Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Raspberry

Beaded raspberry

Today we will make beaded raspberry, a twig and berries.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of reddish-pink color,
- size 10 seed beads of green color,
- wire 0.2 mm thick,
- green thread for winding the twig,
- a basket or a bowl which we’ll fill with berries.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Hare

Beaded hare

Today we will make another beaded animal in the technique of 3D beading; it is a hare.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of white, black and pink colors;
- wire 0.3 mm thick;
- thin nylon fishing line and a needle for cross-linking of the finished beadwork (if necessary).

Friday, June 19, 2015

Keychain with Cancer (Zodiac sign)

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

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

Beaded bracelet and 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

Bracelet in marine blue colors

Bracelet in marine blue colors

Today we will make another bracelet out of round beads and seed beads.
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,
- nylon thread and two beading needles,
- clasp for a bracelet.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Treble clef

Beaded treble clef in CRAW

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

3D pig out of seed beads and wire

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

Beaded 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

Beaded 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

Earrings of 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.