Bead&Button Online Project 1

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by Jane Danley Cruz
Dress up this simple peyote stitch
band with sparkling crystal buttons.
bracelet
PEYOTE STITCH
Cute as a button
Bead&Button Online Project 2
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Materials
bracelet 7 in. (18 cm)
3 mm Crystaletts buttons
(www.crystaletts.com)
41 color A (rose in black rhodium bezel)
14 color B (aqua Bohemica in black
rhodium bezel)
6 g 1.5 mm cube beads
(Toho 1C221, bronze)
1 g 110 seed beads (Toho 457G, metallic
golden bronze; www.beadhaven.com)
1 g 150 seed beads (Miyuki F460I, olivine
bronze matte metallic iris;
www.beyondbeadery.com)
2-strand slide clasp
Fireline 6 lb. test
beading needles, #11
Jane Danley Cruz
is an associate editor
at Bead&Button.
Contact her at jcruz@
beadandbutton.com.
stepbystep
Band
[1] On a comfortable length of thread,
attach a stop bead (Online Beading
Basics), leaving an 8-in. (20 cm) tail.
Pick up nine 1.5 mm cube beads, which
will shift to form the first two rows as
row 3 is added.
[2] Work the next two rows as follows:
Row 3: Work four stitches in flat odd-
count peyote stitch (Online Basics) using
cubes. Pick up the final cube of the row,
and work the odd-count figure-8 turn.
You are now in position to start row 4.
Row 4: Work four stitches using cubes.
[3] Work as in rows 3 and 4 until you
have a total of 12 rows (youll have six
cubes along each straight edge of the
band).
[4] Work the next six rows as follows,
keeping your tension consistent but not
tight. Note: After row 13, you may find
it easier to see the stitches if you work
on the back of the band so the button
faces away from you.
Row 13: Work as follows (refer to
figure 1):
Work two stitches using cubes.
Work a stitch using a color A 3 mm
Crystaletts button.
Work a stitch using a cube.
Pick up a cube, and work an odd-
count turn.
Row 14: Work four stitches using cubes,
sewing through the button as if it were
a bead (figure 2).
Row 15: Work in modified odd-count
peyote stitch as follows:
Work two stitches using cubes, and
then sew through the button and the
next up-bead in the previous row with-
out picking up a bead (figure 3, ab).
Work a stitch using a cube (bc).
Pick up a cube, and work an odd-
count turn (cd).
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FIGURE 3
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2
Row 16: Work in modified odd-count
peyote stitch as follows (de):
Work a stitch using a cube.
Pick up a cube, and sew through
the button.
Work two stitches using cubes.
Rows 17 and 18: Work in flat odd-count
peyote stitch using cubes (figure 4).
[5] Repeat step 4 for the desired length
band minus the last 12 rows and 1 in.
(2.5 cm) for the clasp. End and add
thread (Online Basics) as needed.
[6] Work 12 rows of flat odd-count
peyote using cubes. Make sure the num-
ber of cubes along each edge of the
band is divisible by three. Do not end
the working thread or tail.
3 mm Crystaletts button
1.5 mm cube bead
11
0
seed bead
15
0
seed bead
Difficulty rating
Bead&Button Online Project 3
Clasp
[1] Work one stitch with a cube. Pick
up an 110 seed bead, an A, an 110,
seven 150 seed beads, a loop of the
clasp, and an 110. Sew back through
the A, positioning the button so it is
face up on the bracelet. Pick up an 110,
and sew through the next three beads
at the end of the band (figure 5). Repeat
this connection to attach the other loop
of the clasp, and then work an odd-
count turn. Retrace the thread path to
reinforce the connection, and end the
working thread.
[2] Remove the stop bead from the
tail, and work as in step 1 to add the
other half of the clasp to this end of the
band. End the tail.
Edging
[1] Add 1 yd. (1.4 m) of thread
to one end of the band, and exit the
second cube along one edge with the
needle pointing away from the band.
[2] Pick up an 110, three 150s, and an
110. Skip the next cube along the edge
of the band, sew down through the fol-
lowing cube, and continue up through
the next cube. You have just completed
one edging unit (figure 6). Repeat this
step for the length of the band.
[3] Sew through the beadwork to exit
the second cube along the other edge,
and repeat step 2.
[4] Sew through the beadwork to exit
the second cube along the first edge,
and sew through the first 110 in the
first edging unit. Pick up an A, skip the
three 150s, and sew down through the
next 110 and the cube directly below it
(figure 7, ab).
[5] Sew through the beadwork to skip
the next edging unit, and exit the first
110 in the following edging unit (bc).
Pick up a color B 3 mm Crystaletts
button, skip the next three 150s, and
sew down through the following 110
and the cube directly below it.
[6] Work as in step 5, but pick up an A
instead of a B.
[7] Repeat step 5, alternating As and
Bs, for the length of the band.
[8] Sew through the beadwork to the
other edge, and repeat steps 47 to
embellish this edge of the band. End
the thread. w
FIGURE 5
FIGURE 6
FIGURE 7
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b
c
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