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A Rani's
Paisley
Jamie Hogsett
Originally published in
Create Jewelry: Crystals (Interweave, 2007)
joe coca

A Rani's Paisley originally published in Create Jewelry: Crystals (Interweave, 2007). ©Interweave Press, LLC. Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved.
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 A Rani’s Paisley
This colorful embroidered brooch sparkles
M AT E R I A L S with crystal sew-on stones and seed beads
5 g grape lined size 15° seed beads
stitched to a felt backing. You’re sure to adorn
1 g tawny topaz lined size 15° seed beads
5 g light gold bronze metallic iris size 15° yourself with this piece again and again as it is
seed beads
truly fit for a queen!
1 g light olivine gold matte silver-lined size
15° seed beads
1 g khaki purple matte metallic iris size 11°

1
seed beads Use the white paper and pencil to trace the
114 bronze matte metallic iris size 8° design (Figure 1). The interior lines serve as
seed beads guidelines and do not need to be exact. Cut all
11 jonquil 5mm crystal sew-on stones around the design just beyond the outline. Trace
(3128) the cut shape onto the felt twice, cut, and set 1 piece
12 light topaz 5mm crystal sew-on stones aside.
(3128)

2
16 topaz 5mm crystal sew-on stones Secure 6' (2m) of doubled thread to the back of
(3128) the felt, passing up through it near the center of
21 tanzanite 5mm crystal sew-on stones the tanzanite swirl. String 1 tanzanite sew-on
(3128) stone, 1 grape size 15° seed bead, and 1 light gold
1 silver 11/2" (4cm) pin back bronze metallic iris size 15° seed bead. Pass back
3x6" (7x15cm) piece of purple felt through the grape size 15°, the stone, and the felt.
Piece of white paper Pass back up through the felt and repeat, placing all
Purple Nymo size D beading thread the tanzanite stones and adding thread as necessary.
TOOLS
Pencil
Scissors
Size 10 beading needle

FINISHED SIZE
3" (7cm) diameter

Figure 1

A Rani's Paisley originally published in Create Jewelry: Crystals (Interweave, 2007). ©Interweave Press, LLC. Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved.
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Repeat Step 2, using jonquil sew-on stones, light olivine
gold matte silver-lined size 15° seed beads, and light gold
bronze metallic iris size 15° seed beads.

4
Repeat Step 2, using light topaz sew-on stones, tawny
topaz lined size 15° seed beads, and light gold bronze
metallic iris size 15° seed beads.

5
Repeat Step 2, using topaz sew-on stones, tawny topaz
lined size 15° seed beads, and light gold bronze metallic iris
size 15° seed beads.

6
Fill in the large spaces between the sew-on stones by passing up
through the felt and stringing 1 size 8° and 1 light gold bronze
metallic iris size 15° seed bead. Pass back through the size 8° and felt.
Repeat around the brooch.

7
Fill in the small spaces between the sew-on stones and the size 8° bead stacks
by passing up through the felt, and string 1 size 11° seed bead and 1 grape
size 15° seed bead. Pass back through the size 11° and the felt. Repeat around,
using the grape size 15° seed beads around the tanzanite sew-on stones and using
the light olivine gold matte silver-lined size 15° seed beads around the jonquil,
light topaz, and topaz sew-on stones.

8
To make the pin back, lay your pin back in the center of the remaining piece
of felt and mark the position of the hinges. Cut a small snip at each mark.
Pass the pin and hinges through and close the pin so it stays in place.

9
To make the whipstitch edging, use 4' (1m) of conditioned doubled thread with
a knot at the end to pass up through the back of the beaded piece of felt in the
corner near the last tanzanite sew-on stone. Hold the two pieces of felt together.
String 6 grape size 15°s and pass through the backing felt and beaded felt. Continue
to whipstitch around the brooch, transitioning from grape size 15°s to tawny topaz
lined size 15°s and to light gold bronze metallic iris size 15°s for the brooch. Tie off
thread between whipstitched rows and hide the knot between beads.

A Rani's Paisley originally published in Create Jewelry: Crystals (Interweave, 2007). ©Interweave Press, LLC. Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved.
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A Rani's Paisley originally published in Create Jewelry: Crystals (Interweave, 2007). ©Interweave Press, LLC. Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved.
publishers of Beadwork magazine . . . join the online beading community at BeadingDaily.com
Visit InterweaveStore.com/jewelryprojects for more great projects!
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