead exited in the previous unit
Two-drop peyote stitch is worked the same
ers and firmly press the tube down, enclos- around, then step up at the end of the and the first 2 just strung; the thread path
as one-drop peyote stitch, but with 2 beads
ing the wire ends in separate chambers of round. Continue in this manner, alternating will resemble a series of figure eights, alter-
at a time instead of 1 bead.
the crescent shape. Rotate the tube 90° and the two previous rounds. It may be neces- nating directions with each unit. To begin
use the front notch to fold the two cham- sary to adjust the bead count, depending the next row, pass through beads to exit
bers onto themselves, forming a clean cyl- on the relative size of the beads, to keep the the top bead of the last unit. String 3 beads
inder. Trim the excess wire. circle flat. and pass through the last bead exited and
the first bead just strung. *String 2 beads,
pass back through the next top bead of the
previous row, the last bead exited in the
For odd-count flat peyote stitch, string an
previous unit, and the 2 beads just strung.
uneven number of beads to create Rows 1
Pass through the next top bead of the pre-
and 2. String 1 bead, skip the last bead
vious row, string 2 beads, pass through the
strung, and pass through the next bead.
last bead of the previous unit, the top bead
Repeat across the row (this is Row 3). To add
just exited, and the first bead just strung.
the last bead, string 1 bead and knot the
Repeat from * to complete the row, then
tail and working threads, clicking all beads
FRINGE begin a new row as before.
into place. Start the next row (Row 4) by
Exit from the foundation row of beads or
passing back through the last bead added.
fabric. String a length of beads plus 1 bead.
Continue in peyote stitch, turning as for
Skipping the last bead, pass back through
even-count, shown above, at the end of this For even-count tubular peyote stitch,
all the beads just strung to form a fringe
and all even-numbered rows. At the end of string an even number of beads and knot
leg. Pass back into the foundation row or
all odd-numbered rows, add the last bead, the tail and working threads to form the
fabric.
string 1 bead, pass under the thread loop at first 2 rounds; pass through the first 2 beads
the edge of the previous rows, and pass strung. To work Round 3, string 1 bead, skip
back through the last bead added. 1 bead, and pass through the next; repeat
around until you have added half the num-
ber of beads in the first round. Step up
through the first bead added in this round.
For the following rounds, work 1 bead in
each stitch and continue to step up at the
STOP BEAD
end of each round.
A stop bead (or tension bead) holds your
work in place. To make one, string a bead
larger than those you are working with,
WIREWORKING then pass through the bead one or more
To open a jump ring, grasp each side of its times, making sure not to split the thread.
opening with a pair of pliers. Don’t pull
apart. Instead, twist in opposite directions Begin a midproject peyote-stitch increase
so that you can open and close it without by working a stitch with 2 beads in one row.
distorting the ring’s shape. In the next row, work 1 bead in each stitch,
splitting the pair of beads in the previous
row. For a smooth increase, use very narrow
beads for both the two-drop and the one- Work odd-count tubular peyote stitch the
drop between. same as even-count tubular peyote stitch,
but it isn’t necessary to step up at the end
of each round.

To make a midproject peyote-stitch

decrease, simply pass the thread through
2 beads without adding a bead in the “gap.”
In the next row, work a regular one-drop

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