EASY dangle necklace and earrings * Quick flower bracelet err ema CO cuffss*:2" Easy and so comfortable! ».114 grand necklace in Dutch spiral .. PLUS: Guide to beading threads and cords * Coiled-wire ensemble Enameled button necklace * Joyce Scott's provocative beadworkFIRE AAOUNTAIN GEMS". Bc2d1 "Friendly Service” Since 1973 (ne Fra Meunain Way Dept C218 Oren Peon OR #7eIK-373 America’s Favorite Beading Supply Company Over 65,000 Hot, Jewelry-Making Products From Around the World. Call 1.800.355.2137 to Order Your Free. You supply comprehensive | the creativity, Jewelry-Maker's f CatalogWelcome ....... 8 | From the Editor 10 | Letters, etc. 12 | Tips & Techniques Guide to eaing threads and cards li Patterns 22 | Your Werte 28 For Beginners. Dangle necklace and earrings by Hleeene Tsteastans 34 Chic 8 Easy Pearl fracelet and earings ley Maryann Seaxourrice Huns, 40 | Quick Stiten Flower eacelea by Juan Powes 48 | Two-Hour Express Burton necklace bby Geta Danae Sims 3 | Clearly Grystats Coxckeil fy Ann Nas G0 | Wire Expressions ‘Crpstal necklace, race, sand earrings fy Wesoy Wercrnan 68 | Te Tre ered glass tikes falls focal pieces sare stitch bracelet iby Sosa FROMMER 72| Color-costed Beads Disguise a wooden cose with, a covering of vibrane beads by Promenc ant GES Fis 716 | Dazzling Beaded Brooches Surroural a crystal with bea embreidery for a brooch tha ‘sure 9 get you marie by Jassen Bern McCrae FL 80 | Candid and Controversial The prowncative beadwork of Jopee Scott bry Past O'O0NKOR 8G | Springtime Delight Sich a flower necklace with a matching togzle clasp bry Sanna D, Hanon0 | Gather Together Showcase anart bead with a multstcand hevceket bry CHRISTY Kaas $M | The Enduring tris Engoy splendid beaded blooms thar never fade by Anoméa Auvst 100 | One Good Turn Seitch a Duech spiral necklace using seed beads ia a variety fof snes an shapes by Ear: Prscioeey 104 | AFeast forthe Eyes 120) Bead Soup Bend aver Wayne Robin on lass and warire 12 | Calendar ty Pam O'ComvOR 152 | Basics 110 | Hang in There Glevely combined Ndebele 178 | Spattight heringlsane iad peyote stich sreatea custom bal by Canon Carine 114 | Take it Easy Loci of beads cro oreta cwendrop peyote band far a lnxorions bracelet sy Raney Sevuaroe ON THE COVER inbelli 2 tof pepo stitch bracelets with crystal hoops, p. 114. Trojecs desi by Kamen Sctamige “Photo by Will Zaback, STITCH GUIDE bead embroidery 48,78 brick “0 Durch speral 190 fringe 8 erring bene no Inder 86 Perote 40,90, 100, via 114 figheangle weave 54,72 saints 65 ONLINE ‘Visa eur website at Ieadartin cotFrom the Editor I'm writing this editorial from my office in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, abour 90 miles north of Chicago, Mlinois. So tell me, where in the world are you? Lately, I've been extremely cusious about our —__________inicrnational readers. We frequently get letters yormacn us | and emails from people in Canada, Great Britain, oe Australia, and New Zealand—the English-speaking seoatncn countries that account for most of our foreign ro ue 12 distribution, But from time to time, we hear from ‘Saree people in places where we thought it might be difficult nor impossible—to pick wp a.copy of Mosinee | BeaderButton. ‘When I checked with one af our circulation managers about the extent af our international reach, he immediately rattled off a list of countries on six continents where Bead¢?Button is sold on news stands, and it was like getting a quick refresher in world geography: Mexico, Brazil, Norway, Finland, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Kuwait, Kenya, South Africa, India, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and many more, We send copies of this magazine to what were once considered the far comers of the world, and we find beading enthusiasts everywhere. Af you're reading this in the United States, take 2 moment to enjoy the companionship of your world ‘wide counterparts who are also leafing, through these pages looking far project ideas, beading techniques, and bead resources, If you're reading this from out side the United States, please send me # note to let Cutie tne 8 Gown e2-7aeaire] me know where in the world you aret 108 aman Nihen. 4 i Se kre 4 Hine i Mindy Brooks, Editor eee BeadtButtom Pei nt AL etitor@ibeadandburron.comTips & ‘Techniques ee Stitch! No thread is perfect for Beaders have theeadls and coeds 1 before. The majorin fall into one of two camps ~ polvethyt to more all beading, projet product his is ss aylan and ene (GSP, Dyas tra Fiber aze so aluce cts. No hee product, noeahly and polyester, are avilable describe the si strength af these dl ‘Te Names Sizes olor 3 different methods tsed t9 5, Each ngs and weight, or ends. The Description Teen oer fmm oe oottnatoely fea sijeph Presa. imate equiva between the various produces ‘Gurr thateks to Sylvia Sur fo thee inj Size Pele rel Torbay cs La shows apprsxie sim diamen ‘Strengths Weaknesses Binet freabanaes: ote Wea Ingnecon eit rv abe une, cae ety mt, st Seog’) Ot ead on thre come ely mee ie ‘ove haste toe pea) ‘vowed mate Raker om eae eg ttn ae etree tint oe Bie directa Eek teth ss eee Seco eir mules tagn gos indie oro te tinge bat {ear Ra ro ae bate, ey sng stn ai ayes Cet Da. sai asl cana commer eat ag sete mass om titi cobs ateaoy a a ei ent semana arn Arbre wen rest mu me a, Eaimay img Towa Wa a wth ae wae ann ain Bape mast gaWigeawnt ee me_ Patterns Readers share their favorite patterns.Patterns_ Your Work Blueboaree Blanty Stewart, Muskegon, Michigar eortieorncast net deenioe Wood. Part Gexpattar, ‘Batis Cotumbie, Canad ennierecodt.ca Bair tata | HoarMother-of-pear! necklace [0 been were a 0 Ms ecpasie metho of pert faces oN ey tee a te Dy th ees, gave the Kr x feck wich mee el sry Raver banna Wartman, North Cantor, (Qhia, bebbinjearstaolcom ‘psi 200 B sid~ Your Work Corrinne Walerda Ware, Chicago, linc, ealendararayanoo.camaah a Te ea ee Winner of the Watthanging Category CEO agen)| | ~ MATERIALS ‘bath prefect: + channose alors ‘+ scurdfese plots io cues eckiace 10 i. (Hom) 8x 1mm ovstalt + tonal claso ‘© 26 in, Bory 2. gaupe wie © 1B Bom tga cha. ‘een rks + ture recs aarnng 85x lnm cryios #4 Aeron cyst #10. Sani Z2-gavge vere Di in. dom ham stepbystep Delicate Drops j aT = Teardrop crystals drape daintily from. a chain necklace connected by wrapped-ioop inks. by Helene Tsigistres Necklace [it] Make a 45-degree ber 34a, (1.8em} from the end of 45-ddagree bend on the other tude of the crystal iphoto a). Make svn wraps abowe the ceryatal with the wire ‘reraaining. from the frst hain Berm rs the sire with your chainnose end {photo bh. Tian the #42. gnge Pend ine plier. Slide a crystal next ro excess wire, Cat the omg «pao eaning srg thebend, and make anceher wire TH.in, (3.8m) above 28 Hel Moe | bessarllanton eve sthe-wraps: Repeat far a taal ‘of eight daghe, [2] Make the first half of ‘wrapped loop (Basics, 1p. 132) above the wraps on cone af the dangles, £3] Amach the loop to the Tage ink, 12 fine fro one‘ad of the chain. Finish the weaps tpt). Tein the excess wire, [) Repeat seep 2 with the ining dangles. p two Bure 8 Links and a lange link. Artach a Sangde o the ment Large link, cond finish the wraps, PRI Repeie sep $ wich thy maining argh. OT Open a jumpy eng ‘Basice) ad connect the Laie a link of the chain to half of the clasp. Repeat on the other end with the other half of the clasp. Earrings, [9] Gu the chain in hall se there are cece figure links and three lag links i wach section, Attach the euering finding 0 the end figure # ‘ink (photo 3) (2) Make three dangles as in step 1 of the necace, Artach the frst dangle to the bottom half of the second figure & Fink with 4 scrapped hoop, Repeat with the other oe dangles, attaching. one ro the second large link and one t0 seca d figure $ link, and fini the wraps. Repeat with acon mm, and aach it tw the eop half af the third figure § link iphoto 8, (8) Make a second earring so smaveh the firs. @ the third large hink (phate e). 8) Sering a Arne bicove crystal ona head pin, and make the frst halt wrapped loop, Amtack the Joop: t0 the ep half of the Contact Helene Taigivios at 1180 South Botrolenk Bx, Brookfield, Wisconsin $3005, (262) 786-1194, or etuipstras@esrtink.tet, easton 8 Ai 28Pearls Just Want to Have Fun MATERIALS: both projects "© annoss pers ‘= rounmann pars 1 wirmcutrs Lbemcelet 7¥5 i, (10 tem) © 150mm oud ovata peorts in 8 color: A.C ‘6 22 em soured eral pears im $ cniors: A ELC, Be (9 dermbcore ost ton) + aap +O Rell 22-guoge wim, athe + Tein MB torpoable nus, omen ike 1° 5m ure tra, searing = Blinn round cyst pear 1° 25-0erm tioone crys = Bin {tem 22-gaage mam, aber * na of caren teeing Crystal pearls dance and swing on this charring bracelet with Matching earrings. by Maryann Seandiffio-Humos stephystep ‘The wrapped loops used in these projects are larger than sandard wrapped loops and should have Fite o¢ ster atthe hse. This allows you to begin the wraps right om top of the bead, producing a apizaling cap. Me sare to et comforrable with the technique using craft oe “copper wire hele beginning either project Bracelet (1) Cut a 2¥-in. (64cm) piece of wire, and make a right-angle bend abour “in, (61m) sem oae end, Make 2 plain lac Masi, p. 132 ‘bead iphoto bi). [3] Using the wide pers of the radnose pers, make ‘the first half of a large ‘wrapped lacp (Basics) right above the bead (photo o}. Repeat, making a total of 37 pearl dangles, [4] Shde the loop of « pede] dangle ina the end chain fink (pote a. Repeat ‘with the remaining pearl, tl@chic & easy iatrdting the eolocs aad sees evenly log the length and ox bah sides of the chain (8) When you're pleased wrth the placement af the pearls, grasp the wise tail ‘on a dangle, and wrap i ‘around the base of the lop, Comtine wrapping twa or dee tines acoind the top of ve pea, forming & spiral ‘cp fphoto of. Teins the excess vite. Repeat with the fsmaising, peat dangles, [8] Open a jump ring (Basis) and artach eto he Bras Mate | ed end link ws either end of the ‘chain (photo ®. Arcach the clasp photo g), and clove ‘the jump ring. [7] Mf desinesd, make a crystal dangle, and ateach it to one vend of the bracelet. [4] Cac a $n, (7.6m) peor ‘of wire, and make 2 small ‘cal at one end (pte Sting a cxystal and a peal, and prest the cal up agar the crystal fone 0. (2) Make the first half of a large wrapped lop above the bend, an in sepa 2 ane 3 of the beacelet [3] She the dangle eheough the loop on an earring. fing (peta By lf the spiraling wraps, as im step 5 ofthe easel. Trim the excess wire [4] Make 1 second earring 10 snatch the ire. © Contact Marya Scandifficn Hantes at 88533 Fawn Ridge Dr, Fe; Myers, Floris 13922 (239) 228-0885, Earl ber at tnfetburyrircom, or rit her website, buymiait.com,_ Playful Petals © yma w 61, tont © beading noecios, #10 cr #12 © 20 ag fancouenataly 5x 15m) daggse beac me 2 sent hoa Igor cantar ef wer for subettate dg crop Deo + clasp topeer #18 9mat ater £0: 10mm) eagge besa 11 0d bear stepby Maintain firm censton so that your work stays ciecular the flower takes shape. FF-you sdeop beads foe the center of the flower, make decide sdereceion as you work they lie io the right Bracelet Flower ‘of Nymo of Fireine, peck up two 8° seed beads (or drop beads) po back through ao eh the nate (ure 1, abl 3] Pick up an 8, and through the second bea picked up in step 1 foe} kup an 8, and go h the next ces fea. 4} For round 2, pick up aa 6, and go through the next 8° ffiguee 2, a-bi, Repeat around, making. a rotal Four seitches. Step up abe the first Brad added in ronal be) 5] Stitch round 3 the same nd 2 (gure 3, a). 1) For round 4, work asi oe, Poune 40 eden | Issuance or ring with seed be: dagger baad nde Zand 3, bur pick ty two 5 Foe eat itch one, Step up nigh the firs head only of the frat stitch on th i oe) | For roxand 5, pick up an 8%, and go through the second £ of che pur (hau 4, sb) Pick up a dagger head, and go through the fre # of the pet pair ch 8) Repeae step 7 three stitches (od, | For round & pick up a dagger, and go through the irae dagger in the previs said, Pick wp a dager, and igo through the next 8° fsom the previous round (da). Repeat es toads oral of eight dapgere (eA. 40) For the final round on the flower, stitch a dagace between each dagger in See Frome a<3 1 Swarovski C for > TISCAs Beadalon _ Sterling Silver: Beads “ ech faces CU) concecs - e - - : ee ea 11570 S. Orange <2 5 Blossom Trail Suite #13 Orlando, Fl ay 32837 Tel: F 4078543515 ee Fax e 407.854.3525@ cick stitch ound 6, Step up theough the First dagger adlod in thin oxind (figure 5). Strap 4) Deterenine the desived lengsh nf the bracelet, andl doekle if you want 20 use clasp or make 2 contimiaye band. Subtract the leageh of the flower anal he clap, i nig tc 0 get the Kenge af the peyore rch band, 2] Pick up an 8°, and go theough the next dagzcr. Repeat (igure 8, 8b). 3) Pick ap-an 8°, and go theough the second &* foe the previags step thre) 4) Costinee coun peyote (Basics, 132) tani the aad is all the clesigd lengzh, Secure a new theese in he utker side of the flower and exit at pola d. Repeat step 2-4 (dee) 16) Skip 0 scp 7 f you wish tovune a clap. To make a cconsingnes ari fst rae sate thar it wil i azoui the smidest part of yonie hand Zip tup (Basics) the two straps swhere they 7) Yo anach a clasp, exit between the first and second bead at one end iphoto a). Jick ap fon $P.(phote Bi, and po-theoogh che wor 111%. Go under the thread bridge: ‘ener bead (hata bbotwean rows and bock up throuph yy Rerrace the thread path the third bead picked up iphoto o}. afew times, secure the tail Pick up two 11s, and go under the wrth several hal-hitch knows | ped thread ride or ip through the r (Basics), and eri, Repeat second bead pecked up iphoto eb. ‘om the orher ead with the Repeat along the length of the bead ‘other clang bualf. work. Sew through the beads to exit the end bead on the other side. Repeat (nthe otter edge. 22 ete | enti com(5] Pick up an 11", and go [1] Follow steps 1-9 of the through the first 11" added bracelet flower, sulssticuting L1*s for the 8*s and small and, working in daggers for the large daggers. flat, even-coune peyote, stitch [2] For the final round, the band to the desired instcad of stitching a dagger length. Join ic to the other in each space, pick up two side of the flower, Retrace the L1%s in the first space and a theead path a few times, dagger im the second space, secure the rail with a few Repeat around, and step up half-hitch knots, and trim, @ through the two 11% in the first stitch of the round, Contact Jean Power at jean® [3] Pick up an 11%and go jeanpowercom, or visit ber through the next dagger: website, jeanpower.com, to (8) Pick up an 11%,and go see more of ker work. through the 11° added in the previous step.(aieher ones _Buttons in Bloom MATERIALS eckace 15% In, (88-Aom) ‘© Tibin Seg feral buon 48m Sern fora butions + bicens cyatats 28 Gren, kt sae Aa 28 Sen. race AB 82 cron, agh ameeryat AB | peas ‘2 8ovm 2a, para ils 2 8 Gre bution 4 toa 11 sec brace ono bea ‘ Roxbls neecing wire, 018 hares cr oiemping pers: ee eutars Enamel buttons adom an easy-to- make, two-strand crystal-and-peari necklace. fry Gita Maria Sturm stephystep ((1] Determine the finishes! length of your necklace, ‘Mine 6 1545 in, (39.Aer. ‘Add 8 in. (206m, ane eut two pieces of beading wine tov that length. [2] Center a crimp bead over bork wires, and crip ie (asics. 132 and photo a String the large button over bab wie (photo [3] Separate the wires, and ssting a Gan crystal & Sa cxyeal, » buiton pearl -Aaun crystal, anal «Sum seach. Over bath wiees, sting 446m (ahate o, 14] Strings crimp bead over Ith ove, pull te wires sug, and ceimp the crimp 58 ert ie ernie tel [byery eine | Bead MERCHANTS OVERSEAS Yau # | source of Senor Cryra ‘Companants for more than HO tra k ‘Aclectronic nic Bonding, Ime. | 41 Bassam Stree te mon aan at ia @) natal “isssenons | ay Sates - 200.332.4144 | Abivsanet soiteshiootcom — | MY Salen «800.714.7714 wow MorchancsOverseas.camQtro-ho express bead. Sering 2 seall button tphoto <. [5] Seng 2 6mm over both swire, Separate the wires the secing Aen, button peach. Simm, and a Aenm on tach, String a 6rm over both {photo 0) [6] Repeat steps 4 and $. (7) Separane the wires, andl srg. a am 1 baton peal both sting « Sm (photo fh [8] Separate the ites, and ssring.2 4mm, a button pearl, 4am, 3 Gein, «Aim, Fratton pearl, a $m, 4 Sina ‘anda ime on each (phe). 180M Binet | beet TB] Repeat steps 3+ ao the other end, Test far fit. The necklace dau be about in, Som) shore of rhe esized longa. 1s 904, add or remove beads as necessary [40) Sexingg exch wire-on onc end through a two-hole pearl. Then string an 11 seed bead on cach tphota Mh 149) Sering ewe crimp beads cover both wires, then string nine or ten 11°s on each. Sering # small barton 0 the 11°s (photo i Take the wires hack thiowgl the crimp. beads (phto.p, Crit. atc trum the exerse wire ceemp beads erver both wires Separate the wires, and, on ong wie, ating emugh 11% 10 fit comfortably around the button, Go through th breads inthe other direction with the ether wire (phat ‘Go theough the crtmp beads with borh wires. Crimp the ‘crimp beads, ana tri the sencess wire, @ Gita Maria Sturm mates the eawifal ence! Daten showm here. Comtrct ber a PO Box 918, Gold Beac Oven 97444, (641) 2 S617, oF vist tamara. co.MATERIALS ne Hog ‘ren Bicone crypto 1Scoor A Becker 8 ‘Gm pcone cxyets $7 cota C 20=c). Pack up fan 8°, and sev down theodgh the A and D'to- yout lef fo Continue working lee (-o) ro create ¢ pattem around the center of the bead. Secare rhe threats lane beadwork, ad tri, @ Revwer Contact Pater Berroa /oemectal boacainutuen. aati Gaver Fisher at gwrenbeadstbreadinfinton, . Visi their website, Lseadingilnan. cmyour own u sliders, Tl ight, the brow parkle on spring linens or winter wools. 1es by danet-Beth MoCann Flynn Everywhere | go late! shapes, and styles. He 78dr beads, iverder pare © fin incre nth ponctant bal Pichia beaut reece #1 + EBON0 aches + G5 po Cen ‘Su Slut (De Urssueds (optional) [5 Using 11" xpd beads, bocksstch a row around all Four sfiders (photo dl, [6] Fin dhe remaining space with ther row of 11s {photo oor other beads as desire ‘We've ch 1a pin finding thar dowlstes ava pendant bail, You may use a plain prin finding just as successfully. [1] Carefully trim the Lacy’s close the beadwork [2] Place the pi piece of Ultrasued ma template to rate [8] Genser the pn finding 01 the Ut suede, and make an low the finding to poke through nthe hack of the embrci owing the finding to exserge (photo. Ler the piece dey completly ony a peefer a crisp-edge, use a hes the Ultrastede 1 ' For a bended mntortable length af were end, Perce th dee ofthe Uleranuede, and exit sway from the headwork (photo gh [6] Pick up hee 11° or aber beads and the U wari he with G-S Hype Cement, @ anet-Beth MeCaren ly (703) 759-2529, janctianetfy Tosee mrore of her werk, wisit he ooh site, janet cor EDITOR'S NOTE: Haye fun experimenting with a variety of bead and slider choices. Some seed beads can give this piece an antique silver or marcasite. effect. The gold brooch en p. 77 uses bugle beads to mimic baguette-cul gemstones. The brooch above Ht surrounds one slider with crystals. For a more organic look, mix bead colors: and sizes, and edge the brooch.“I you think of beadwork as purely ormamental, you are speaking from uniquely Western postin," says Jaye Scat caniemporaty artist known fot her damatic and often controversial figural beadwork. Since the late 1980, shen anany in the burgewning cat movement believed that heausifyl snliry was not the only ambition Bae crate media, Joyce has Bees a leader ‘amg artists who use theit wore ro vey socal commentary Beyond omamentation Clearly, Joyce's uncannily expressive Figuees area fae sight beyond ocrae iment, Her sculptural faces-and bodies are eloquent signifiers of both political scarement and beauty Her sebject matter continucs to stir Up controversy, because Joyee fever skates the painful macters inherent in racial and sexual seereotypes. Rather, she confronts therm directly with powerful images rendered with exgui site technique and peoffered with wunflichingly candid sithes Her own Afvican American heritage deeply influences both her point of view and ber chaice af mnedia. As a child, Jopes learned uilking and beading fram her svother, Elizabeth Talford Scott, a celebrated qual artist. And, though Joree studied fine arte while earning. her BEA from the Maryland Institute, she pursued a jraduate depres in Mexico at Institut de Allende, where she: immersed berself in native crafs 1 was rly hurled experience,” she recalls, "Comitng from the U.S. and from an art schoot where we talked about needing the tha THE HEART 16 4 LONE? UNTER £20004 50 x 30x24 6 15x Tx GRAND TOUR 8 fads, arto Fight tools and the rat manera, saw these people who were making beautiful dhiogs with a pabr of piers ad some Aver Mexico, she contitied hi stody of indigenous craft, including Native American beadwork, Navaho ug weaving, and the quile techniques ff the Kana people of Panama Joyce's travels were nor merely a satheriag of techascal skills but of a diversity of porspectives. This multiplicity continues ta informs het work, where Buddhist, Haitian vodoun, and Victorian aesthetic references can come into play Her work's candor has often included using genitalia or racial -pithets to eballer preconceptions and ts address the sovial isnaes that concern her. AS a roulteh has noe always mit aoseptance, Ja 2005, the Frise Center in Noshwille, Tennessee, canceled a show of her work because the saff worried thar it would offend their ience. Vasked Joyce how she when people react 50 negatively, “I don't anticipate tha,” che says, Ie feels very quiet when I'm creating something. The way work is media tive, quiet process that my work emerges from, Im really responding to what's poing on our the A deeply visceral reaction thore™ cam he seen in Joyce's nec: iece Chall Liner (p, #2, lef). She Fesponds in this prce 20 the Elling 14 young girl in ber Balswaore ghborbood. The dacurhing montage af the ges prontrace body and the gesturing oalooker hokling her viewers wt Controversial hema Apel Eahorror is underscored ssdgad shapes of bod Ag that compose the ncckpicce implying thae others h to meet this gr inclusion of a hari h ophone astensibly refers to the the p sews media who the story, But The miccophowe a ‘of communica * she explains, Viewing itin the frame of a photo, i’ et this ia piece of jeweley meant a. Wearing it is a comatit- asserts, acknowledging that these conversations start off between artist and viewer. But her intention ie that they join the p al discourse on life Merging beadwork and glass While Chall Lines is made with seed bends, much of Joye recent work “The and excited work combs smvlvemen ine with J School she has exp with las ss, among. others, ce tor merge thes ikard A stitched parse of seed beads, now Joyce seeks to glass, bot these already being incorporated in, her A cast glass andbeadwork elemescolumn and astride a second flower and nat allow yourself to hack This seemingly blisstul composition your owe work. Bat I hetieve in Hisiter (p. 80}, which stands almest is jarred by the serie skeletal challenging myself in the studios every Lin) eal Pingybacked on the ascendant, dloy so thot the dell i always there.” A line beaded figure, precatieusly hanes-colored adalisque ~ signaling arrayed on a tripod armature, ‘thar-even ia this idyllic scenario, Embracing the mbraces and almost envelopes a there's in excape from mnaealiy, decorative or not rauch smaller figure, The case-glass ‘ts Spiked Tea (opposite, right), Joyce identifies Lavat Lavymder and upper torso coatain stixched vivid figures flaat like wafting steam ip. $4,-censer, huachwork thor has been distressed im around a teapot. fn Joyce's wildly 8 breakshrough lace. Packed with inclusions — the casing proces. The faces cast- colorful uichwork of bodies, we armethyst cabachona,cat-plve Bass pure abo funetions asa hala can pechaps sce a reference to her element, phonrembelished pass arobd the tall, almost animare dily embellished story pieces face bubbles resthesaly. figure i supports. Another faceless quis. This most sensual of toa Though she uncharacteristically but beaded figure hangs below, adapts many of she conventional neckpioce forms, she also flours “This pice i abe things we do “The seale is impoeram the silly Foyce says, It spectically challenges whar's expected in formal Ie executed beadwork.” Joyce had several piccos featured in a recent exhibition called Dirt Works, witich was dedicated to work ic media. One pleco, Hosealy Boody om Crack tmagites His Baby Plato (near right), throws the tran nsifying chéect of drags ites high relief By contrasting glass beadwark with ceramic beads, Certainly, the blighted bead face clashes to great effect with the serene ceramic face of a child set ia whar che calls a “swarming cosmox” of hand made ceramic beads, Despite the agymmetry and disfigurement of Howdy's tase, he has a contesnplative look, af considering ie his duress, oases delights with its beguiling the peaceful repose of his former sell, aid whimsical figures, k-womkd certainly he ar home athe Mad A fearsome reputation Hatter’ tea parry “That pece has flowers int Yes there at oe of Alice in i? muses Joyce, when Task her aboot warms Jayee, refering to the Lewis right (p, 84, t0p).*T resisred beading, Carroll character When we talk: abst flowers because they are such a his work an Bragh, she seems to convention of header. But then sense that her almost feaesoatc te put thought, why ant? and wene ake While there are flowers in Bright, 1s real beauty les in the al oral arrangement of the figures on a8 an unstinting vaice of social i policical crieique doesn’ ail hese intimate weeks. “Toul make a lor moremoney Two languid, tightly bued figures heing a onc-trick pony" she save dean aginst a petted column that bears abut het explicitly controversial a large, beautifal lower. Anather "Bur | refuse to settle, Its a Survaccous Figure stands acop the big lesson to contiiue to be creative {yl 2ne at the world respond to the social, x de thea litical, and economic injustices Africa. loss her fire, consider her recear 1 think how we asa species piece Dead African (below), An apond 1o-what is happening in inere and highly vealistic form lies in Africa bodes a lar foe bumarticg.” she asserts, “Lean write that down, ‘or tos a piece like that Undoubtedly she knows that her pled pose 0 ‘One arm haa been severed a wrist, 4 reference to the freq ue pinged children in pawer tonact change fies most a patently in ry abe creates, ‘san I de-abour what's happening in Africa? How can | More to say hher 194M bak, Fearless visationa Fey + Handheriting cond Drawings dren wc | maimed there ain i palpable i help the wor are being rapes she asks, The oyce's woice when the ras. “Whe has long been ot of Tmade this piece, I was thinking print, ack if she'd consider about crime scene investigations and reprntia forensics, the search for evidenc “No,” she rejoins. “Id like 10 bout also that this body has given wp write another book. As a teacher f who 50 long, Thave much more to say since I wrote Fearless Beadwork. would be great to pur lay claien to ray adventure Sey, we can anticipate this and the ghost, and thas last his soc The wot: is her exhor rach Joyce, And the high adver will ‘certainly make good reading. Sh has blazed an rich can be ‘exper As journey, we Pome O° Common is a comeributo . ._% é. . oe * . GY 0s 2916x049 G0 2-9 60 0-9 ‘ Cn5 22D BHO GL CAT G2 C9 DL -B : nO OS k ;collar of flowers, early this year. Fe those seed beads, rand step/ystep Flowers [4] Using » comfortable length of sondioned theess (Basics, p. 132) string 2 stop bead (Basics) 40 Bin, (cen) from the end, Pick ap 1 olor A 11" wed beads and ten ‘color 81" eed beads [ER] Slide the beads nenx 19 the sop bead, and sew through the first B again to form 4 sinall cing igure, ab) Pick up a Sen fire-poliahed bead. Sew throwgh the sixth B, the Jem, andthe fest Be) [3] Pick up seven enlor C 11% soed Theta andl sew theough the tied B ‘on the ring figure 2, a-bh. Pick up seven skip a bead on the ring, and ew throxagh the next B Bo. Repeat three more mes foe 2 weal ‘ot Five peels fo-d, [i] Pick wp three color D 11° seed beads, and sew ehrough the thing, fourth, and filth Cs on the fest petal Figure 3, seb). Pick up three Ds, skip a head on the ring, and sew throug the nest B-YO-e), Repeat with the remaining four petals fo-d) Sew throwgh the ring of Bs and five As (he), (B] Pick up 12 Aa. Sew through the stem bead in the sare din and the Gis dew A en8, Pick ap thece Ax, Sew through the cighth Iv as you work. snow to melt! Stitch a nnd experience spring n array f colors, get out ¢ petal hues sad seventh As gh Pick aid sew througeh the sixth a As (g-¥).Piek up an A, sew through the center A, pick wp ani A. and sew throgh the 12th A Dilt an the remaining stem beads 6-9. TG] Pick up two As,and sew through the Fist ewe stem Beads and the wo new As again (gue 4, ab), Pick up two As, and sew ap through the pecvious ewo As. Fick ‘9 at, nl ew down through the nwa As jus added (=<) Sontinive working a rwo-bead ladder (Basics for a rota of tem pairs, adding single bead every other puis, as shorn Ke=d (7 Fick up tine As and ten Bs Repeat step 2 (+2). TB) Work the fire tree potale as i step 3 for) Forthe fourth petal, nA, tint MATERIALS sca 17, (er | entnen cnt se baa | = ae 1+ Japanese seed boas Zoe, cr A £9 906, 09078 7a ore coker 59 Ionia, coe + Nimo Dor Chen + been | § noice #21 or m2 P OL*-0 G09 GD en GW 249 GD 249Pick up three Ce awe through the em trad on the second peal of the pecviows ‘ower, pick up three Co, and sew ‘Hough the Bon the ring (Hg). Add the ‘hin petal get), and repeat ep 4, but ‘only sew chrowgh four As on the stem. [9] Pick up 12 As. Sow through the stem head i the same direction and che fies cw A figure 8, bh. Pick up thace ‘8S. Sew thicugh the cighth and sevens 08 ess Mitta | bendanlitinicien ‘As, the end A om the leaf om the Previous flower, and the sinth and fit As (Pnc) Pick up an A, and sew through the crore A, pick up an Ay and sew through the 12th A and ewo As an the stem (o-d) (90) Repeat secp 5 to add 2 second leaf, [414] Repeat stops 6-10 sel you reech the desired length misias 1 isi. (2Sem) forthe clasp. My nocklace has 23 Dowers and is 16 i. (4 Lem) long with ‘ont the claap, Remove the stop heal, secure the tail and working thread in the beadwork with half-hitch knots: (Basics) ferwen a few bead, and! rim, Clasp (1) Woking with 1 y8, 9m) af ‘ondiioned thread, string: stop bead to 12 im, (38cm) from the end. Pick upfour Cs, a 3m, and for Cs, Work vekl-count peyore (Basics) using Cx for 2 total of five rows. Treat the Jum as fone 11 [2] Remove the stop bead, and thread a needle a the ral. Work five tows of cadd- the clear beads ae at pevals using the head sequence bare wiee, Make loop petals top. Twist the long below, For the third, sabst- below the heaals using the ‘wire around the shaet one tute tea dark purple 11 for ‘bare wire, and eat it closed ‘igure, eb). ‘he tue, if ene. (@hoto dh. Thete beads TM) On the long wire. pick five light parple 11% top the bead paren in step 2, chee mediatn parple 11% become the first row of the leaf and are referred ta te ‘but use two yellow 11% five light pepe 11% hase rome & ase, Jnstead af one atthe stare ‘one bale [3 Waites on Mat wore, sand ond, Side the beads close three rmedium purple 1 slide enough beads next tthe first petal. Weise the thre white 11°5 the base row 0 they extendt ‘wices an aban (bee) three lear 11° ‘ighely post it. Wrap the [5 Repear stp4, bor ase three white 1155 working wire arvana! the wire, three yellow 1155.0 staet three medium purple 11% 22m. (64em) of yellow coming. out the tog nf the hase and end the parteen (e-<) cone bugle 11% on one wire, Makea rom. Theac leaves ae poinced Repeat step 5 (6-8). five light purple 11s and wiwrthe atthe top and bottom, 2 Repeat scp 5 agnin (oof, three ned pup W's wire below the beads, Then wrap the wire at a ange 0 [8] Mabe one quer loop on five light parple 1 ‘wistthe heads wo forma form the pointaphote #), cach side of the center petals, spiral (ahoto bj, Repeat with — [4] Repeat step 3.on the ocher Use four yellow Lis, 30 Stamens the remsining cwe wires, side af the ac aig & recmim puirplé 11% and [1] Carchree S-in. (13cm) [J Twist ewo of the spirals ead or two as neceenary fou yellow 11'eQeg and g-h}. pices of yellow wire. Center together (photo e), ‘cent the oval shape. Work (esiltiton.enan | Apel 8) 0toeal of nine cows, counting sero the el (] Gut the wire fram he ‘spool, leaving. a in. rail. ‘Twist the tail ancl loop wires tightly to secure the beads (photo 1). Trim the wire above the leaf tm 9 in. (Lemt, cand fold it against the back of the leaf (hata a). 16} Lace in step 10 of the lower petals. EP] To make a second small leat, transfer 28 in. (7m) of dark green 11° to the site, and work 11 rows across. Large leaves [1] Transfer 64 in, (1.6m) of dark groen (1's 10 dhe spe fof preem wire, Seart-with an Min. (28m hase row [2) To keep the rows in place, lace these 28 you Sart a fin, prcec of H-guupe green wite, fod ic tn hal to find the center and secure it with several wraps berwnen beads at the center ‘ofthe hase row (phat t. Aeach a second and third lacey wire close to each end cof the Base rw [3] Make four more rows ax fe steps 3 anc4 of the seul Jeaves. Lace the ite acrons the rows iphoto . Dan's cue the lacing wires yet 14) To make sous 65, slide fy remaining beads toward the leaf, allow 14h yd. (14m) ‘of wine from the lea tothe spol, and cur the ware at the spool 5} String dark groon and ight seen 11% foreach of the nese for row, Use igh gro 11% sev acc the leaf tps aad ‘2 roms photo Fine lacing these ore, and secre the mites around the cnd rows with a few wraps. Add ote or ‘wermnore ren of lacing tn the ‘ea if sine [6] Make a second large leat, ssarting with a hase row approximately 2 in, shomer shan the fire, Assombly [1] Determine se finished length af your flower ster. My irises range feom 8-12 in (20-30em). Cus the three ‘sem wires to thar length, [2] Cutan 184i, (46cm) piece of floral tape in hall lemgtiive Hold the tape at an angle, and wrap the hice Stem wires together wich ome thins Layer (oti [3] Wrap the exposed wire vom cach petal, staimen, and leaf with a thin layer of floral wrapping them together (photo mi. Make severalpasses to hold therm securely, should extend slight Don’t cut the wi the stem, Attach the 0 [5] Place lower petal under small leaf vo che front of the the single tamer, wramg side stem, ahour Si, (14cm [11] Attach-+ new piece of down. Bund the petal the below the fru leaf iphoto . lacing wire sear the bot seen wish the lasing wire [9] Transfer 205 yd. (2.3om) ofthe ster. Rind Lange feat {hoto ). Position the cf dark grec beads to the tareach side of the sten u remaining two lower petals spool, anal wrap the beaced bottom, Lace the fon cach side of the first so wire around the spool (Hem) of one the three are close togethet Keep it fram gettiig tangled. feaf and 6 in, of the exber ro Bend the petals so they point Secure the bare end ofthis the tem fahoto u. Bend the down tpnota o}- write around the epof the nnnattached portions ineo a [6] Bind che upper petal stern with several wraps, then aatural arching shape ‘opposite the first lower petal, wrap the stem with an even [12] Gernly shape the petals oward the inside, layerof beads (photo 8), and leaves as shown on the remaining two leaving the bottom p- 94 ta pve them a naueal thawle of exposed. Secure the beach appearance, Use oral clay to w thee are close with several wraps of bare anchor the ster in a vase or togethce These petals point wire, Cut the wire; C cachepot. Caves the floral sap. Bend the single spiral ‘hare wire atthe clay with Spanish mons oe i stamea down (ptato ph the stem with a thi decorative uones. © [7] Wrap the lasing wire hora cape. 2 sarvund the stem several [10] To keep the xoall Audra Alyse toes in times, and cuit. Weap the leaves close eo the stem, Massachosetds. ( tact ber upper section ofthestem attach 4 6-in. piece of Lacing at audreaahyet@carncast.net ‘with anorher thin layer of wire near the cester of For anstruciions om he oral tzpe (photo a) leafs edge rows Go behind —— maha the butterfly shown [B] Attach anew piece of he leaf, and attach the wi i ' ing wire appre to the arher edge tm] 3 in, (7-548) below the Then go-round the flower, and bind the nine and connect the wite ac the row stull leaf to the back of starting point (photo 9. the seem, The: tip of the fe Make a second past a few trl tty [u)One d SOO by Blaine Pinckney I love the serpentine look and feel of tubular peyote and really get a kick out of experimenting with its many tations. By enhaneing it with the simple inc vundy vu ases of the Duteh spiral stitch: dec tely transforms a sleek peyote tube into mt animal, an entirely diffe‘A burst of color tans cut trom a peyote eee re Pee ey et ay the impression that you're weaing one Dos“3 1 213 -Mporpanea npocmorpa HacGpame Hun 1 charcon 1g seo ov color le 11%, cde A 11 oun oe arctan nd fon * beading nee, #12 stepbystep [41] On» comfortable lenge tf conditioned Nymo fave it sdombled) or Fire, pick up 120 seed beac inthe Flowing, flor sequence: an A a B, tre Cs, tw Ds 0 Bs foe Fs, wi Go tes Hi 0 a a ‘Leaving a Gn. (15em) tail ie the Iwas ino 2 Fig, wish a square knee (Basi 1132), Sew through the firs two beads again gure, 8 2} Jule yore (Bascal as follows Fick up 4 B, ship the fire C, ind sew through the secon. Pick upa G, kip the D,and sew throm the second D («Continue the pattern around the rite adiing an F,rwo Fs, a Gan Hand an [fo-d To seep pick up 4 Jand an A,and sew shrough the B added on this round (ie) (3 Reunds 40, Repeat step 2 (que 2. a-bo [4] Continue works the parern in tubular peyore as 102 ew bn | bed sup atthe step-sap of each svat a follow: Rounds 41-80: 24s Rounds 1-100: Jax owinds 101-108: 4As Rounds 16-110) Rounds 111-112: 6As Rounds 13-114: TAs Rarunds 115-116: RAs Rounds 117-118: 9A Rounds [19+120: 104s Rowids 121-122: 11As Rowmds 123-124: 124s Rounds 125126: 138s Rounds 127-128: 14As Rounds (She he center of the necelac The finished necklace length 19190 in. (ABAD, ‘crease the length of yoor necklace, continue adding rounds of 15 Asunil you have ade the desired len. | Decrease the number of As picked up for the following rounds so the second hall of th che acter image of Rounds 248-285: Rounds 250-251 Rounds 252-283: Route 254-285. Rounds 56-28 Rounds 258-299; Rounds 260-261: Rounds 26 Rounds 264-265; Rounds 356-95; 1A [7] Sew a sap Ral tod ana last roueds of he (hate a). Make wre the soap halves are securely arches, andthe dete edges of the with a round of peyote, ting one ofthe lange beads from the patter (phones B and of Secure the threads i the beadwork, ans trim Sul deo beads hide the snap om the necklase shown fon p. 101, an are aitchel between the Bs in the neeace fine tw accentuate the spiral. @ Elaibe Pinceney fives Daclt, Georgia. Com ther at (7709 33 ebetdchascr@bept ie : A » Feast poten for eC S (jets start atthe beginning. ‘Whar were you doing before vow began working with glass? was making ving restoring ‘vintage cars. {really enjoyed doing i, but T was seating to develop allergies to all the chernicls involved. | neede something esc, but ‘what I wanted to do. So how did you come upy wrth glass? About tweise years-ago, twas. helping my partner, Judie ain, at Waris art shows a festivals around Califocnia Ar one festival, [saw this iy doing lass, wene over to watch hi ‘ended up talking ta him, Soon har, I signed up to take a be making class taught by Kim Os Leah Fairbanks. | went out a bought a tore lass rods and never looked hack: kiln, and some ) Whac is ic char keeps you abour the material You have eo commit to i¢ totally. mean, if you look at i in tual way, at's almost like a medi fon. I takes you away from thosughs of anything else in yous life because you've got toe pr 104 hewiae‘What abour the famasy creatures you make? Where Speaking af bulging eves, one of de thowe come from? ‘most popular beads is the [think from my nightmares! frog's head (above, right center}. Acraally, someone ask How did you come up with him? bead. So, Fopen Freud, aid‘other things ~ leatherwor, textiles, all handcraft, Js tnutterials that are zaue and organic with lots of color. She always gies with her heart: stained glass Her designs are strong, Docs be bel you with your snlor chaices ar other elements in Four beads? Her color sense is wery strong, so-she'll suggest colors me. But she's also making beads nav Her breads look very mush like stones (jp. 105}, “The collaboration helps because fur business takes lot of work, Jie has much seromper business sense than Udo. Him fle a kite on the end of a string: She holls the string, for Fwill float away Do you ever get frustrated or stuck? How do you get going ‘again if that happens? Yoou know, that deesn’s happen Hive-in ehe most beautiful plas We have five acres with a ereek ru ‘ing through it, four miles fram the ‘ocean in a beautiful valley in 5 Crug, Our house isa 197 intern: ‘onal school bus, and we have a Tuscan outdoor kigshen My commute to work isa five walk acrogs the yard, through ful glass archway, a bea my stodio, which is ike my dream hows. I bave bein hese Where da you see yaaesel five ‘years from now! keep making beads and glass y because Tenjoy it learn mit, and ie pays che bills. ft Ima hoping to spend more time making sculptural picces and more fine art, know you teach beadmaking ‘What rips do you genceally give your stun 1. Buy good equipment 2. Work in a well-ventilated area 3. Practice, practice, practice, 4 Have f 5. Dos't worry ifr doesn't come out as you expected. Jast keep ati. Fes all about the tune you ar more iuforiticn a Robbins ama fusdie Ment isa contributing Beade> Button, Contact er fat pans pat @risn.camn 107Cleverly combined Ndebele herringbone and peyote stitch Create a Custom bail Uy Carol Cypher e-tne your stitch peyote. Together, that f whi 18 OL LO bees vt stepbystep ‘The bail islangely made up of ering otic, with » peyore inchusion at the bottam that helps ie fam out to spam the length of your art bead. Use sight sension, and refer to igure fad the ‘color chart as you work. (4) Oma 211.8) length of thread, stitch a bead ladder (asi, p. 132) xc beads wide and four bends long, wsing cular A-11*seed beads Leave an Sin, ag skills with he increases and decreases as welll as as ie uttering of he stitches create a framework ea stu str row of heringhone ia As, ig aroitnd as shown to-o) Row + Work a row of herringbone in AAs. with 2 modified tucm fond Rows $12: Woek the nent eight rows asim ew 4 (a, Rows 1-20; Work increases in one with As, color © 15" seed fads, and color 015" seed beads fo) ‘Work decreases in hereingbone with As and Cs (hah Rows 23-30; Work in hertinghooe as in row 4 fg Rows 31-32: Work a row of modified hereinghone using As and Ds (hi. Row 33-35: Work in modklied hecringtsone tt). Rows 36-43: Work in herringbone andl peyote OH. Rows 4-45: Complete rwo modified herringbone sitshes-oa one side. Then sew throogh the last row of peyote to. st to the other side. Complete twor fives af modified erringhone (ki. (3) Sew through che fase row added, sad ten as before (igure 2, Bp. Pick up five As thiee color B 11 seed beads, theart eid, three Bs, and five As. Sew through the H on the oppaasite side of he bail fhe), w | Ape oi 448(4) Using s, work in fle peyote (Basics) for the next three stirches. Then pick up three Bs and sew through the fart bead £5] Marrow step 5 om the osher side of the art bead {] Reinforce these beads with w second and thied eheead path. Secure the eheead ‘i the bail, tying half-hitch knots sonnet caw ts ro 29 by sewing back and forth through te reads in boch cows vw finish the ail (photo). 0 \Caral Cypher teacher beashoenk and (elton nationesde. View her schediele suid Rite caine tt earalcypbercom, ‘Coutact bee a (845) 284-6417 stealeyphercom, ar at PO Bax Esopns, New York 12429, oe MATERIALS bbe 1. om) ean sorta, abet 1 in (Sc) rg 1 By aac dnpaneas toad beads ee 17; odors Aan & wisn 15, corn C.D orc E 1 Powar Fim 101. est a Fins 6b, mat = beady neces, #12 AR endtan | ean ovatml i Sth Shear a ayeacin So ee aha! , ape ae | ae rm ee‘Lake it uu CASY over a two-drop peyote: band for a luxurious bracelet fy Karmen Schmidt Embellishing a basic stitched band is a classic beading technique that can result in a lush and impressive bracelet. Depending upon the approach, however, itcan be # time-consuming undertaking. By using loops of beads, you can add a rich fullness to beaded projects without a lot of fuss, stepbystep (33) To secure the last seiech on this row, | MATERIALS: ture as in odd-couar peyore (Basics): beamelet Fm, (Sern ‘Two-drop peyote bese Go through the fire two beads in row 1 (© BOD approximately) Aim bicore [1] Thread a moede with 2 6. (138m) (Gea. Pick up rwovcylinders, then go yal or fe-polarad bac of condaioned Nymo (tasks, p. 132}, dhugonally dicough the las sinc of cow | © 1g Japanese cer boas and pick up 4 top hea (Basics leaving 2 and the cond-mat inch of ow 1 | = sa. 1atee baace 4 Gin. (1Seen} tail 2agcobr A [2] Pick up 18 cylinder beads (gure 1, Sq agen of Bcomelomertary eters: sb). Then pick up tworcglinders, kip tbe last on rows Band 1 (gl. Ga buck aC the last rwo,and go through the next through the wa beads jas added (gh). | = tube-stje cio wh 21mm sie bor te (D-C) Pick up twa cylinders in cach [4] Make four stitches to somplece (Pe Grane, 800-548-6040, fof the nest three tworsirup peyore row 4 98 shown in figure 2, grande cmt (Basics) stitches fo-d. 1S] Fortow §, pickup twa beads per | = Nymo Bar snitch acrons che cow (gure 3, a-b). * bradhg noedoe, 114 or 12 ‘Sherine one bance rierety fery Gov under the thread beidge berween + beeswacar Thieed Heaven cyiats n tis sopreteate trace the cw row helen, and go back = G5 po Comer throu the inst two beads added in the opposite direction Rone. hevdatintion.eam | Apeil 0 188{6} Cosnmue stitching in rwro-deop peyore until your band ix about a longs fs the circumference of your wrist Add new thread as needed FF] Te make the flaps thor wil attach the band ta the clasp, dectease By ont tcitch oo cach side of the band, Begin by xing at ques 4, point a. Go tind the theead briige bela, and go track through the rwo beads you just cesitel (Rb). [B) Make chree stitches to complete the first row @eh 19) Turn and make four stitches to ‘complete the second raw of the flap. Go tender the thread bridge below o-<) and track throngh the last two teaids added, (10) Coatinne in two-drop peyote for six move rows (ah Do not finish off the nail yer, (14) Repeat steps 7-10 on the other cent a che band, Loops [A] Center a rede on 4 4-p (3.7m) pice of Nyosa, and, working wate Crapatet a gonte rua Pia rapa raturaly rou youdoable thee secure tithe beadvvonk near one end of the band {nor the flaps). Sew through the beadwork to exit the second bead from the ex: the: first row gure 8, oir a. [2] Pick up four color A 11" seed beads, a color B 11,2 color C 11%, a calor D 11", a eryatal,a Dy Ga By and four As. Cross the beads aver the band, and go through the seen bead frm the other exe (@-D). (9) Pick up the same bed vequencs «ross the beads over the band, and go inno the accond bead from the edge ia she next row fO-€). Repeat (O=d) for the length tf che band, Clasp [1] Shide ots of the clasp bars onto 2 flap, and weap the flap areuand the bar. half-hitch knots (Basics cloe chem with — Karnven Scfonadt is she president of the [2] Thread a needle om the tail froen the glae, and srim. Portland Beat Sacer, Gomtact her iz flap, and stitch the Hap to-the underside [3] Making wire the band not twisted — oraaif at schonideI@ecieebaternet, or of the First wow of the hand (phote a). and che clasp is property onenied, sit her website, pigamdpanca com. 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Visit her website, agrainofsand.com, anal 5 ook under Findings World on a String Part “The secon installment in the acclaimed fourpar series by filmmaker Diana Friedbers is ow available on DVD, This 94 minute fim takes us on a colorful journey foxsing 0a seed beads and their worldwide wpsict as they become wey sed in cultea! and religions abjects. Available online for $24.99 at workdocasteingmaviesor project hela] | BEADS for | your ‘ie | | wwwiladybugs-usacom | nn mt 992 Hewlaten | Heo Basies Malt-hitch knot bead, atid form a loop \\ perpendicular to the thread between beads. Bring the needle under that thieadd \ ex ae and away frum the loop. ‘Then go back aver the thread and chrowgh the loop. Pull gently 0 the knot doesn't naturel. Overhand knot rt ‘Crosstheends to make aloo, SS Bring the end that crosses in front through the loop. ull a tighten ‘Square knot Bring the left-hand cord over the right-band cord and around = (Cross right over lett and ) go through the bop Surgeon's knot cig the left-haral pe cop over the tight hhand cond twice. Py News! cds to tighten right over left and go ‘through the foop. Pull ighten. Beaded backstitch BEBO 9—— To stitch s Line of beads, come up ‘through the fabric from the waa fie. Pick up thee beads. Stretch thelbead thread along the lie where thetheads wil po. and go throxigh the fabri right after the third bead, Come up through the fabric bbetwoem the second and third beads, and go through the third bead again. Pick up theee more beads, and repeat Fora tighter stitch, pike uponly one or tro beads a. Brick stitch ace Workoffa etched ladder (see Laden Begin each rick stitch row sr thread shows on the edge: Piek up two beads. Go under the thread bridge between the second and third beacls ‘an the Ider from back to front Paull ight. Ga up the second beac added, then doren the first. Come back up the second bead ~ Forth rows remaining stitches. pick PoP sane ppaipap the next loop a the “row befow fra buck to frant. Go back up the new bead, Brick stitch decreases naturally soit’ good ta wie ifyou want to make angled cges. If yu want saight edges in beick stitch. you haveto increase at the begin ing of eae ro: Fo da 80, pick up twobeads, then go under the thread beige between the fret and second ey