Awareness

PEYOTE STITCH / STRINGING

ribbon angel
Think pink and raise awareness for
breast cancer research with this angel
pin or pendant
designed by Elizabeth Pullan

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An awareness ribbon gives this
cute little angel wings.

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FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

Make an awareness ribbon with cylinder beads, add some

gemstones for a body and crystals for a collar, and turn your
beads into an angel.

stepbystep
Ribbon
[1] On 2 yd. (1.8 m) of Fireline, attach
a stop bead (Online Basics), leaving a
12-in. (30 cm) tail, and pick up 70 color
A 110 cylinder beads. Work a row of
peyote stitch (Online Basics) using As
(figure 1, ab).
[2] Work eight rows of peyote stitch
using color B 110 cylinder beads (bc),
and work three rows with As (cd).
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[3] With your thread exiting an end A,

pick up an A and a B, skip a thread
bridge along the straight edge, and work
a brick stitch (Online Basics) using the
next thread bridge (figure 2, ab). Work
three more stitches with a B in each
stitch and a stitch with an A (bc).
[4] Work in decreasing brick stitch for
the remaining rows:
Row 2: Work a stitch with an A and a B,
two stitches with Bs, and a stitch with
an A (cd).

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materials
angel 2 in. (5 cm)
18 x 12 mm faceted rose quartz
bead
12 mm round rose quartz bead
1215 4 mm bicone crystals
1 g 110 seed beads
110 cylinder beads
1 g color A
12 g color B
6 mm bead cap
2-in. (5 cm) head pin
Fireline 6 lb. test
beading needles, #10
eyeglass holder (optional)
pin-back finding (optional)
chainnose pliers
roundnose pliers
wire cutters
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Row 3: An A and a B; a B; and an A

(de).
Row 4: An A and a B; an A (ef).
Row 5: Two Bs (fg).

[5] Remove the stop bead, thread a

needle on the tail, and repeat steps 3
and 4 on the other end.
[6] Fold the ribbon so one side overlaps
the other to form an awareness ribbon
shape (photo a). Sew through the beadwork to exit a bead where the ribbon
overlaps, and tack the ribbon together.
End the threads (Online Basics).

Assembly
[1] On a head pin, string an 18 x 12 mm
faceted rose quartz bead, a bead cap,
and a 12 mm round rose quartz bead.
Make the first half of a wrapped loop
(Online Basics), attach the eyeglass
holder if you are making a pendant, and
complete the wraps (photo b).
[2] On 18 in. (46 cm) of Fireline, pick
up enough 110 seed beads to fit around

FIGURE 3

the bead cap. Tie the beads into a ring

with a square knot (Online Basics), and
sew through the next few beads. Trim
the tail.
[3] Pick up a 4 mm crystal and three
110s. To make a picot, skip the 110s,
sew back through the 4 mm, and
sew through the next 110 in the ring
(figure 3).
[4] Repeat step 3 around the ring.
[5] Place the angels body inside the
ribbon, and tack the collar to the ribbon
where it overlaps. Tack a pin-back
finding to the back of the ribbon if you
are making a pin. End the thread. w

Elizabeth Pullan has been an artist for more than

20 years and has only recently begun beading. She was
inspired to make this angel to thank the many people
she encountered last year as she struggled with her
diagnosis of breast cancer. She gave an angel to everyone
who helped her. Visit Elizabeths Web site, brilliansea.com,
or contact her by e-mail at elizabeth1762@hotmail.com.

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