Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Monday, June 22, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
Keychain with Cancer (Zodiac sign)
We continue a series of keychains with zodiac signs. Today is the turn of Cancer. For beading we will use the technique of brick stitch.
We will need:
- size 8/0 seed beads of eight colors; I used seed beads of light-yellow, gray, pink, brown, yellow, red, green and blue colors,
- nylon fishing line 0.25 mm thick and two beading needles (as usual in the brick stitch technique, if you wish you can do with only one needle).
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Bracelet of large round beads in green colors
Today we will make a bracelet out of large round beads of two sizes and seed beads.
We will need:
- round beads of two sizes: large, 16 mm in diameter, and small, 12 mm in diameter,
- size 8 seed beads,
- nylon fishing line 0.3 mm in diameter and two beading needles,
- clasp for a bracelet.
All the beads in my bracelet are of different shades of green.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Beaded earrings in marine blue colors
Today we will make earrings which make up a set with a bracelet that we made earlier.
We will need:
- round beads of marine blue color: large, 8 mm in diameter, and small, 4 mm in diameter,
- size 10 seed beads of white color,
- two ear wires,
- nylon thread and two needles for weaving.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Treble clef
To make a treble clef in the beading technique of cubic right angle weave (CRAW) we will need:
- size 8 seed beads (I used seed beads of turquoise color, but you can take seed beads of any preferred color),
- nylon fishing line 0.3 mm thick and one or two beading needles (depends on the stringing method you are going to use),
- copper or aluminum wire 1 mm thick.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
How to read and follow a beading pattern. Detailed analysis of a beading pattern for a pig
Today we will learn how to read and follow a beading pattern. We will make a beaded 3D pig, analyzing its beading pattern step-by-step.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of three colors: pink, pink-gray and black;
- wire 0.3 mm thick;
- thin nylon fishing line and a needle for cross-linking of the finished beadwork (if necessary).
Monday, April 20, 2015
Rooster and the full chicken family
We continue our series of beaded chickens. We have already made a young chicken and a hen. To get the full chicken family, today we will make a rooster. This chicken family can be an original Easter decoration, as well as a wonderful gift.
To make a beaded rooster I used:
- size 8 seed beads of six colors: orange, red, green, yellow, black and gray-pink;
- two 6 mm sequins;
- a wooden egg (you can also use a plastic egg);
- thin nylon fishing line (0,2 mm thick) and a beading needle.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Dachshund
Today we will make another beaded dog; it is a dachshund.
We will need:
- size 10 seed beads of brown and black colors;
- wire 0.2 mm thick;
- thin nylon fishing line and a needle for cross-linking of the finished beadwork (if necessary).
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Earrings of seed beads and round beads with a metal connector as the basis
To make a pair of these simple earrings we will need:
- two metal connectors with two eyelets at the top and seven eyelets at the bottom of antique bronze color;
- eight round beads of white color 6 mm in diameter;
- six round beads of golden color 8 mm in diameter;
- size 6/0 seed beads of amber color;
- two size 8/0 seed beads of amber color;
- two ear wires of golden color;
- nylon thread of a light color with a beading needle.
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