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Learn more about
the contributors
in this issue.
Diane Carol Smalley Lisa O'Rourke Lesley Messam
Fitzgerald Carol loves being Lisa is a designer Lesley is a Senior Art
Diane is a world in her bead room with maker from Clay Instructor, PMC
renowned author and a cup of tea and Scotland and loves certified as well as
teacher, who spends the dogs. experimenting with Level IV in the master
most of her time beading and Favourite festive party drink? new materials and techniques. registry programme.
occasionally knits. I'm tee-total, so a nice cup of tea Favourite festive party drink? Favourite festive party drink?
Favourite festive party drink? or two. You can't beat homemade Baileys on ice.
Gin and tonic. Up-cycyled storage tip: A large mulled wine. Up-cycyled storage tip:
Up-cycyled storage tip: Plastic empty Ferrero Rochers container Up-cycyled storage tip: I use I like using the mini Carte D'or ice
pill boxes, but mostly I use small with a bead mat glued in each half Tupperware tubs for all my bits cream tubs for bits and bobs
zip-lock bags. make excellent bead trays. and bobs. They're great for www.silverwithlesley.com
www.dianefitzgerald.com www.folksy.com/shops/ keeping everything safe and dust
carolsmalleydesigns free. Recently I've started keeping Erin Simonetti
Jane Purdy extra tubs for different colours and Erin is a beadwork
& Amanda Maureen Taylor if I've got beads left over from a artist who weaves
Pickstock Maureen has been project I toss them in the correct beads on a loom...all
Jane and Amanda, beading for nine tub. After a while I end up with the time!
owners of Shiney years and with some lovely bead mixes to inspire Favourite festive drink?
Company are best friends and an archaeology future designs. Egg Nog, from my Great
have been involved in crafts since background she is often inspired www.heartsflowersjewellery.co.uk Grandmother's Recipe.
childhood. by things she finds. Up-cycyled beady tip: To keep
Favourite festive party drink? Favourite festive party drink? Anna Lindell track of the pattern when looming,
Mulled Wine. Unfortunately (or maybe not) I have Anna is owner and you can use a small metal cookie
Up-cycyled storage tip: a zero tolerance to alcohol, so I designer at Tigerguld. sheet and a long magnet. This will
Try using old spice jars for storing usually end up with a large glass She often lets the allow one row to be highlighted,
beads. Fill your shelf with these of water. beads decide what at a time, making it less difficult to
and it'll look like a sweetie shop! Up-cycyled storage tip: Best they want to become. miss rows.
www.shineyrocks.co.uk I’ve found so far is a small chest of Favourite festive party drink? www.beadsbeadingbeaded.com
drawers with a magazine rack on It’s definitely the Swedish beverage www.beadsbeadingbeaded.
Lynsey James each side of it – once I’d removed Glögg. This is hot wine with spices blogspot.com
Lynsey is designer those it fitted nicely under the table and a dash of vodka or whisky. It’s
and co-owner of where I work, and as it has castors perfect after a cold day outside, Helen Harle
the popular site I can pull it out and use the top of as a welcome drink before dinner. Helen loves making
ThreadABead, the it for some extra working space if It’s tasty both with and without all kinds of jewellery.
UKs largest bead pattern site. I need it. alcohol, and many families have Catch up with her
Favourite festive party drink? their own recipes that have been latest creations
I love Christmas traditions and I Ruth Vickery passed down through generations. on Facebook.
don't think a festive party would Ruth is new to bead Up-cycyled storage tip: Freezer Favourite festive party drink?
be complete without a warm design, she loves the cans of various sizes are always A snowball (that dates me!)
mulled wine. challenges it gives good to store beads and projects Up-cycyled beady tip: I love
Up-cycyled storage tip: her and achieving in. Recently I also learned from using aluminium drink cans to
Clear decorative jam or sweet something new. a beading friend that the plastic make colourful jewellery.
Jars are great for storing beads in Favourite festive party drink? lids from crisp tubes are great for createaluminumjewelry.co.uk
and make a real style statement For Christmas it has to be mulled sorting small beads.
on a shelf. wine! www.tigerguld.com
www.threadabead.com Up-cycyled storage tip: I find
empty video boxes for current
projects very useful.
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EDITOR’Swelcome
It's Celebration Time!

I love this time of year - it's all about parties, time
with family and giving gifts. Inside this issue of Bead
you'll find plenty of ideas for presents, as well as
colourful designs full of festive fun. On top of this
there's some stunning and stylish designs which will
be perfect conversation openers at any party.
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This issue we're excited to bring you an exclusive
project from renowned designer Diane Fitzgerald on
page 12, and we also meet this inspiring lady on page 44. We've got
some truly fabulous beadwork projects to keep you occupied over the
Christmas and New Year period covering lots of different stitches. On
top of this we've scoured the beading world to bring you some fun and
on-trend macramé owls (p61) plus we have some festive fused glass
from Lesley Messam (p46); just some of the brilliant projects this issue.
This issue is extra exciting as we bring you all the winning designs
from this year's British Bead Awards, in a stunning eight page gallery. 28
After being unveiled at the Big Bead Show on October 20 you can now
see all the fabulous pieces in print for the first time and read just what
the judges had to say. Turn to page 76 to find out who our winners were
and which piece was voted 'Best In Show' by Big Bead Show visitors.
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Talking of The Big Bead Show - wow what a day that was! My feet
were so sore afterwards and all the Bead team were completely
exhausted, but everyone had such a great day, with so many people
saying that it had to have been the best Big Bead Show yet! If you
missed all the fun you can read all about it on page 28.
We'd love to hear about what you've been making and see your
latest creations, don't forget you can join the conversation on Facebook
and Twitter, and you can email us on my address below.
Happy Beading!
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8 Bead Stash 72 Bead Soup 89 Suppliers
18 Shopping Same beads, different style 89 Competition!
Festive beading kits 76 The British Bead Awards 90 Noticeboard
28 The Big Bead Show See all the stunning winning designs Listings for bead groups and events
Fun at the October Show in the eight page gallery
91 Bead Groups
36 Shop Profile 85 Readers' Workspaces Introducing Auld Reekie Beaders
Meet Beadworks UK We take a nosy around Jennifer Airs'
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42 Dear Bead
Readers’ letters and pictures 86 Workshop Review
Beading Retreats in France
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48 Readers’ Challenge
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Projects 66
12 Geometric Chevrons 46 Trim the Tree Earrings
Create a dramatic stitched pendant Decorating a Christmas tree has
using Delica beads and buttons never been so easy or stylish
16 Forgotten Treasure 50 Yule Tangled Up
This simple stringing project has an Festoon your loomwork with twinkling
opulent Egyptian feel lights in this fabulous cuff
20 Aluminium Cuff Corsage 56 Mostly Monochrome Lacy Collar
Use aluminium and a handmade Combine two colours of Twin beads
fabric flower for this modern corsage for this clever necklace
26 Hearts of Gold Necklace 61 Macramé Owl Pendant
Gold wire and garnets combine for an With retro style being so popular right
elegant party necklace now why not re-visit 1970s macramé
30 Waterfall Disc Pendant 66 Winter Memories Ornament
Crystals and pearls cascade out of a Use Delica beads, crystals and peals
semi-precious stone for a easy beaded ornament cover
38 St Petersburg Party Piece 97 Emerald Hoops
Combine a Tila bead collar with St Combine silver spacers with luscious
Petersburg swags for flattering style Emerald beads for on-trend earrings
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Check out these exciting products from your favourite
shops, as well as the latest news from the beading world.
Winter Beading
Westcoast have launched a special Beads of the Month pack
Cheery Chubby Hearts
These fabulous chunky hearts are brand new to Spellbound Bead
for Winter 2012/2013. It includes projects designed exclusively
by their guest designer, Ruth Duck. Ruth was given the Winter Co. Available in two different colourways; white/red and turquoise/
Beads of the Month and has made six gorgeous projects which red they measure approx. 25mm and cost £1.95 each.
will be included in the booklet, with full instructions for you To see the full range, catch up on the latest Katie's Appeal news
to recreate. and to see other beady treats visit www.spellboundbead.co.uk
The projects include two necklaces, two pairs of earrings,
a bracelet and a ring. They cover all skill levels from
beginner to intermediate/advanced. The packs include
coral beads, freshwater pearls, Swarovski beads, Czech
glass, Miyuki Tilas, Delicas and more. A separate findings
pack is also available.
The packs cost £25, these and the projects are available
online at www.westcoastgemsandbeads.com
Oh What Fun!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Add some
festive sounds to your creations with these cute little
bells from Beads Unlimited. Attach to decorations and
jewellery to complete your merry makes. Your pockets will
still be jangling too as prices start off at just 5p each with
big discounts for small wholesale quantities.
To get festive flair with bells on, and to see a whole lot
more Christmassy fun visit www.beadsunlimited.co.uk
Courses in Clay
Cookson Gold are offering a series of classes that will teach budding jewellery
designers how to create beautiful pieces of precious metal jewellery. The courses,
held in Birmingham, Oxford, Woking and Chesham, will focus on Precious Metal
Clay and Art Clay, two of Cookson Gold’s most popular jewellery making products.
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For more details and for booking visit www.cooksongold.co.uk or call
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Colour Me Up
Shamballa style is still big news and Beads Unlimited have added five new
gorgeous new colours to their range. Luscious pave rhinestones are now
available in 4 sizes – 8mm, 10mm, 14mm and 16mm. All sizes now come in
nine sparkling colours! Prices start at £1.10 each with big discounts for small
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Make it, the traditional Farnborough event, will offer three fun-filled
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Throughout the day, visitors will be greeted with an array of traditional
crafts including paper craft, decoupage, card making and design,
Take a Make Break!
scrapbooking, beading, jewellery making, silk printing, stamping and Beads Direct are encouraging beaders
more! everywhere to take ten minutes from
Crafters can ‘pick and mix’ from selections of beautiful beads and their day to 'Take a Make Break'. It's
jewellery supplies, browse through endless selections of paper, stamps the perfect excuse to grab a coffee
and stencils, and try out the latest craft tools and workstations. and a biscuit and get creating. Each
Make it takes places on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd March from Sunday Beads Direct email subscribers
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Vintage Sparkle
Take a look at these dazzling vintage cabochons! Each
one measures approx. 18mm x 12mm and is 5mm thick.
Available in a range of colours and finishes, the brown,
amethyst and red cabochons are 75p each. The foil back
cabochons are £1.00 each and are available in blue/
purple/silver, blue/purple and blue/green.
To buy these and for other fabulous vintage finds visit
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UK address.
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forget to include all the pricing information and details!
Perfect Presents
Kernowcraft have introduced some gorgeous freshwater
pearl and sterling silver earring kits which make fantastic
Festive Christmas presents. Available in a variety of colourways, all

the kits come with a beautiful pair of freshwater pearls, a
Charm pair of half drilled ear studs and some instructions.

All you need to do is add a dab of glue and you can create
a lovely pair of earrings in 5 minutes. They’ve proved so
popular and it’s easy to see why, as with little or no
jewellery making experience they are simple to create and
Add some fun to your festivities with these cute
look worth much more than they cost!
Christmas charms from Beads Unlimited. Decorate your
The kits are available with pearls of 10-10.5mm in peach,
table, your tree or yourself with bells, reindeer, trees and
white or peacock- all costing £6 per kit. Smaller 5mm white
snowmen for some seasonal style. Prices start at just 75p
and peacock pearl kits start at £4.34.
each with big discounts for small wholesale quantities.
To see the full range of kits and other
Get into the spirit at www.beadsunlimited.co.uk
great present ideas visit
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Say it in Neon
Swarovski Elements has identified globalisation as this season’s mega
trend, signalled by the disappearance of cultural diversity and national
identity. But according to trend setters at Swarovski HQ a counter-trend of
‘glocalisation’ is emerging – a move to embrace national heritage and
local traditions. For Fall/Winter 2013/14, Austria, with its folkloric charm,
snowcapped peaks and picturesque scenery, has provided a rich source
of design inspiration that reflects these values.
New Swarovski Elements on the market include bright new colours in the
Crystal Pearl range with the Neon Green and Neon Red Pearls. Plus
there's a fab new colour of crystal 'Light Turquoise'.
Look out for new Swarovski Elements in your local Bead Shop.
Visit www.create-your-style.com to see all the colours and styles
in the Swarovski Elements range.
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supplyshop turquoise size 11s, 1 x 10mm Coral Pearl, 6 x gold size 5 and 6.
• All supplies from 11s, 1 x 6mm Astral Pink, 3 x turquoise size 11s, a
Shiney Company gold bead cap, 1 x 8mm Bright Gold Pearl, a gold bead 9. Using the flat nose and snipe nose pliers, carefully
• Also available as a kit
cap, 6 x gold size 11s, **. Repeat from ** to **. grip the oval jump rings attached to the clasp on each
• See page 89
side, so that the opening is at the top. Using a twisting
4. String a 4mm Power Green Pearl, 3 x turquoise size motion, open the ring and attach each strand in order
time&money 11s, 6.5mm gold plated spacer bead, flat gold spacer,
12mm Bright Gold Pearl, flat gold spacer, 6.5mm gold
of length. Reverse the twist motion to close the jump
ring securely. Repeat for the other side.
Make in under
two hours and plated spacer bead and a curved tube. Mirror the
for under £30. pattern to complete the other side.
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the strands individually
for a different look.
• There is no need to
try and pick up the
seed beads with your
fingers. Use the end
of the Beadalon wire
like a needle!
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measures 13cm tall, perfect for a
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19_bead 43.indd 19 06/11/2012 10:25

beyondbeads
Designed by
lisa o'Rourke
Aluminium
beadstore
• 20cm long x 6cm wide
piece of 1.2mm thick
aluminium sheet
• 1/4m metre of
Cuff Corsage
Get the shine of silver without the hefty price tag using
synthetic lining material
• Tiny square of felt to aluminium and add a handmade fabric flower for a modern
match your material
• Sewing thread and
version of the prom wrist corsage.
needle
• 3 x 4mm pearls
toolbox
• Piercing saw
• Large half round file
and flat file
• Needle files
• Various grades of
sandpaper from coarse
to fine
• Chasing hammer
• Bangle mandrel
• Rawhide or rubber 1. On a piece of aluminium at least 20cm by 6cm, 2. File all the straight edges with a large flat file and
mallet
trace the template with a permanent marker. (See over the curved edges with a large half round file until
• Tea light candle
• 2 part epoxy glue page.) Carefully cut out the shape with a piercing saw. smooth. Use needle files to finish off. Remember to
The more accurately you cut the shape, the less filing round off all the sharp corners. Use sandpaper to
supplyshop you’ll have to do. You will find aluminium a very easy remove any sharp edges left by the files or scratches
• Aluminium from metal to cut. on the surface of the metal.
Metal Offcuts
• Tools from
Palmer Metals
• Crystal pearls from
The Bead Shop
(Nottingham) Ltd
• Sandpaper, files and
glue can be found in
most hardware shops
• Material, felt and thread
from haberdashers
• See page 89
3. Using the ball end of a chasing hammer, texture the 4. Shape the metal into a cuff shape using a mandrel
time&money surface of the metal until you get the result you like.
Alternatively you could just hammer the edges as I’ve
and a rubber or rawhide mallet. Hold the metal against
the bangle mandrel and hammer it carefully a bit at a
Make in over
two hours and done in my copper cuff or use sandpaper or a multi-tool time until the cuff is curved around the mandrel and the
for under £10.
to create your own texture. ends meet. continued over
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toptip
• Use separate tools
for cutting and filing
aluminium if you also
work with silver as the
aluminium particles
may contaminate your
silver designs.
• Make sure the
material you use for
your flower is synthetic
as pure fabrics like
cotton won’t melt in the 5. Trace any circular items you can find onto your 6. Light a small tea light candle and hold the edge of
candle. The best I’ve chosen fabric. You need 8 or 9 circles of varying sizes each circle close to the flame but not in it! You should
found is the thin cheap
material used for lining
for your flower. I used a mug, an egg cup, a bottle top see the edge of the circle melt and curl a little. Keep
clothes and bags. and other items of various sizes. Cut out all your petals. moving the circle around until you have singed around
• If you need to make Don’t worry about cutting exact circles as the edges will the whole edge. Do this with all your circles. Remember
a smaller or larger cuff, be melted in step 6. never to leave a burning candle unattended.
you can reduce the size
of the template on a
scanner or photocopier
to save you drawing a
new one.
beadnerd
Aluminium is a great metal
to try if you’re new to
metalwork. It’s lightweight
and easy to cut as well as
being inexpensive. It is
100% recyclable and 7. Cut a small square of matching felt and stack this, Copper Variation
doesn’t rust!
then the largest petals through to the smallest on the Use copper sheet metal instead of aluminium for an
top and sew all the layers together through the middle warmer coloured cuff. The copper will need annealing
with a couple of small stitches. Glue a few beads onto before step 3 to shape it around the mandrel. To do this
the centre with 2 part epoxy glue to hide the stitches. heat it with a cook's torch until it glows orange, quench
Wear plastic gloves or be very careful not to get glue on in water and clean in homemade pickle solution.
your fingers. Find the middle of the cuff and put a dot To make the pickle just put three tablespoons of any
with permanent marker. Apply the same glue to the vinegar in an old plastic tub and heat in the microwave
back of the flower on the felt square and stick it onto until bubbling. Remove from the microwave and add a
the middle of your metal cuff. tablespoon of salt. Place the cuff in the solution for a
few minutes and then rinse with cold water. You can
treat your cuff with a few drops of Liver of Sulphur in
18.9 cm hot water to get a nice warm tone of brown.
18.9cm
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5 cm 5cm 3cm 3.0 cm
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wirework
Designed by
Carol smalley
Hearts of
Gold Necklace
Use gold wire and faceted garnet for an elegant necklace
perfect for adding glamour during the party season.
beadstore
• 1 reel of 0.6mm (22
gauge) gold plated wire
• 1 reel of 0.4mm (26
gauge) gold plated wire
• 29 x 6mm faceted
Garnet rounds
• 15 x gold plated ball
headpins
toolbox
• Round nose pliers 1. Cut 11cm of 0.6mm wire and fold in half. Nip the 2. Take a round pencil or similar object. Place the pencil
• Chain nose pliers end slightly with your fingers. Cross the wire in opposite three-quarters of the way down on the inside of one of
• Cutters
direction to form a loop at the bottom centre. the wires and wrap the wire round the pencil. Repeat on
• Round pencil or similar
object opposite side. Turn a loop at each end of the wire.
supplyshop
• Faceted Garnet beads,
0.6mm wire and ball
headpins from
The Bead Store
• 0.4mm wire from The
Spellbound Bead Co.
• See page 89
3. Using 6cm of 0.4mm wire, wrap the two circles 4. Cut a 6cm piece of 0.6mm wire and turn a half wrap
time&money together. Trim any surplus wire and squash the wire end loop. Attach this to a heart and complete the wrap.
Make in over
two hours and with chain nose pliers. The first heart is now complete.
for under £20. Repeat steps 1 to 3 another fourteen times. continued over
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attach to another heart. Complete the wrap. Continue
with this step until all but two hearts are linked together.
loop and attach to the bottom loop of the heart. Complete
the wrap. Repeat this step with all remaining hearts. toptip
You will need these for attaching the clasp. • Be careful when
wrapping with the
0.4mm wire as it
easily breaks.
• If you prefer you
could connect the
bottom garnet beads
before linking the
hearts together.
7. To make the S link cut a 3cm piece of 0.6mm wire. 8. To make the clasp cut a 4cm piece of 0.6mm wire.
Turn a loop at one end. Repeat at other end but turn the Taking your round nose pliers bend the wire half way
loop in the opposite direction. Attach this to one end of down the pliers making sure one end of wire is longer
a heart by opening the loop and then close securely. than the other. Turn a loop at each end of the wire and
attach to the heart at the other end of the chain, in the
same way as the S link was attached.
hearts carol smalley.indd 27 04/11/2012 17:08

BEADshow
By
Chloe Menage
All photos © 2012 Richard Downton
The
Best Big Bead Show
Ever!
Heralded by traders and visitors alike as the 'Best Big Bead
Show Ever' - the October instalment of the UK's biggest all
beading event truly rocked beaders' socks off!
W
ith workshops, demos, beads, arriving as early as 8.30 to get their in the upstairs foyer. It's open to
meet ups, exhibitions, more place in the queue, meet up with friends everyone and is a great chamce to meet
workshops, oh and did I or grab a pre-show coffee. First on my up with online beading buddies, put
mention the beads, Sandown Park in agenda for the day was presenting the names to faces, compare purchases and
Esher was certainly the place to be on British Bead Awards and putting all our put your feet up for a bit.
Saturday October 20th. Beaders finalists out of their misery by finally I had to rush off early to prepare for my
travelled from near and far, with one announcing who the winners were. Turn own workshop which was taking place
reader I met coming all the way from to page 76 to see the lovely photos of all in the afternoon. It was lovely to teach a
Italy just for the show, and another, a the winners. After a small glass of whole bunch of brand new beaders
British Bead Awards finalist coming champagne and talking to various happy before sending them back out into the
from California! winners it was time for a quick whizz hordes of bead shoppers armed with
The show kicked off, as always at around the show and also a sneaky peek new confidence!
10am with many beaders into some of the fantastic workshops The rest of the afternoon whizzed by,
taking place. This year the Bead Show and far too quickly it was 5pm and the
took over even more of Sandown Park doors were closing. But as always there's
to accomodate for the twenty-odd taster cheer in the fact that the next Big Bead
classes taking place. Show is only a few months away!
The workshops were a roaring
success, everyone I spoke to had really COMINGsoon
The next Big Bead Show is on
enjoyed themselves, and as the classes Saturday April 6th at Sandown Park,
are only an hour there's plenty of time Esher, Surrey.
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Martin fr s to pick up tips, and still have time to For early bird tickets, group discounts
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king.
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29_bead 43.indd 29 02/11/2012 19:34

beadwork
Designed by
Maureen taylor
Make method
For help w rs
this projecith the methods us
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guide at b see our online Basd in
eadmagaz ic
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Waterfall
Disc Pendant
Crystals and pearls cascade out of a semi-precious stone
beadstore mimicking a wintry waterfall, in this beautiful necklace.
• One donut or shell ring
The base The branched fringe waterfall
• Size 11 seed beads
• Size 15 seed beads 1. Using size 11 seed beads, pick up six beads and 4. Secure a new thread in your work (unless you still
• A selection of 3mm, work in peyote stitch until you have a strip that is long have enough of the old one to continue working with)
4mm and 5mm glass enough to wrap around your donut. bringing it out at the bottom of the two-bead peyote
or freshwater pearls
and Swarovski bicones,
section on the outer edge of the donut.
about 60 in total. 2. When the strip is long enough, wrap it around your
• Chain for hanging the donut and zip the ends together by taking your needle 5. Make the first branch. This will be the main stem of
pendant
alternately through beads from each end of the strip. your branch. Pick up 18 x size 15 beads, one 5mm
toolbox Tie a secure knot at the edge of the work but do not cut bicone, then one size 15. Missing out the last 15, take
• Needle your thread. Take your needle through your work to exit your needle back through the bicone and on through
• Thread (6lb or 8lb between the second and third beads from the edge. three or four size 15s.
Fireline works best)
• Scissors
supplyshop
• Seed beads and
Swarovski crystals
from The Southampton
Bead Shop
• Freshwater pearls and
a good selection of
donuts available from
Kernowcraft
• See page 89
3. Working from the two centre beads of the six bead 6. Pick up 5 x 15s, 1 x 4mm bicone or 1 pearl (these will
wide section, continue in peyote stitch until the strip is now be referred to as ‘accent beads’), then 1 x 15. Miss
toptip long enough to reach across the centre hole of your
donut and to wrap around the far side of it. Wrap your
out the last 15 and go back through the accent bead, the
5 x 15s, then on through the next 3 x 15s of the stem.
I used a dyed Howlite
donut and a dyed work around the far side of the donut and join it to itself. Repeat until you get to the top of the branch. Take your
shell ring for these needle through the last few beads of the stem, then
pendant, but any
donut-shaped piece
through the next size 11 seed bead to exit in the middle of
with a centre hole of the two-bead peyote strip, ready to begin the next branch.
about 18mm (3/4 of
an inch) would work. I
have used not only
semi-precious donut
shapes but also shell
and glass in the past.
time&money
Make in over
two hours and
for under £20.
continued over
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waterfall 43.indd 31 04/11/2012 17:11

beadwork
7. Using a random selection of bicones and pearls, 10. (Optional) If you wish, you can add three-bead
create seven or eight more branches along the length of picots along the edges of the six-bead peyote strip,
your two-bead wide strip at two-bead intervals until you working in size 15 seed beads.
reach the six-bead section around the top of your donut.
Working in the same manner, and still one bead in from
the edge, make two more branches at each side of the
six-bead section.
toptip 11. Work through to the top of the donut with your
In order for the thread exiting between the second and third bead of
branched fringe to the peyote strip. Using size 15 seed beads, work a
stand out rather than
hang limply a fairly
short length of peyote stitch two beads wide. When it’s
stiff thread needs to 8. Work your needle through to somewhere around the long enough, fold it over towards the back of your work
be used, so 6lb or mid-point of your six-bead section on the front of the and stitch it down to the donut, creating a bail through
8lb Fireline is ideal.
The fringing needs to donut (precise positioning isn’t absolutely essential, which to thread your chain.
be worked at a fairly somewhere close will do).
tight tension.
9. Pick up one 4mm or 5mm bicone and one size 15

seed bead, miss the seed bead and take your needle
and thread back down through the bicone, then through
a bead in the peyote stitch adjacent to where you
colourwise added the bicone. Repeat another three times to create

a cluster of bicones near the top of the donut.
I chose to go for
toning colours with just
the freshwater pearls
as a contrast, but this
project could also be a
good way of using up designnote
some of those leftover All the bra
nches are
worked ou
crystals from other t of the ce
of the stri ntre
projects. p, until yo
the wider u reach
How about a whole part, then
out one b it’s
rainbow of colours, ead in fro
m
the edge.
graduating from top to
bottom of the piece,
with each section of
fringe in a different
colour of bicone?
Keep the pearls as a
connection right
through, or in several
shades of the same
colour. The pearls can
be white or toned in
with the crystals –
almost anything goes.
waterfall 43.indd 32 04/11/2012 17:11

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N
estled on a street corner in the The flagship store first opened it’s Spread over two floors, the ground
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The shop itself has everything you’d Trials and Triumphs
need to get you started in jewellery Success hasn’t come without it’s
making or to add to your collection. obstacles. The nature of business and
beadworks profile.indd 36 04/11/2012 17:30

The expansive shop with
its's colourful displays of
draped beads.
customer demand has changed greatly Plans for the Future

over the decades. Beadworks were There’s no rest for the wicked and no
ahead of the curve, establishing mail rest for Beadworks either! The company
order facilities in 1977 and one key pride themselves on forward thinking
challenge came in adapting this service and trendsetting. Alongside further
to new technologies. The Beadworks refurbishments to the store, the online
team stepped up to the challenge and business is also growing.
now their huge customer service centre Workshops at the Coven Garden shop
in Theale, Berkshire ships out all across have been a huge success, the most
the UK and the world, whilst their popular being their one day beginners'
Staff enjoy coming up with
interactive website opens up the charms class. Classes are taught by in-house new and on-trend designs
of the Covent Garden store to the world. designers, and one on one private tuition to inspire customers.
The team feel their greatest success is also available for those wanting to
lies within the excellent relationships learn more. visit them
they’ve created with their customers, Beadworks are excited to be Beadworks Bead Shop:
who are both hobbyists and introducing a brand new range of 21a Tower Street, Covent Garden,
professional designers. All staff are workshops at the Theale head office. London, WC2H 9NS
(0) 207 240 0931
passionate jewellery makers who are The main focus of the classes is to
Their opening hours are:
keen to pass on their skills and tips to teach the basic techniques needed to
Monday – Saturday: 10.30am – 7pm
their customers, with several being give the individual a broad ability, and Sunday: 11am – 5pm
active members of the local beading allow them to make an array of Head Office in Theale
community. All this means customers stunning items. Further details can be Opening hours are:
can expect excellent help and customer found of the website. Monday – Friday: 9am – 5.30pm
Customer Service: (0) 118 932 3701
service whether in the shop or over The company also hopes to attend You can email Beadworks
the phone. more bead shows in the future, taking on customerservice@beadworks.co.uk
In the years since the company their beads on the road, so it's a case of
changed hands in 2009, the watch this space. With so much Visit their website
www.beadworks.co.uk
development of the website has meant happening at Beadworks in 2013 it's
that the store's friends and contributors definitely an exciting time to be a
have branched out considerably further beadworker!
than their London base. The network
that has been created over the last
decade is testament to how
supportive the company are
of their customers.
beadworks profile.indd 37 04/11/2012 17:30

BeAdwork
Designed by
Ruth Vickery
St Petersburg
BeAdstore
• Approx. 6g x Miyuki Tila
beads – matte metallic
dark bronze (2006)
Miyuki size 11 seed
Party Piece
beads: Combine a Tila bead collar with St Petersburg swags
• 5g x matte opaque
light denim (2038)
to make a neat and flattering choker.
– A bead
• 3g x silver lined dyed Foundation Row 3. Decorate the second, and following Tila beads, as
denim blue (648)
– B bead 1. Pick up 1 Tila bead, then 1 x A, 1 x B and 1 x A. follows: **Pick up 1 x A, 1 x B and 1 x A. Pass down
• 5g x matte metallic Pass down through the second hole in the Tila bead through second hole in the Tila bead and pick up 1 x A,
dark bronze (2006) and pick up 1 x A, 1 x crystal, and 1 x A. Pass up and 1 crystal and pass up through the third link bead on
– C bead
through first hole in the Tila bead again and through the lower edge of previous Tila. Pass up through the first hole
• 3g x Miyuki size 15
seed bead – Montana 1st and 3rd beads on top (skip the centre one to make of current Tila bead, through the 3 beads on top edge
blue gold lustre (305) a picot effect). Pass down through the second hole in (skipping the centre bead) and down through the second
– D bead
the Tila bead again and the first A on the lower edge. hole and third bead on lower edge. Repeat from ** until
• 157 x Swarovski 3mm
bicones – Montana blue This decorates the Tila bead. See Diagram 1. foundation row is appropriate length, e.g. 57 Tila beads.
Work an uneven number of Tila beads. See Diagram 3.
TOOLbox
• 1 reel KO thread in Diagram 1.
denim blue, or Fireline,
4lb weight in crystal
• Sharp pointed scissors
• Size 13 beading Diagram 3.
needles
sUPPLYshop
• All supplies from 2. Link to the next Tila bead as follows. Pick up 2 x A
Stitchncraft Beads and a second Tila bead, then 1 x A and pass down St Petersburg Swags
• See page 89 through second hole of first Tila bead again, and Make 9 of these, one with 11 crystals, and two with 10,
through 3 x A linking it to second Tila bead and pass up 9, 8, and 7 crystals each. The tension needs to be
through the first hole of the second Tila bead again. See firmer when making the swags.
Diagram 2. Repeat the thread path for each Tila added,
but when passing through the 3 beads at the top of 4. Fasten a stop bead in the centre of a length of
toptip each Tila bead again, skip the centre one to make a
picot effect.
thread. Pick up 5 x A and pass through the 2nd and 3rd
again. Snug the beads up to the stop bead. See
Tila beads have a
‘right’ and ‘wrong’ Diagram 4. ** Pick up 1 x C and pass back through the
side, so check when 3 beads below it. Pick up 1 crystal and pass up through
picking up.
the 2 beads in the next column. See Diagram 5. Pick up
Diagram 2. 4 x A and pass through the 3rd and 4th again. Repeat
from ** until all but one of the crystals have been used.
time&money Diagram 4. Diagram 5.

Make in around
five hours and
for over £25.
ruth tila party 43.indd 38 04/11/2012 17:24

we love it...
perfect points
5. Remove the stop bead and pick up 1 x A, 1 crystal 6. Pick up 1 x C and pass back through the 3 beads
and 6 x A. Pass through the 3rd and 4th beads again, below. Pass through the first crystal attached in Step 4 design
see Diagram 6. and the 5th and 6th beads just picked up. Continue in The in note
structi
St Petersburg stitch until you have attached all the sound ons
compli much more
crystals. Make all 9 swags in the same way. Leave cated
actuall than th
y are, ey
about 18cm of thread at each end of every swag to so don
be afra 't
id!
attach them to the collar. See Diagram 7.
Diagram 6.
Diagram 7.
continued over

BeAdwork
10. Attach a thread to the other end of the foundation

row, and repeat the step 9 in the opposite direction.
However, each loop should pass under the loop it is
crossing, and over the next loop. Also, this second row
starts from the second crystal and ends at the last
crystal but one. See Diagram 10. The first and last 8
scrolls have a size 11 seed bead in the centre and the
centre 11 scrolls have a crystal in the centre.
Attach The Swags

7. Using one thread from the longest swag, pick up
3 x A and attach to the Tila bead to the right of the
note
desuingdantion row and
central bead as follows. Pass through the A bead at the
lower edge of the left hand hole and then follow the
The fo make a Diagram 10.
g edge thread path until the thread is secure. Attach the other
scrollin ple necklace
im The Clasp
lovely s the swags. thread from the swag to the right hand hole of the Tila
t
withou bead to the left of the central bead. Keep your tension 11. Attach a new thread to one end Tila bead. Pick up
relaxed for this step. See Diagram 8. 6 x C and pass back through the Tila again. Pass
through the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th C beads picked up
on the first pass. Pick up 3 x C and a new Tila bead,
Central and 3 more C. Pass through the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th C
Tila
Bead beads picked up on the first pass, and through the new
Tila again. See Diagram 11.
Diagram 8.
Diagram 11.
8. Attach all the swags in the same way, leaving one

Tila bead free above each swag. Place the next longest
swags either side of the central one.
12. ** Pick up 1 crystal and 1 x E, and pass back
Scrolling Lower Edge through the crystal and Tila bead. Pick up 1 crystal and
These instructions allow for 57 Tila beads in the 1 x E, pass back through the crystal and the Tila. Take
foundation row. (The tension needs to be looser to allow the thread through second hole of Tila bead and repeat
the scroll to drape). from **. Secure thread. See Diagram 12.
9. Attach a long thread to one end of the foundation

row, exiting from the first crystal. Pick up 1 x C, 3 x A,
1 x B, 3 x A and 1 x C. Pass through the next crystal but
Diagram 12.
one. Continue until 9 scrolls have been completed with a
central size 11 seed bead. The next 10 scrolls should
inspiration have a crystal as the central bead. The last 9 scrolls
should have a central 11 seed bead. See Diagram 9.
The neat little arrows
formed by double St
Petersburg just 13. Attach a new thread to the other end Tila bead
seemed to ask to be
attached to a choker.
and pick up 19 x C and pass back through the Tila
bead again. Pass through the first C, and peyote along
the 19 x C beads with 1 x C, and pass through the Tila
bead. Peyote a final row picking up 2 x A between each
Diagram 9. C bead. Secure thread.

41_bead 43.indd 41 06/11/2012 16:25
write in to win...
Dear Bead
We love to hear from you! Send us your
letters and pictures by emailing
chloe@beadmagazine.co.uk or write to
us at Bead, Unit 5E, Park Farm, Arundel,
West Sussex, BN18 0AG
Please include a telephone number or email
address as this makes it easier to respond.
For help with submitting pictures please
see page 89.
The writer of our star letter

this issue wins this Take A
Fantasy Flowers
lestttaerr
Make Break goody bag
I thought that you would like to see another of my floral
necklaces as I used a pattern from an old Bead magazine
from Beads Direct.
to help make the strap. I adapted the diagonal peyote
leaf necklace by Lynn Davy to make the diagonal peyote
strap, because I wanted a base to put the flowers on that was sturdy but not too
overpowering. The actual necklace was based on a very bright floral sundress
that has big flowers on, I seem to remember there was an article in Bead that
mentioned using fabric to inspire the
design of a piece of beadwork. Here is
the finished piece, it's very floral and
summery, but also quite tropical as the
flowers are very bright. Again the input
of Bead has been a real influence on the
production of a piece of my beadwork so
thank you so much again for an
inspiring magazine.
Audrey Gray Colourful Chainmaille
Wow! Your magazine amazes me every
Editor Responds What a lovely necklace time I see an issue. Here are two of my
Audrey, we always love to see readers' recent makes; 'Citrus' and I call this
makes especially when they have been so 'Untamed' because of the use of the
inspired by Bead. daggers and chainmaille on this anklet.
Wendy Manz
Editor Responds
˜ anks for sending in your colourful
creations Wendy, they always brighten up
our day.
Left 'Citrus' and
below 'Untamed',
Wendy's chainmaille
creations.
dear bead 43.indd 42 04/11/2012 17:32

Cute Cubes
What are
I'd ust like to show you the earrings I
have made after being inspired by the
Rubik's cubes in your Neon Nights
you beading?
Bangle project in the previous issue You can talk to us on Facebook,
Twitter and on our Bead Blog!
(Issue 42 Winter Special). I love
Snippets of our readers' Big
reading your magazine and seeing your Bead Show experience include:
projects, they never fail to inspire me!
• Jaye Brown via Facebook
Jacqs Scourfield
Wonderful show as always, well
done everyone!
Editor Responds ˜ ese look great
and it's good to see the design also • Lynda Ginger via Twitter Great day
thank you, spent far too much!
works well in seed beads. I like
how you have attached the ring • Emma McCarthy via Facebook
Had a fantastic day! Looking
through the seed bead. ˜ anks
forward to April already.
for sharing!
• Beads with a Twist via Facebook
This was our first time at the show
and what a fantastic day we had,
we didn't stop talking to customers
Winning Design all day (old and new) and although
I have been designing and selling my we were absolutely shattered it was
jewellery for a few years now. This year I well worth it!
decided to enter Fire Mountain's
• Jane Barfoot via Facebook Had a
Swarovski Contest. This was the first
fabulous day with my Mum at The
contest I ever entered. To my surprise I
Big Bead Show. Best now start
was 3rd place winner, which was a great
making something with all of
compliment for me knowing how many
the beads I have purchased! So
entries there were. I always have enjoyed
many pretties!
your magazine. I thought I would love to
share my work with you and your readers
This picture is of the winning design. I
called it 'Something New'. It just
reminded me of a piece you would wear
for your wedding or a big event.
Kaisa Gregerson TM
New Beader
My name is Louise I am 30 years old and have always loved
arts and crafts from a young age. I have been making
jewellery for about 6 months now and it really has become
an addiction! Reading magazines such as Bead Magazine
and surfing online has really helped to provide inspiration
and motivation to have a go at my own designs. I have
attached some photos of my recent projects and hope you
enjoy. I am obviously still a novice jewellery maker and have
so much to learn but would love it if my photos were able to
be used in Bead Magazine.
Louise Burman
Editor Responds
˜ ese designs are really fantastic, it's great that you have the conÿ dence to
create your own designs. Well done!
dear bead 43.indd 43 04/11/2012 17:33

DESIGNER'Sprofile
Diane Fitzgerald
Bead Meets
Diane Fitzgerald
Renowned for her beautiful beadwork designs and author of countless books,
projects and magazine articles, Diane Fitzgerald has been responsible for raising
the profile of beading internationally. By Chloe Menage.
D
iane Fitzgerald is a household author of the classic book, ‘Indian display a colourful array of African
name in the beading world; Bead-Weaving Patterns’. Diane learnt baskets, ethnic artwork and some of
author of twelve books, and many off-loom techniques from Diane’s books. A central table allows
more than 100 magazines and beading Horace, but felt that rather than Diane to spread out her works in
projects, she is most known as a leading sticking with traditional Native progress and provides the perfect
geometric beadwork artist and also for American designs she wanted to meeting place for her group the
her exploration of natural forms, such as develop her own contemporary style. ‘BeadHeads’. Diane said: “I spend my
the stunning and realistic flowers in her days working at the computer (like many
book ‘The Beaded Garden’. However Studio Life office workers) writing instructions,
Diane is also a wealth of knowledge on Much of Diane’s life revolves around her books, magazine articles, correspondence,
beading across cultures around the world studio or travelling. Diane teaches etc and assembling kits and holding
and a keen bead historian. Residing in regularly at bead stores and groups classes occasionally.”
Minneapolis, Minnesota, her beautiful locally, and once a month she teaches In and amongst this Diane fits in
studio space is packed to the rafters elsewhere in the US. Once a year she plenty of time for beading: “Before I go
with her life’s work, with many teaches internationally; most recently at to work in the morning I usually bead
recognisable designs peeking from the Anita’s Beads and Zebra Beaders in the for two to three hours, and
display cases. Chloe Menage caught up UK. She said: “I began teaching in 1989 after dinner bead
with this inspiring lady to find out more because people asked me to show them some more. For my
about her accomplishments, inspirations how to do beadwork. It’s fun to see what constant efforts I
and beading habits. people are up to, how they change my am doing well if I
designs and to get new ideas.” earn minimum wage
Diane’s formal training began at The rest of the time Diane is happy but I do have fun
University in her thirties, where she beading in her studio space which she doing it. Beading is
studied colour and design theory; these shares with her husband. The couple live my life.”
principles have been invaluable to her in in a high rise condominium in the
her beadwork. She said: “I highly warehouse district of Minneapolis, and New Challenges
recommend them, especially colour her beautiful studio is situated at the base. Although most known for her work
theory. Learning the elements and She said: “It has floor-to-ceiling with seed beads, Diane also has a love
principles of design enables me to windows that are 11 feet tall and look for mixed media and enjoys finding fun
analyse my designs and decide whether out on a grassy area, with a busy street and unique ways to incorporate unusual
they work or need to be changed.” beyond. I love being here any day objects into jewellery; whether it’s zips
Along side this Diane trained in whether sunny or rainy. It is quiet and I into necklaces, or paperclips into stylish
communications; learning writing skills am undisturbed.” earrings, she is always on the look out for
that have helped her greatly in her career Diane’s part of the studio is filled something new. She said: “Sometimes I
writing bead related articles and patterns. with bags and boxes of beading projects, take a break from beadwork and string
Many years ago she took her first display cases packed with her works from beads, I find this to be as challenging as
beadwork classes with Horace Goodhue, her books and projects, and the walls any other type of beading.”
diane profile.indd 44 04/11/2012 17:43

Tussey Mussey
Geometric starfish Flowers from The
on a ring. Beaded Garden.
However Diane is a seedbeader at woman wearing a black and white striped which incorporates an eye cabochon and
heart and works mainly with Miyuki blouse and it reminded me that I wanted spike beads.”
Delicas for their versatility and Swarovski to make a piece with freeform black and Diane’s humour and love of fun can be
crystals for their sparkle. She said: “I love white designs.” really seen in this piece, as in many of her
the rhythm of doing beadwork, watching works. Her humour is a key part of her
the pattern grow and working with all Success personality, and carries across into her
the beautiful colours that are available.” Diane has just completed work on teaching style and many of her designs.
her twelfth book; 'More Shaped When asked for her some words of
Bead Collector Beadwork', will be published by Lark wisdom Diane said: “One needs good
Her friends and family have accused Books in 2013. When asked about the beads to do good work, so buy as many as
her of being beading obsessed, a difficult process of putting a book you can afford and don’t worry if they begin
statement I’m sure many of us can relate together Diane said: “When I write a to overtake your life. Pursue your beading
to! She said: “While travelling one time, book, I complete the instructions and with all the passion you can muster and
my sister commented to me that I can’t samples before I propose it to my give it all the time it requires, forget the
go more than five minutes without publisher, this way I don’t have to feel the housecleaning. Work on whatever you are
changing the conversation back to beads.” pressure to produce on a deadline.” inclined to work on at the moment and
A keen antique hunter and collector Despite her mounds of success in the don’t feel you need to complete something
of old and rare beads, collecting mostly beading world, her stack of published if it doesn’t feel right.”
20th century European glass beads and books, and the international recognition;
American art glass beads, her favourite Diane’s would say that her biggest SEEmore
being vintage Peacock glass beads. Diane personal accomplishment is raising her Visit Diane’s website
appreciates the quality of beads both old two children. Her son lives close by with www.dianefitzgerald.com
and new, and often it is the beads her four grandchildren, and her daughter
themselves which bring her inspiration: lives in California, but she joked:
“I just received some of the some new “Although I am not sure how they turned May basket
‘spike beads’ which are a real challenge to out so good!” brooch.
work with. I don’t limit myself to a set Jokes aside Diane is proud of the
style but instead comb through books for body of work, books and magazine
inspiration for jewellery designs from articles she as accumulated, and hopes to
ancient, to modern, to far-out.” continue on in the same vane. She said:
For Diane, inspiration can strike “Currently, I am working on a
anytime: “Ideas come to me constantly manuscript for my next book, preparing
from everywhere. I can’t keep up with for upcoming shows and teaching
them. Sometimes I wake up in the opportunities, and working on the
morning and there is a new idea in my mound of beads that are beside me on
mind and I can’t wait to do it. Yesterday, the couch. I have just finished a weird
walking along the street I noticed a piece called ‘Seeing James Cameron’,
diane profile.indd 45 04/11/2012 17:43

beyondbeads
Designed by
lesley Messam
Trim the
Tree Earrings
Decorating a Christmas tree has never been so easy - or stylish!
beadstore
• Various dichroic glass Follow these six simple steps to create your own festive earrings.
pieces
• Bullseye glass Spring
Green
• Bullseye glass Red
• 1mm stringer
toolbox
• Cutting matt
• Glass cutter
• Steel rule
• Running pliers
• Thin fire paper
• Glasstac
• Kiln 1. Choose some bright-coloured dichroic glass which 2. Arrange the 'micro dichros' on a ceramic kiln shelf
• Pencil is 2mm thick with a black background. Using a glass- lined with thin fire paper so the glass doesn’t stick to
• Graph paper cutting tool cut a 5mm strip, then cut the strip into the shelf. Fire in the kiln at full fuse 804°C for 15
• Scissors 5mm squares. Place running pliers along the score and minutes, allowing the cabs to cool completely.
• Fine marker pen
break each piece. Make the cuts on the black side of
supplyshop the glass as is easier to cut plain glass.
• Glass from
Warm Glass
• All other supplies from
Messam's
• See page 89
toptip
Kiln temperatures may
vary from the ones I
have used, so do
some test pieces first.
3. Draw a template on graph paper of your tree shape 4. Wash the glass in soapy water making sure you
or trace the one provided (see page 89). Cut the shape remove any marker pen or grease. Dry the pieces out
out and place on a piece of Spring Green Bullseye glass. with a kitchen towel and then place them on the kiln
time&money Draw around the template and cut out the shape using a
glass cutting tool. Repeat to make a matching pair. Do
shelf on a ceramic shelf lined with thin fire paper. Make
sure the red buckets are butted up next to the tree.
Make in over
two hours and the same in Red Bullseye glass for the bucket that the
for under £5. tree sits in.
trim the tree 43.indd 46 04/11/2012 17:45

we love it...
dare to go bold!
variation
To make a wall
hanging or tree
decoration, use the
large template
provided and follow
steps 1 to 5. At this
point, cut a strip in
Spring Green to
support the back of
the tree and the
bucket, then place a
5. Choose some 1mm stringers and snap to make a 6. Allow the earrings to cool completely, then remove piece of copper wire
in between the extra
pattern across the trees. Attach each piece with a very and wash the dust from the back of the glass in water. strip at the back of
small drop of Glasstac, then do the same with the micro Dry completely. Mix two parts epoxy resin and attach the tree top for
hanging. Continue to
dichros to look like baubles in the tree. Once you are glass earring bails, then hang from a pair of fish hooks. step 5.
happy with your design, place in the kiln making
absolutely sure that the red buckets are touching the
tree. Fire on a tack fuse at 749°C for 15 minutes.
trim the tree 43.indd 47 04/11/2012 17:45

Readers’
ge
Julie Warrilow, West
n
BELOW:
alle
Midlands "For this Readers'
Ch
Challenge I have made some 'Festive
Fun' Earrings using wire."
to se nd in your them ed creations.

Every issue we ask yo u
lenge insp iration was ‘Festive Fun’ - take
This time the chal
aders came up with…
a look at what these re
LEFT: Marina Garbo, Italy

Marina made this starry necklace
and earring set in festive colours of
red and gold.
BELOW: Trudi Lee, Oxfordshire “Here is

my entry for the challenge - Christmas Bunting. It
was inspired by all the bunting around this year
and I decided to make some to wear for the
festive season. The five flags feature holly,
Christmas lights, Christmas trees and two
wrapping paper designs. I have several more
designs but like the way these sit together."
Be creative!
Feel free to be as creative as
you like with your interpretation
of the themes. We love to see
what you come up with!
BELOW: Cazz Cheaney, Devon

"This is one of my handmade resin
pendants for the Festive Fun Readers'
Challenge." Cazz's pendant uses plenty
of glitter!
any
The Spellbound Bead Comp
ted has won
This issue each reader prin
e sno wfl ake kit from
this elegant crystallin
ad Co. 47 Tamworth
The Spellbound Be
Sta ffordsh ire WS13 6JW.
Street, Lichfield,
undbead.co.uk
01543 417650 www.spellbo
43 readers challenge.indd 48 04/11/2012 17:53

RIGHT: Catherine Homer, Cheshire
"I have been having fun with snowflakes...
simple but very effective and I'm afraid I do
love pink! All the bits are from Absolute Beads."
BELOW: Kathy Lake, Herfordshire

Kathy Lake cleverly used glass beads and
bead caps to make miniature baubles.
SUBMITTINGitems
You can email photos to chloe@beadmagazine.co.uk.
Please add 'Challenge' in the subject line.
See page 89 of this issue for more information on submitting photos. Please
note deadlines and themes are subject to change occasionally.
Visit our Facebook

page to see more
fabulous entries
This theme really captured your
imagination! Unfortunately we
didn’t have space to print all the
entries, so we have created an
album on our Facebook page
where you can see them all!
Jenny Argyle, County

LEFT:
Stephanie Mayo,
ABOVE:
Durham "A filled net design for Middlesex "I've used two
Christmas! This cute angel is perfect for
snowflake wires and fixed them
hanging on the tree."
together to get the extra beads and
sparkle on this one."
CHALLENGEthemes
ISSUE THEME DEADLINE
44 Sing a Rainbow Dec 3 2012
45 Spring Flower Power Feb 4 2013
46 Inspired By Nature Mar 10 2013
Gaynor Armitage,
LEFT:
Essex "Hope you like my
lampworked Christmas Gremlins!
I had great fun making them!"
RIGHT: Gillian Barnett

"I created this Father Christmas
tree decoration for my Mum's
Embroiderers Guild have a go
session at their Christmas lunch."
43 readers challenge.indd 49 04/11/2012 17:53

beadwork
Designed by
erin Simonetti
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Tangled Up
Festoon your loomwork with twinking 'lights' and create a
cuff perfect for illuminating your wrist in the festive season.
beadstore
1.8mm Cube Beads:
• 20g x Black Matt 1. I begin by warping my loom using Black Fireline, for 4. Starting the pattern ‘centre of the loom/centre of the
SB18-401F the warps running centre of the cuff. Then I warped a pattern’ will also help to recreate the perfect wrist size.
• 3g x Metallic Silver Red Tex 400 on one side and a Green Tex 400 cord on To calculate the needed loomed length, measure the
SB18-961
the other. This will create the total number of warps length of a ‘comfortable wrap’ around. Now add another
• 2g x Silver Lined Red
SB18-10 needed; 24 warps to handle the 23 cube wide cuff. 15mm, to that measurement. This will give you the total
• 2g x Silver Lined completed length of your cuff. Subtract the ‘clasp splay
Green SB18-16 2. Notice I am using my 'Double Warp Method', which measurement’ from that total figure, and this will give
• 2g x Matt Khaki Iris includes using two needles, one on each end of a weft. you the total measurement of how long to loom this
SB18-2035
• 2g x Silver Lined Gold This way, I won’t need to change my weft thread as cuff. Therefore, the total loomed length, plus the clasp
SB18-3 often. Begin with stringing your first row of cubes, splay, will equal the total measurement needed. 'Clasp
• 2g x Silver Lined Blue centre of the loom, centre of the pattern. While holding Splay' is the distance between the ends of your cuff
SB18-19
this row up against the warps, using the first needle, which is created by the clasp.
• 2g x Silver Lined Clear
SB18-1 with one cube in between each warp, I run the opposite
• Approx. 1g x size 15 needle back through the same row. Now my first row is 5. You may even make it longer than the pattern
seed Beads Matt secured, using the 'Double Weft Method'. denotes, by including extra rows of black cubes beyond
Green 15-F411B
the graphed design. If you do loom a longer length then
Size 11 Silver Lined seed
beads: be sure to carry on the silver edging design along the
• 0.5g x Ruby Red additional solid matt black cubes. Below is a picture of
• 1 x Green the cuff, ending where the design is completed. Use
• 20 x 9mm x 6mm Diagram 1 to loom your cuff.
Swarovski Crystal Tear
Drops 5500 in Crystal,
Emerald, Sapphire,
Lt Colorado and Siam
toolbox
• 20lb/.20mm Dandyline
for centre warps 3. To recreate the look of these lights actually being
• 6lb Crystal Fireline turned on, I chose the black matt finish background and
for weft
silver lined colours for each of the glass bulbs. Notice in
• 12lb/.20mm Black
Wildfire for the the picture below how they seem to ‘glow’ as the light
Garland Wrap bounces off, when the cuff is moved.
• C-Lon Tex 400 Cord in Adding the double clasp sections
Green and Red
At this stage the cuff is not complete, I am now going
• Size 10 English
Beading Needles to loom two sections at each end, to create the ‘double
clasp’ design. Remember to include these sections into
your total cuff measurement, so you are not looming a
time&money cuff too long. This is how I add these sections without
having to ‘reweave’ any warps.
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Diagram 1 - chart for main loom pattern.

Supplyshop 6. I laid my ‘crunchy clasps’ on top of my looming, so I
• Cube and size 11 seed could measure how many cubes wide will fit inside these
beads from GJ Beads clasp ends. Notice I need to loom the width three cubes
• Size 15 beads from short. I will do this in two sections, creating a space
Nostalgia Beads
where the three cubes would lay. Using my scissors, I cut
• Crystals from Bead
Corp. A good selection the two centre warps, further from the looming and not
of colours also available as close as I depicted in the picture below.
from JillyBeads
• C-Lon Tex from
Spellbound Bead Co.
• Crunchy (ribbon)
clasps from Etsy
• Spacers from The
Bead Shop Nottingham
• Size 11 seed beads
and good range of
magnetic clasps from
Firemountain Gems
• See page 89
7. Starting at the last row loomed, begin with weaving a
shorter number of cubes, to create a narrow section. I used
10 cubes. When I am ready to come back across the warps
toptip with my weft, I will be including one of the ‘cut’ warps.
Use Dandyline Thread

as the warps when
weaving cubes on a
loom. This offers more
flexibility, with no
stretch. Threads with
less ‘flexibility’ will not
offer the cubes a
comfortable ‘bend’
when completed.
8. Remember to continue the silver edge design, in these

shorter sections. When one section is complete, follow the
same instructions to include the cut warp, on the other half
of this end. Complete both ends in the same manner.
10. First, create the ‘crystal tree lights’. Using silver

headpins, thread on the following in this order: Crystal
Tear Drop, (upside down), 3 x Keyan Spaces, 1 x size
15 seed bead (to help stabilise the large hole of a
Keyan Spacer). Make a wrapped loop.
9. It’s up to you if you would like to add further accents.

This cuff, without the crystal fringe, makes a gorgeous
piece to wear during the holidays. However, if you want a
bit more sparkle, then consider adding some crystal ‘tree
lights’. If you would prefer to have a cuff with no crystal
fringe, then jump ahead to step 17. It is necessary to do
the fringe prior to the 3D wiring, so you can have access
to each warp while securing the wiring accents.

11. Make at least 20 of these. This number should be
enough for any length of cuff, depending on how far
15. When you get close to the end, you can stop or
add another, depending on how it matches the other
toptips
• Starting in the
apart you prefer they are spaced, and how long of a end of the cuff. The crunchy clasps I suggest for this centre when adding
cuff length you need. Secure a jump ring, onto each cuff will not be wide enough to also cover this crystal the fringe will allow
you to end the same
loop of the wrapped crystals. Now thread the jump rings fringe addition. Therefore, when you get close to the count on each side.
onto a Green Tex 400 Cord. end, cut the new warp, as you did in the centre of the • I consider two rows
sections, so you can snug this warp inwards. This will of loomed cubes to
12. You can use either Green or Red Tex 400, for this not affect the total width and how it may relate to the be the width which fits
best underneath the
step, but I am going to place the Green Tex 400 along crunchy clasp. You can see in the photo I will ‘pull’ my crunchy clasp.
side the Green Tex 400 warp. Tie this new Green Tex 400 new warp inwards, just prior to meeting these last two
warp to the loom, as you would any other warp. Locate rows of cubes.
the centre of the cuff. Also keep a count on separating
the crystals ‘evenly’, between the centre marking.
16. Work the other half, as you did the first, using the
weft tail left over from where you started, in the centre. Be
13. Now use the red silver lined seed beads to weave sure to also stop short two rows of cubes, so the crunchy
one row of beads, along the edge of the previously clasp will fit perfectly.
completed cuff. Beginning in the centre, work your way
towards the one end.
3D Wiring
17. This will connect the tree lights together, giving a
14. I prefer to make my crystals wide enough apart so realistic feel to this design. Following the graph,
they do not touch. They can be placed even wider apart, calculate how many size 15 seed beads will create the
if you want a less bulky look. Here I am weaving 4 length needed. Start at one end, closest to the edge of
beads between each jump ring, holding the crystals. where the crunchy clasp will close, exit a cube. Count
on some size 15 beads, double check this number of
beads will meet the point it needs to stretch to.
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18. Secure this grouping of beads, by picking up the

‘warp’ at the destination point, shown on the design
graph. Follow the needle back through the same size
15 beads, but only half way.
19. Make sure this ‘half way point’ will exit close to a
warp, so you can secure this thread in the same manner
you did originally, i.e. picking up another warp. To finalise
this stretch of size 15 beads, run the needle back through
them, exiting out where you originally started, and where
you picked up your first warp. Now this particular section of
bead 'wire' is secured to the top of the cuff.
Diagram 2 showing placement of wires.
21. To finish the warps can be tied together, in pairs

of twos to secure the end. Then cut these tied warps
close to these knots. Add a dab of E6000 glue along
toptip the very edge of the cuff, before covering with a
crunchy clasp. Use a pair of coated pliers to crimp the
This cuff can be
completed in any 19. Move to the next point, as shown on Diagram 2, by clasp closed over the last two rows woven. Clean off
colour way, even running your needle through the loomed cubes, to the next any excess E6000 that may have oozed out. Attach two
using neon lights!
Using a silver lined point to start the new bead wire. Continue following this magnetic barrel clasps to the crunchy clasps using
bead against a matt graph, until all of the size 15 beads are added and jump rings.
background will force
the lights to glow!
complete a look of meandering wires!
Variation
20. I also included a bit of ‘garland’ in silver lined green An alternative bead colour choice is just as striking if a
seed beads, to give a festive sparkle to the lights. To do matt white cube is used instead of the black. I have
this exit the red seed beads on the edge (under the green also sought out an interesting dangle, an ‘Electric Plug’.
warp) thread on 9 x size 11 beads, spacing them evenly Many creative options can be added to spice up this
between each crystal drop, work into the top of a red cuff. Even a crystal Christmas tree would be an
seed bead, above the warp. Again, I started in the centre, adorable dangle! Search through your suppliers’
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Lacy Twin Collar
Combine two colours of Twin beads for this clever two-tone
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• 1 x 40mm Glass
necklace perfect for parties at this time of year!
cabochon
• 15g x Twin Beads Bezelling the cabochon 5. Pass your needle through the beads diagonally so
Crystal 00050 (D
beads) 1. On a comfortable length of Fireline, add a bead stopper that it comes out of one size 11 seed bead from the first
• 15g x Twin Beads Jet leaving a 25cm tail. String 82 size 11 seed beads for a round. Fit your glass cabochon inside the circle with the
Matte 23980M (E
40mm glass cabochon. Match your bead count in the front end facing the same way as the snug front rim of
beads)
• 36 x Swarovski 4mm colours A and B to fit the pattern on the glass cabochon. the beaded circle. Now you will make the back rim, fitting
Bicone Montana AB For my cab I used 37 Crystal seed beads (A beads) and 45 the glass cabochon with a bezelled frame.
(C beads) Matte Black seed beads (B beads).
Size 11 Miyuki Seed
Beads:
6. Holding your work firmly, pick up 1 x size 15 seed
• 3g x Crystal 131 2. Pass the needle through all the beads to form a bead in your matching colour pattern. Skip one bead,
(A beads) loop, fitting the outer rim of the glass cabochon. Make a go through the next and continue adding size 15 seed
• 3g x Matte Black knot if you like, then pass through the next bead. Pick beads with Peyote.
401F (B beads)
up 1 x size 11, skip one bead and pass the needle
Size 15 Miyuki Seed
beads: through the next bead. Continue working in Peyote 7. Step up through the first size 15 added. Make two
• 1g x Crystal 131 stitch matching your colour pattern, until you reach the or three additional rows of Peyote with size 15 seed
• 1g x Matte Black end of the circle. You have now completed three rows beads, keeping the thread tight so that the beads snug
401F
of Peyote. up to the back of the cabochon. See Diagram 1. When
Size 11 Miyuki Delica
Beads you feel content that your beaded rim stays on the
• 1g x Crystal 141 cabochon, move on to the next step.
• 1g x Matte Black 310
Diagram 1.
8. Pass through beads in the beaded rim until you
toolbox come out through the first A bead on row 4 (if you
• Size 12 needle
count bead rows from the front rim, it’s row 5). The
• Fireline 4lb / size B
Crystal 3. Step up through the first bead added in the previous needle should point towards the A bead section so that
• Bead stopper row. Work Peyote for row 4 and 5 with size 11 seed you continue the embellished stitch you will do next on
beads in your colour pattern. Remember to step up that half. See Diagram 2.
supplyshop after every completed row. Keep the circle as ‘tyre like’
• Glass Cabochon from
Cessy Ståhle as possible. Diagram 2.
• Beads from GJ Beads
• See page 89 4. For rows 6 and 7, change to size 11 Delicas in your
colour pattern. For row 8, change to size 15 seed
beads. The change in bead size causes the circle to
time&money bend inwards, creating a snug front rim for your glass
cabochon. Keep the thread tight throughout this step to
Make in around make the circle bend.
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9. Pick up 2 x A beads, 1 x 4mm (C beads) and 2 x A 11. Turn the direction you work in and pass through
beads. Skip two beads on the beaded rim and pass the the second hole of the bead you just passed through.
needle through the third A bead on the rim (shown in By turning on a bead from the first hole to the second,
pink see Diagram 3). This creates a beaded ridge. Make the thread wont show. This turn is used throughout the
sure you stay on the same row as you started from. pattern. See Diagram 4. toptip
Pick up another 2 x A beads, 1 x C bead, 2 x A beads, Diagram 4. Glass cabochons can
skip two beads on the rim and pass through the third A vary slightly in size, so
you may need to
bead. Repeat until you have added a total of 6 crystals adjust the pattern for
- you should reach the other side of the A bead section. the bezel depending
on the cabochon you
End the threads and put aside.
go for. If you need to
alter the amount of
beads, always stick to
an even total so that
12. Pick up 1 x E bead and pass through the second you can use even
hole of the bead from the previous round. Pick up 1 x E, count Peyote stitch.
Diagram 3. pass through the next bead, and continue until you have
added a total of 6 E beads and 4 D beads. Pass
through the first E bead in this round and turn as in
step 11.
The large circle
10. On a comfortable length of Fireline, add a bead 13. Pick up 2 x D and pass through the second hole of
stopper leaving a 25cm tail. Pick up 5 x D beads and the bead from the previous round. Pick up another 2 x D
5 x E beads. Pass through all the strung beads again beads, pass through the next bead, and continue until
to form a loop. If you like, make a knot and then pass you have added a total of 10 x D and 10 x E beads. Pass
through the first D bead strung again. through the first D bead in this round and turn. continued over
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14. Pick up 1 x E, pass through 1 x E from the 18. Repeat steps 10-17 to make a second large circle
previous round. Pick up another E bead, pass through for the otherside of your bezelled cabochon. At step 16,
the next bead. Continue until you have added a total of make sure you use the same beads as on the opposite
11 x E and 9 x D. Pass through the first E bead in this side of the cabochon.
round and turn as in step 11.
The middle-sized circle
15. Pick up 1 x D and 1 x A. Pass through the D bead 18. Make the first rounds of the middle-sized circle by
from the previous round. Pick up 1 x 4mm bicone (C following steps 10-12.
bead), pass through the next bead. Pick up 1 x C, pass
through next bead, pick up 1 x D and pass through the 19. Pick up 2 x D beads and pass through the second
next bead. Repeat until you have added a total of 5 D hole of the bead from the previous round. Pick up
beads and passed through the E bead from the another 2 x D beads, pass through the next bead, and
previous round. See Diagram 5. repeat this pattern until you have added 8 D beads.
Pick up 1 x D bead and move on to the next step.
20. Now you will attach the middle-sized circle to the

large circle on your bezelled cabochon. Pick up your
bezelled cabochon and identify the D bead sticking out
of the large circle. Pass your needle through the second
hole of that bead, making sure you come from the
correct direction so that the colour pattern corresponds.
Pass your needle through the next E bead in the
toptip middle-sized circle, then through the second hole of the
When working with the E bead sticking out of the large circle.
Twin Beads, change Diagram 5.
direction on a bead
when you step up, by
21. Pick up 1 x E bead and pass your needle through
going through the top the next E bead in the middle-sized circle. Pick up 2 x E
hole in the same bead,
as oppose to
16. Now you will attach the bezelled glass cabochon beads, pass through the next E bead, and continue
stretching up to the to the circle. Pick up your glass cabochon and hold it adding 2 x E until you reach the first D bead strung in
next bead in the same with front side up and the crystals at the top. Identify this round on the middle-sized circle and turn. See
direction. This avoids
the thread showing
the first B bead on the right hand side in row 6 from Diagram 7.
between beads. the front rim. See Diagram 6. Pass the needle through
the identified bead, and through the adjoining B bead
on row 7. Diagram 7.
17. Pass the needle through the next E bead in the

circle. Pick up 2 x B beads, pass through the next E
bead, pick up 2 x B, and continue until you have added a
total of 16 x B beads. Pass through the next E bead and
pick up 1 x B and 1 x E. Pass through the first E bead in
this round, completing the circle. See Diagram 6. 22. Pick up 1 x E bead and 2 x B beads, pass through
Reinforce the stitch by going through the beads in the the second hole of the last E bead strung in the circle.
outer circle one more time. End the threads. * Pick up 1 x B bead, pass through the next E bead, pick
up 2 x B beads and pass through the next E bead. Repeat
from * another 3 times until you reach the spot where the
large and the middle-sized circle joins.
Diagram 6.
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23. Pass the needle through the B bead adjoining the 28. Pick up 2 x B beads and 1 x E bead, then pass
E bead that connects the large and middle-sized circles. through the next E bead, completing the circle.
Pass through the next 2 E beads and 1 D bead. Then Reinforce the stitch through the D beads and C beads,
pass through the next D bead on the middle-sized ring. but stop when you have passed through the last C bead
Pick up 1 x C bead, pass through the next two D beads, in the circle (green thread path in diagram). Add 1 x B
pick up 1 x C bead and pass through the next two D bead and thread through the outer rim of the middle-
beads. Repeat this pattern until you have come full circle, sized circle by turning up through 1 D bead and 1 C
then retrace the last stitch to reinforce. See Diagram 8. bead. Add 2 x A beads, then turn back down through
End the threads. Repeat steps 18-24 to make a second the last D bead and C bead on the small circle. See
middle-sized circle for the other side of your necklace. Diagram 9.
Diagram 9.
Diagram 8.
29. Reinforce the stitch shown in Diagram 9 by following

the thread path again. Then, follow the thread path of the
The small circle and the lace band outer rim of the small circle to reinforce that stitch. Exit
24. On a comfortable length of Fireline, add a bead your needle at the E bead that is sticking out of the circle.
stopper leaving a 25cm tail. Pick up 5 x D beads and
5 x E beads. Pass through all the strung beads again to 30. Now you will make the lace band by forming a
form a loop. If you like, make a knot and then pass number of mini circles. You will work one circle at a
through the first D bead strung again. Turn. time, working through the outer holes and then joining
the circle through the inner holes, so keep a tight grip
25. Pick up 1 x E bead and pass through the second on the beads. Remember to turn on the Twin beads as
hole of the bead from the previous round. Pick up 1 x E described in step 11.
bead, pass through the next bead, and continue until
you have added a total of 6 E beads and 4 D beads. 31. Pick up [1 x A bead, 1 x D bead], 3 times then 1 x A
Pass through the first E bead in this round and turn. and 2 x D. The last D bead will be connecting this mini
circle to the next. Pick up [1 x E, 1 x B] 5 times and then
26. Pick up 1 x C bead, pass through the second hole pass through the E bead sticking out of the small circle.
of the last D bead strung in the circle. Pick up 1 x C
bead, pass through the next D bead, and repeat this 32. Turn and pass through the second holes of the E
pattern until you have passed the first E bead. and D beads, connecting them in a circle in the middle.
Make sure you skip the D bead that will be connecting
27. Now you will join the small circle to the middle- to the next mini circle, that bead should not be joined
sized circle. Pass the needle through the E bead with the others on the second hole. See Diagram 10.
sticking out of the middle-sized circle, making sure that
you come from the correct direction. Pick up 2 x B
beads, pass through the next E bead. Pick up 3 x B
beads, pass through the next E bead, and repeat this
pattern twice.
Diagram 10.
33. Pass through all the E beads again and through the
next D bead, then turn and pass the needle through the
outer hole of the same D bead, as well as the D bead
sticking out of the mini circle. See Diagram 10. Pick up
[1 x B, 1 x E] 4 times, then 1 x B and 2 x E. The last E
bead will be connecting this mini circle to the next. continued over
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39. Pick up [1 x E, 1 x B] 8 times, then [1 x D, 1 x A]

8 times. Pass through the D and E bead you started
passing through in this round. Pass through the first E
34. Pick up [1 x D, 1 x A] 4 times. Pass through the D bead strung, then turn and pass through the E again, as
bead you came through starting this round, and the well as 3 x D beads. Pick up 1 x A, pass through the
next D bead. Turn and pass through the second holes of next D bead, pick up 1 A, pass through 1 D, pick up 1 x
the D and E beads, remembering to skip the E bead A and pass through 3 x D. Pick up 1 x A, pass through
that will connect to the next mini circle. 1 x D, pick up 1 x B, pass through 4 x E. Pick up 1 x B,
pass through 1 E, pick up 1 x B, pass through 1 E, pick
35. Pass through all the D beads again and through up 1 x B and pass through 2 x E to complete the toggle
the first E bead. Turn and pass the needle through the ring. Reinforce stitch at the inner beads and end the
outer hole of the same E bead, the E bead sticking out threads. See Diagram 12.
of the mini circle, and the D bead after that one. Pick
up [1 x D, 1 x A] 3 times and 2 x D, then [1 x E, 1 x B]
4 times and 1 x E. Pass through the same three beads
as you started passing through this round again. Pass
through the first D bead strung, then turn and connect
all E and D beads in a circle, but skipping the D that Diagram 12.
starts the next mini circle.
40. Make a second small circle and lace band on the
36. Pass through all the E beads again and through other side of the necklace by following steps 24-37.
the next D bead, then turn and pass the needle through One D bead should be sticking out of the last circle you
inspiration the outer hole of the same D bead, the D bead sticking make. End the threads.
I wanted to give out of the mini circle, and the E bead after that one.
Cessy Ståhle’s fab Pick up [1 x E, 1 x B] 3 times then 1 x E, 2 x D, The toggle
cab a pleasing
surrounding without
[1 x A, 1 x D] 4 times and 1 x A. Pass through the D 41. The toggle is a tube stitched with Even Count
loosing it’s clarity and E bead you started passing through in this round. Peyote. On a comfortable length of Fireline, add a bead
and pattern. Playing Pass through the first E bead strung, then turn and stopper leaving a 25cm tail. Pick up 6 x A beads and
around with the Twin
Beads gave me the connect all E and D beads in a circle, but skipping the 6 x B beads. Make 6 rows of peyote with this colour
idea to do a circle D that starts the next mini circle. See Diagram 11. pattern. Switch so that you add Bs where there
band with the two
major colours, and it
previously were As and make another 6 rows of peyote.
turned out to be an Diagram 11.
old-fashioned lacey
appearance.
42. Join the ends of the peyote strip to make a tube.
Pass your needle through the tube coming out at one
end, and pick up 1 x C bead and 1 x B bead. Turn back
through the C bead, pass through the tube and add
another 1 x C and 1 x B bead on the other side of the
tube. Reinforce a couple of times.
37. Repeat step 36 another 6 times to create the
laced band. Each mini circle adds 12mm to the length 43. Exit your needle at the middle of the Peyote tube.
of the band, so if you wish to make the band longer, Pick up 5 x A and pass the needle through the second
add extra circles. hole of the 1 D that is sticking out of lace band on your
necklace. Pick up 1 x A, skip the first bead and pass
The toggle ring through the next 3 A beads strung. Pick up 1 x A and
38. The toggle ring is simply a modified mini circle, and attach the toggle to the lace band. Reinforce twice
you stitch this continuing on the last mini circle. Pass before ending the threads.
through all the E beads on the last mini circle and through
the next D bead, then turn and pass the needle through
the outer hole of the same D bead, the D bead sticking out
of the mini circle, and the E bead after that one. The needle
should exit where it has on every mini circle.
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• 1 skein Anchor Soft
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7. Continue adding beads and knots in an alternating 8. Skipping the first pair of cords, tie a half hitch
pattern of 3 and 4 to a row, until you have 6 rows of around the wooden bead with each of the next 3 cords.
beads. The owl’s body is now complete. Use these 12 Skip the centre pair and tie the next 3 cords around the
beadnerd cords to attach the owl to his perch! bead, making the knots a mirror image. Skip the last
The ancient Greeks
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attributed the owl to
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and foresight. This symbol
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wooden bead. Now return to the outer cords from step the first pair of cords from step 8. Hide this knot behind
6 and tie a column of 8 square knots on each side to the wooden bead. Repeat on the other side.
make the wings. continued over
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in PVA glue, twist to a
point and leave to dry.
• When tying square 11. Take one of the outside cords and tie a couple of 12. Trim the tail straight across 4cm below the knot.
knots the cords that
actually make the knot Half Hitches around all the other cords. Pull the knots Use a blunt tapestry needle to carefully unravel the
are called working
tight to form the tail. Add a drop of glue to the knot and cords to make the tail nice and fluffy. Trim off any
cords and the cords
in the middle are allow to dry. Also glue the ‘feet’ to the perch. straggly ends.
called carrier cords or
lazy cords.
• You could use a clip
board to hold your
work instead of
pinning it to a mat.
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long and attach to a jump ring with Lark’s Head knots. from the back using matching sewing cotton. Repeat
Place a £2 coin over the ring, draw round it and trim for the other eye. Trim and fluff up the eyes till you are
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to a chain to finish.
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Size 11 Delica beads:
in Diagram 1 (see over), leave a tail of thread around back through all beads in the fringe and into the base bead
• 1.7g x DB35 Silver 50cm for beading the top of the bauble. of the beadwork strip that the fringe is extending from.
• 2.5g x DB204 Beige
• 0.65g x DB200 White 2. Place the beadwork face down and bring the two
• 0.5g x DB755 Blue edges together into the centre of the beadwork. We will
• 0.3g x DB656 Green now sew (zip) these two edges together by going up the
Less than 0.1g of:
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• DB651 Yellow
• DB653 Pumpkin
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• 16 x 4mm Cream to the right of the bead the thread is exiting from in the
Pearls beadwork strip (see below).
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toptip the next base bead to the right of the bead the thread is
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Bead Soup!
Same BeadS, different Style
We gave a bead group a goody bag and asked them to put their unique
spin on the selection. Take a look at what they came up with…
Bead'n'Banter the challenge. As the beads arrived just

after our August meeting, we decided
that the best thing to do would be to
divide them equally into bags. Each
person then created their own piece(s)
which had to be completed by our next
meeting on the 5th September. We were
all amazed at how many different things
could be created from the same selection Above: Jean's
of beads. We hope you agree. fringed pendant.
Right: Janet's
The Bead’n’Banter group has been
established just over three years and Denise daisy chain
necklace.
meets once a month at The Horsebridge
Community Centre in Whitstable, Kent.
The group welcomes all beaders from
“The time spent making this bracelet has
quite literally been a journey. Whilst on
holiday this summer in Rhodes, Greece, I
Jean
“I chose to make earrings from
beginners and beyond. Eight members was inspired by the Lindian women two of the large round beads, then
of the group took part in this Bead making their jewellery in the cobbled I made a fringe using different beads.
Soup challenge. town of Lindos. What better way to start I enjoyed making them, so I used some
We were all delighted to receive the my bracelet sitting on my hotel balcony blue beads to make another and turned
wonderful bead selection from Crystals looking across at the Acropolis with the it into a necklace. I really liked the
and Ice and very excited to take part in sun setting on the Aegean Sea”. combination of colours”.
Left: Denise's Greek

inspired holiday
bracele.
Right: Gill's
embroidered pendant.
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The beaders were sent... A goody
bag from Crystals and Ice which included
three pots of seed beads, Preciosa Twin
beads, a string of round Czech glass beads,
2 strings of crystals and a Swarovski Rivoli.
Visit the Crystals and Ice shop at 7 High Street Arcade, Cardiff,
South Wales, CF10 1BB.
Shop online www.crystals-and-ice.co.uk or call 02920 233 136.
Gill make a couple of necklaces and matching

earrings and bracelets using the beads, Nicola's colourful
“I love bead embroidery at the moment and adding a few more from my rapidly trellis bookmark.
and was thrilled to see my favourite seed growing stash”.
beads within the selection. I used the
rivoli for a central part of a round
pendant. I had some green galvanised
Nicola
“To start with, I couldn’t grasp the trellis
size 11 seed beads in my stash and used pattern, so I was determined to give it
them for the edging, which went well another go. I was going to make a
with the size 8 seed beads provided. bracelet, but my sister inspired me to
I used some gemstone beads I had for change it to a bookmark which allowed
the necklace. I think the Olympics may me to be creative and add frilly bits”. on my wrist, so decided on the netted
have inspired me for the shape of the
pendant (medal)! Jayne bracelet, keeping it simple as I’d gone to
town a bit with the rivoli.
I thought the larger beads were “I have always been a person who loves I then made the necklace using the
gorgeous and wanted to group them in to make things. I started beading about Preciosa Twin hole beads. I have to
some way to show them off. I came up four years ago. I’ve tried many beady admit that I’ve never used them before,
with a handbag charm and love the way techniques but my favourite has to so I had to search YouTube for
the charm glints in the sunlight”. be beadweaving. instructions! I soon discovered that they
Janet
“I have just started going to beading
When I received my pack of bead
soup I was a little apprehensive as I
don’t normally work with these colours,
were great for going round in circles, so
I went a little mad making lots of them
and the necklace came together gradually.
workshops, having recently retired, I was but I absolutely loved them as I began continued over
bored and looking for a new challenge. my projects. I started with the sparkly
At present I am enjoying making rivoli, I was going to make it into a
jewellery. I used my new found skills to choker but liked the idea of wearing it
Suzanne's
Above right:bugle
Gill's sparkling
choker.
bag charm.
Bottom right: beaded
Below: Jayne's
Fran's beadedand Twin bead
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necklce.
Janet's
matching set.
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Beadsoup Beadlife
By annie Watkinson
Living with a
Beader
Lets face it, non-beaders just don’t get it.
Read on to see the humorous trials and
Spider Bracelet – I have made spiders tribulations of living with our addiction.
I
before using wire and large beads, so I
t’s been a difficult month here at Watkinson
thought I would give it a go. The spider
Manor. My brother-in-law died suddenly and my
then ended up in a charm bracelet, using
grandson William was very poorly and was
up some rondelles from my stash."
admitted to hospital. It is very difficult to concentrate
Fran
“I came to beading about four years ago.
and be creative in these circumstances, I find.
Faced with a weekend of not knowing what was happening with
William, I was at a loss to know what to do, apart from sitting
When I was asked to take part in a
and twiddling my thumbs. I then remembered a demonstration I
challenge, I thought it would be nice to
saw on Bead TV. So I opened a few packets of polymer clay, and
do something different other than
sat there kneading. I could answer the telephone kneading, and
jewellery. I hope you like my card”.
worry kneading. It was a bit like handling a set of worry beads.
Suzanne
“This choker necklace was inspired by
The day wore on, and information was sifting through as we all
sat and worried.
Finally, the good news came that William had turned a corner
Jamie Cloud Eakin’s ‘Bugle Bead Bonanza’
and was managing to hold down his medicine. We were so
book. I added seed beads that I purchased
relieved! And during the long waiting hours, I had produced
on one of my trips to India and bugle
some beautiful sheets of mokume gane, all ready to make into
beads I bought from Spellbound Beads."
beads and pendants. I was amazed at how simple it was to
achieve such a magical result, and it did not require huge levels
of skill or concentration.
Now when I wear my necklace, I think of my darling William
and smile, thankful of a good outcome. The following weekend,
all five grandchildren came over, and celebrated my birthday.
Boys and girls alike all had fun making memory wire bracelets.
Even my little two year old granddaughter Hollie was able to
Above: Jayne's thread on the larger beads without any help or assistance, and
spider charm.
Below: Suzanne's
they were so proud of what they had achieved! Their joy was
bugle bead choker. increased when their Uncle Ian produced some genuine Indian
outfits for all of them from his travels; even for the baby! So
now, they had saris, beads and Indian wind chimes. The house
had a real touch of Asia surrounding it!
After her husband’s death, my sister came to stay for a while, and
the necklace that her husband Bob had given to her broke. I was
so thankful that my jewellery skills were able to repair this
keepsake for her. Sometimes, jewellery making seems a frivolous
pastime, but I believe it is a valuable addition that adds colour
and joy to our life. This month has proved it.
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British Bead Awards
The winners of the 2012 British Bead Awards were announced at the Big Bead Show on
October 20. Read on to see the amazing collection of winning designs from this year.
The standard of entries in 2012 was the highest we have ever seen, and judges Linda Jones, Jennifer Airs and Sarah Downton
had a tough time whittling down the entries. This year the Awards saw a new category; 'Polymer Clay' and makers everywhere
stepped up to the challenge. We had entrants from all over the globe and saw some truly wonderful techniques, workmanship
and talent; even an entry which actually lit up! Take a look here at the winning entries and those which the judges felt deserved a
Commendation as recognition of their fantastic work.
Metal Clay
Sponsored by The PMC Studio
1st Lucila Nassau ‘The Lady and the Unicorn’

Made with bronze clay using carving, lapidary and stone
setting techniques, this impressive piece came as two parts;
the horn bag and the necklace.
The judges said: “Glorious pieces, amazing design. Either piece
would have been a winner on its own.”
2nd Lesley Messam ‘The Peacock's Feathers’

Hand formed in silver clay, using riveting and texturing
techniques, this pendant incorporated real peacock feathers.
The judges said: “ A fun piece, we like the addition of feathers.”
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2nd Katie Dean ‘Bakewell Medley’
This fun and well thought out piece uses peyote stitch to create
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some favourite tarts and buns out of Delica beads.
Sponsored by The Spellbound Bea The judges said: “Very imaginative and exceptionally wearable.”
1st Hazel Kimbrey ‘Tears of the Selkie’ 3rd Marie New ‘Jurassic Lace’
This large and dramatic statement necklace uses bezelled Paua The main fabric of this piece has a delicate feel, but is smattered
shell cabochons, with free form peyote and Russian leaves. with glass spike beads and uses a combination of stitches.
The judges said: “Exquisite, very well thought out and executed. The judges said: “Wonderful detail, love the rock like texture of the piece.”
Beautiful mix of subtle colours.”
Commendation Zeynep Guven ‘English Riviera'’
Commendation Zoya Gutina ‘Starburst’
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Non-Jewelle ry This unique fan uses 160 different colours of Delica beads and was
Bead created using brick stitch. The leaf dangles use right angle weave.
Sponsored by ThreadA
The judges said: “Fabulous tension and excellent shaping."
1st Catherine Sanger ‘Victoria's Bolero’ 3rd Katie Dean ‘The Gingerbread House’
An elegant and well thought out wearable piece which A self supporting fun piece, it uses a combination of different
combines netting and right angle weave. stitches. Only the outer edges of the grass are supported by wire.
The judges said: “Flattering design and great attention to detail. The judges said: “Lovely attention to detail and great use of colour.”
Love the sleeves.”
Commendation Sarah Longfield ‘The Magooty Bird’
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Silver smithing and wire wrapping techniques link chunky
Chainmaille ds labradorite beads with elaborate swirls and silver flowers.
Sponsored by Purple Moon Bea
The judges said: "Very intricate, good use of labradorite.”
1st Lynda Pearce ‘Turtle in the Waves’ 3rd Vanessa Walilko ‘Chainmaille Kimono’
An intricate upper armband incorporating bezelled crystal This large piece of chainmaille used Japanese 8-1 weave. A
rivolis and wirewrapped seed beads. contrasting obi was incorporated using 8-2 weave.
"The judges said: "Love the originality. Gloriously realised.” The judges said: “Lovely shaping, what a fantastic pattern.”
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White Opal Swarovski Elements Cosmic Rings are linked with
Sponsored by The Bead Shop
(Nottingham) Ltd matching crystals and seed beads for a sparkling lariat necklace.
The judges said: “Very wearable, like the clever toggle closure!”
1st Helena Tang-Lim ‘Maharani’ 3rd Zoya Gutina ‘Starlight Reflection in the Ocean’
This stunning statement necklace uses bead embroidery and Swarovski Pearls combine beautifully with bicones and seed beads in
modified right angle weave to incorporate dazzling crystals. this elegant necklace.
The judges said: “Amazing - perfect for the Oscars. Stunning use The judges said: "Love the use of pearls and the shaping."
of bead embroidery.”
Best In Show Nicole Stanley ‘The Jewels of Viridia'’
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Beads Glass
Created on a hot head torch this fun Halloween inspired set
features a bubbling cauldron, black cat, bat and green faced witch.
Sponsored by Tuffnell
The judges said: “Love the expression on the witch's face."
1st Becky Fairclough ‘An Ode to Miss Haversham’ 3rd Stephanie Gough ‘Inner Depths - Into The Fire'
Using enamelling and silver leaf techniques these intricate Created using her own glass quilling technique these beads look
beads also have tiny cubic zirconas set in them. even more stunning up close.
The judges said: “Contemporary and gorgeous! Elegant with lots The judges said: "Neat and even with consistent shape and size. Lovely.”
of detail.”
Commendation Madeline Bunyan ‘Ivory Horse’
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2nd Lesley Messam ‘Treasure Keeper’

Polymer Clay This fun hand-sculpted piece uses Mica powders combined with
Sponsored by Staedtler FIMO polymer clay for a large pendant.
The judges said: “Well sculpted with interesting techniques.”
1st Aniko Kolesnikova ‘Blades of Power’ 3rd Michael Mitchell ‘Sunshine Flowers'
This large and unusual necklace was hand sculpted using A colourful brooch created using blending and caning techniques.
manual texturing techniques with a hint of crystal sparkle. The judges said: "Lovely caning, very neat.”
The judges said: “Love the Sculpting, amazing detail. Stunning
and imaginative work.”
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2nd Miriam Shimon ‘Alexandrina’

Beyond Beads A dramatic piece created using soutache techniques with
Sponsored by Cookson Gold herringbone and peyote beadwork.
The judges said: “Stunning seed bead work, beautifully combined
with soutache. Looks fantastic worn.”
1st Judith Hind ‘Full Circles Necklace’ 1s
Each Dorset button was handmade before being stitched 3rd Karen Leyland ‘Read All About It' 2n
together to create this large statement neck piece. This unusual necklace uses quilled paper to create the daisy shapes 3r
The judges said: “Fabulous use and placement of colours. Really and square rolled paper techniques for the other beads.
embodies the idea of beyond beads.” The judges said: "Like the subtle colours and use of messages between
the ribbons. So different; something to keep people talking."
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you do your creating! This issue Jennifer Airs invited
us into her 'beaderie'...
M
y bead room is dominated by a beautiful workstation
which takes up most of one wall. When my dad died
seven years ago I used some of his money on a
bespoke and locally grown/made, piece of oak furniture. It
includes a desk area backed by apothecary drawers, six large
drawers, several bookshelves and a large cupboard. We recently
moved house and my Beaderie had to move with us. The bedroom it now
occupies is quite a bit smaller than the one it was in before so the cupboard
had to be uncoupled.
This photo is taken from the far corner by the window – light is so important
when beading and this window faces west so catches sunlight from about
midday until late evening. The wooden revolving chair and the laptop are new.
I frequently spend a morning hour or three writing up projects, keeping my
website up to date, or just answering correspondence (and drooling over beads
online). I often recall happy times with my Dad like his exuberant ‘Dad
dancing’ and endearingly laughable bad jokes as I sit here.
My stash was pruned before we moved and I had a sale at Betchworth
Beaders on my last day there. I sold/donated two drawers worth of
embroidery stuff, my Marudai (for Kumihimo) and associated equipment, a
craft light, several beading books, and loads of other stuff.
My apothecary drawers now hold all my size 11 seeds by colour, Miyuki
Duracoat beads, triangle beads, square beads, Tila beads and some decorative
threads. The large drawers are mostly used for projects waiting to be made, my
two bead looms and some non-beady stuff.
I use the bookshelves to hold the rest of my beads with separate boxes for
them by type (e.g. for size 15 seeds, lampworked beads) and four large boxes
of completed projects. My bookshelves also hold a large number of magazines
(including Bead magazine
since Issue 1, Beadworkers
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WORKSHOPreview
By
Allison Hudspith
Beading Retreats
in France
A weekend in rural France learning new
jewellery making techniques, whilst staying
in a picturesque cottage - Allison Hudspith Allison's Dichroic
adjustable ring.
tells us about her stay with La Vidalerie.
I
couldn’t believe it when I opened the action the next day. support and encouragement for me to
email which said I had won the Bead Teaching began on the Saturday make this from scratch. By the end of
competition to win a weekend bead morning at 10am, with an explanation the day I could not believe just how
retreat at La Vidalerie in France - it about safety procedures and a discussion much I had learnt and made in two days.
came on the same day as the email to of what I wanted to get out of my visit. As my plane on the Monday was not
tell me I had passed my PGCE! We started by making a set of stacker until the afternoon, the morning was
I did a beading course at La Vidalerie rings, Karen took me through measuring spent finishing off and Tim gave me tips
three years ago and have always wanted the wire so the rings on how to photograph the
to go back, but having just gone self were the right size, WHERE: La Vidalerie, Aveyron, South jewellery I had made.
employed and studying, both money how to solder them West France. I have to say this
WHEN: Regular workshops for 2-4
and time had been tight. When I saw together and get a people run throughout the year.
weekend was definitely
the competition in the magazine I good join. The level of A variety of jewellery making what the doctor ordered,
entered it straight away and then forgot teaching is excellent workshops are available. it is so calm at La
COST: Allison chose Stone Setting -
all about it! I had done some very basic and Karen is very Vidalerie and I have
Bezel Settings for Absolute Beginners
silversmithing in the past but knowledgeable, which was a two day workshop / learnt so much, which will
desperately wanted to learn soldering patient and three nights, costing £295. be put into action as soon
and stone setting. supportive. After as possible. As well as
On arriving at Rodez on the Friday giving the rings different textures and coming home with some beautiful
afternoon I was met in arrivals by Tim showing me how to re-size them we jewellery, a disk with all the photos and
from La Vidalerie and enjoyed the short went on to make a stamped pendant some really useful info sheets, I know
car ride through beautiful countryside to with a stone set in a handmade bezel. that if I am stuck I can email Karen for
the cottage. The cottage is well equipped Karen explained all the way through how help. Also I get such a sense
and you have the choice of self catering and why we do things and the order to of satisfaction when someone comments
or having your evening meals with Karen do them in. This project took a lot of on my jewellery and I can say I made it
and Tim (for a small charge). time but I was really pleased with the all myself. I hope I to go back again
The location of the cottage is fabulous finished result, and there was still time to and do more courses, many thanks for
with views of the valley and total peace make a pair of domed textured earrings. this opportunity.
and quiet. After dinner and a catch up Everything I made was put in the
with Karen tumbler overnight to polish them up. more
SEE
and Tim, I The next morning I made a spiral Visit La Vidalerie's website
www.lavidalerie.com
immersed ring with dichroic glass. This was more
myself in the difficult, as the bezel was stand alone, as
fantastic opposed to being part of a bigger piece,
library of but I got great satisfaction knowing I
books they had made it from scratch and not just
have available bought a bezel. After a gorgeous lunch
in the cottage in the sunny garden this piece was
and chilled finished off and I drew the design for a
ready for pendant with a heart on. Karen offered
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Noticeboard
Local Groups
BEDFORDSHIRE
Beadalicious Group Meets in Havant on the last
Saturday of the month, 2.15-4.30pm. Contact Gloria
Bastable gingerjive@yahoo.co.uk or call 077171 54621.
If you’d like to feature in
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Spilsby, Lincs. Contact June Caldwell on 01790 754073.
Boston Beaders 3rd Saturday of each month, 1-4pm at
Dunstable Beaders Once a month, on Saturday, 1-4pm Busy Beads Bursledon 2nd Wednesday of every month, the Black Sluice Centre, London Road. Contact Louise
at Priory Information Centre, Priory Gardens, High 10-4pm at St Paul's Church, Southampton. Please ring 01205 350085, or email louiselody29@btinternet.com
Street South, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Contact Ann Rust Lynda Marshall on 01489 787166 or 07711 551422. Lincolnshire Ladies That Bead Meets every 8 weeks.
on 07980 198015. Colbury Memorial Hall 2nd Monday in the month, 7-9pm. For more details contact Carol Ingamells 01522
BERKSHIRE 7.30-9.30pm. Contact Sue Garvey 01489 784615 or 807297 or email carol.ingamells@hotmail.co.uk
Berkshire Beaders Calcot, Reading, 3rd Monday of the Jackie Smith 02380 734596.
Craft Devils, Southampton Meet the 4th Sunday of LONDON AND ONLINE
month, 7.30-9.30pm. Contact Barbara on 0118 948 3877
every month 10am-4pm. Contact Julie at Craft Devils London Beadwork Meet up group once a month. See
or visit www.berkshire-beaders.org.uk
02380 436333 or email groovyju@btinternet.com www.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbeadworkmeetup to
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE join the online group or contact Sanya on 020 8592 5842.
Addicted to Beads Meets alternate Tuesday evenings, HERTFORDSHIRE
7.30-9.30pm. Moulsoe Village Hall, just off junction 14, Budding Beaders Bassingbourn Village College MERSEYSIDE
M1. Contact Sylvia Fairhurst on 01908 311243 or email Community Centre, Nr Royston. Tuesdays 7.30-9.30pm Budding Beads Southport. Beading Social, Mondays
sylvia-fairhurst@o2.co.uk for DIY projects and 1st Saturday of the month 12.45pm-2.45 bring your own project and meet like-
10am-1pm for a workshop with visiting tutors. Contact minded beaders. See www.buddingbeads.co.uk or ring
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Karen/Tracey 01704 808933 for further details.
Newmarket & Cambs Beading Group 4th Monday of Julie 01763 853257 or juliefarquhar@btinternet.com
www.buddingbeaders.org.uk Formby Beaders Every Tuesday during term time at
the month 7.15-9.30pm at Trinity Church, Burwell. Formby Methodist Church, Elbow Lane Formby.
Contact Kari Karolia on 01638 745490 or email Dangerous Beaders Watford, 1st Tuesday of the month,
10am-2pm. Contact Sandra Fox on 01923 223144 or 1.30-3.30pm. Contact Kimberley 07904 209609.
kari.karolia@gmail.com
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CHESHIRE
KENT Hampton Beaders meet at the White House, Hampton,
South Cheshire Branch of the Embroiderers Guild
Bromley Beaders 3rd Wednesday of the month, 2pm, in every 3rd Wednesday in the month, 10am-1pm. Contact
3rd Thursday of the month at 10.30am in the Scout and
central Bromley, less than 5 min from Bromley South Jane at jah241@hotmail.co.uk or Pat on 0208 394 2469.
Guild Hall, Cheshire Street, Audlem, Cheshire. Contact
Jan Aldersay on 01270 619753. Station, 16 min from Victoria. For more details call NORFOLK
Adrianne Laidlow on 020 8290 5670. The Norwich Bead Group Two groups, alternate Tuesdays,
CLEVELAND The Bead Up Meet the 1st Monday of the month, 10am-1pm and alternate Thursdays 10am-1pm at URC,
The Maritime Bead Group 2nd Saturday of month, 7.00-9.30pm in Ashford. Contact Siggy on Ipswich Road. Call Elizabeth 01603 717384 or email
10.30am-2.30pm at the Annexe, Wharton Terrace, Hartlepool, 07719 335015 after 3pm. elizabeth@eadwyere.plus.com
TS24 8NS. Contact Myra Robertson 01642 479564 or 07735
478319 or email: myra.robertson@yahoo.co.uk The Beadtogethers meet bimonthly on a Tuesday Bumble Beaders Alternate Tuesdays, Hinks Meadow
7.30pm-10pm at Pluckley Village Hall, near Ashford. Village Hall, Taverham, Norwich, 7.30–9.30pm. Contact
CORNWALL Dates for this year: 21st June, 16th August and 11th Cathy on 01603 869663 or email c.sellick@virgin.net
Celtic Beaders Meets on the 1st Saturday of each month, October. Contact Sue Ticehurst 01233 840361.
10am-4pm. Contact Patsy Betts on 01736 363755 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Medway Beaders meet monthly on the last Sunday, in
or p-betts@sky.com Kettering Beaders 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month
Chatham just off the high street. Contact Dee at
7.30-9.30pm. For more info and full programme call Jane
COUNTY DURHAM wingrovesmith2010@yahoo.co.uk or call 07843230950.
Revell on 01536 519016 or visit ketteringbeaders.co.uk
Darlington Bead Club meets the third Saturday of the LANCASHIRE
month, 10.30am-2.30pm at Northern Beads, Unit 10, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Fylde Coast Crafters Meets 1st Saturday of each
Whessoe Road. Phone or text Michelle on 07710218354 Bridgford Beaders Meet monthly on Tuesday, 10am-1pm
month at Spencer Court Day Care Centre. See
or 01325 480028. at The Rushcliffe Arena, Rugby Road, West Bridgford.
www.fyldecoastcrafters.co.uk or contact Jan Tilley
Contact Lynn on 0115 9140927.
DEVON at jantilleyuk@yahoo.co.uk
The Beading Clinic BeadbyBead, West Bridgford, 1st
Crafty Little Beaders Meet the 3rd Thursday of the Cedar Beaders Tuesdays, in the Pig Barn at Cedar Farm,
Friday and 2nd Wednesday afternoon of each month.
month, Bitton House, Teignmouth, from 7.30-9.30pm, Mawdesley, nr. Chorley. Morning group meets 9.30am-
12.30pm, the afternoon group 12.30pm-3.30pm. Contact Call Patty McCourt 0115 981 9643 or email
contact Dawnn Harris on 07871 228 200. patty.beads@googlemail.com
Marlene on 01282 772896 or marlenembirtwell@aol.com
DORSET Toll House Beaders 1st Tuesday of the month 7-9pm The Bead Group Every Wednesday 5-7pm at The Bead
Batty Beaders 4th Monday of the month, 10am-12.30pm and the 3rd Saturday of the month 10am-3pm in the Shop, 7 Market Street, Nottingham. Find them on
at Stitchcraft Beads, The Studio, Chaldicott Barns, Tokes Village Hall, Higham. Contact Pam on 01282 455469 or Facebook or email Sandi at sparkletwin2010@yahoo.co.uk
Lane, Semley SP7 9AW. Tel 01747 830666 email pam.hunt3@btopenworld.com OXFORDSHIRE
East Dorset Polymer Clay Group meets 1st Sunday Beadweaving-4-Fun 1st and 3rd Thursday of the Banbury Beaders 1st Thursday in the month. Contact
alternate months. Southbourne, Bournemouth month. 1.30-4pm at The Bead Room, 26 Melbourne Marion 01295 261595 or marion.davis@hotmail.co.uk
10.30am-5pm. Contact Kerrie 07962067506 for details. Street, Clayton-le-Moore. Contact Pam Hunt on 01282
SHROPSHIRE
ESSEX 455469 or email pam.hunt3@btopenworld.com
New group in Newport. Meets once a month contact Cintia
Clacton Bead Queens Meet once a month in Clacton Halfpenney’s Group Meets monthly 1st and 3rd Thursday Gough on 07812610305 or email jeanie@jeanieg.co.uk
town centre 11am-1pm. Contact Teresa Stephenson at Halfpenney's, 26 Melbourne Street, Clayton-le-Moors,
beadqueens@hotmail.co.uk or 01255 436531. BB5 5LS. , 7–9.30pm, £3 per visit. Contact Kathryn 01254 SCOTLAND
Anglia Bead Club Colchester 2nd Wednesday 236049 or email kathryn@halfpenney.co.uk Auld Reekie Beaders - Edinburgh - meets once every 2
of every month, 7–9pm at Mason's Hall, Barracks Street. Medway Beaders Meet monthly on the last Sunday in months on a Saturday at Stevenson College. £4 for the
Contact Wendy Buck on 01206 867971. Chatham just off the high street. Contact Dee at day. Contact Joyce Johnston for more details
wingrovesmith2010@yahoo.co.uk for more information or joycejohnston@blueyonder.co.uk
Daisy Beaders Meets at our favourite local pub in
Colchester, 2nd Thursday of each month, 10am-2pm and a call 07843230950. SOMERSET
Saturday. Ring Victoria 01206 240174 or Sue 01206 304726. LEICESTERSHIRE Frome Beaders 2nd Thursday of the month, Frome
HAMPSHIRE Vale Beaders Usually 1st Saturday of month at College, Block M, Room 3, 7-9pm. Contact Julie Hunt on
Jilly’s Beading Club Mondays 6pm-8pm at Hobbycraft, Hickling Village Hall. Contact Elizabeth 01949 81501, 01373 302011 or Sarah Jeffries 01373 300017 or email
Solent Retail Park, Havant. Call 0845 0516554 for info. Jackie 01664 822364 or Lynn 0115 914 0927. jeffries.sarah@googlemail.com
Basingstoke Meets 3rd Saturday of each month The Need to Beaders 2nd Thursday of the month, Mad About Beads Meets weekly on a Monday 7-9pm at
at Kempshott Village Hall, 10am-2pm. See 7.00-9.30pm at the Methodist Church, Windsor Street, Madisons Beads, Taunton. For details call 01823 322466
www.silvertreedesigns.co.uk or call Rachel on 07969 Burbage, Hinckley. Contact Elaine Moore on or visit www.madisonsbeads.co.uk
804825 after 2pm. 01455 634965 or Elaine Gay on 01455 637136.
STAFFORDSHIRE
CH Beaders Meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday Abacus Bead Emporium Hinkley, Leic LE10 1DD Brewhouse Beadin 2nd Wednesday of month, 1-3pm at
evenings of the month and every Friday in Gosport, £4, 10.30-1pm, Tues and Fri. Call Annette 01455 444494. the Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton upon Trent. Phone
6.30–9.30pm. Contact Gilly on 02392 525739, or LINCOLNSHIRE Rossella Cottrell on 07979 912 502 for more details.
gillyjon.utting@ntlworld.com Bead & Banter Ashby, Scunthorpe, Wednesday Needwood Beaders Meet approx. 6 times a year at
Needles & Pins Craft Group Meet every Friday, 10am-2pm Fridays 10am-2pm and 6-9pm, Sundays St James Church Hall, Barton Under Needwood, Nr
10am-12pm. Havelock Community Centre, Southsea. 4-8pm. Contact Dawn 01724844993 or 07709129827 Burton upon Trent. Also run weekly classes. Contact
Contact Shirley on 023 9282 5481 or email or dawncumming48@yahoo.com Vivien Macpherson on 01283 547887, email
shirley@shirleymundy.co.uk vivien@jvmac.co.uk or visit www.needwoodbeaders.co.uk
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SUFFOLK
Newmarket District Beadwork & Jewellery Making Group
Meets one morning and one evening per month. Call
Lizzy 01638 723153 or lizzy4458@btinternet.com or
Terry 01638 601413 or tessalmc@ntlworld.com
SuffEx Bead Club Old School in Long Melford on the 1st
and 3rd Thursday of the month10am-12.30pm. Contact Mary
Powell on 01787 372020.
SURREY
Epsom Beaders Group Every 4–6 weeks on
Wednesday evenings. Contact Lynne Garrod at
lynnegarrod@btinternet.com or telephone 01372 458369.
SUSSEX - EAST
1066 Beading Buddies Meet in Hastings 2nd Wednesday
of the month 7–9pm and 4th Tuesday 10am–12pm.
Contact Karen Whittaker on 01424 457695 or
beadingbuddy22@gmail.com
SUSSEX – WEST
Bead Magicians Meet on the 3rd Tuesday of every
month in Findon, 10am-4pm. Contact Carole Tucker
on 07768 721768 or carolenextdoor@hotmail.co.uk
WALES
The Bead Addicts Tea Party - beading and knotting
group meet at The Makers Guild in 'Craft in the Bay' in
Cardiff. 2nd Saturday of the month, 11am-4pm. Contact
Bead Groups
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WARWICKSHIRE
Beadelicious Beaders Last Saturday of month,
10am-2pm at Nuneaton Heritage Centre, Avenue Road,
CV11 4LP. Contact Louisa Moss on 07977 584778 or
email beadelicious@inbox.com
WILTSHIRE
The Wessex Beading Group 1st Monday of the month,
Joyce Johnston tells us about the group she helped
10am-3pm. Contact Pam Palmer on 01747 870270
or tisburybeading@yahoo.co.uk
found, Auld Reekie Beaders from Edinburgh.
Swindon Beaders 1st Tuesday of the month, 7–9pm
at Swindon College, Queens Drive, Swindon. With a title derived from the fond looking forward to participating in its
YORKSHIRE nickname for Edinburgh, this new annual challenges and charity projects,
Yeadon Beaders 2nd Friday of the month in Yeadon, group of beadweaving fanatics plans to as well as attending the Great British
West Yorkshire, 1.30–4pm. Contact Sandra Wallace on
0113 2507396, or email swallacebeadwork@aol.com develop the popularity of their much Bead Show in May 2013.
Castle Beaders has moved to the Swadford Centre, loved hobby in Scotland’s beautiful The group meets for the whole day
32 Swadford St., Skipton, N. Yorkshire, BD23 1RD. 2nd
Thursday of the month 7-10pm. New members of all capital city. Saturday once every two months, at a
abilities welcome. Call Harrie Lerman on 07768 050306.
Bandroom Beaders 1st Saturday of each month, the
Spreading the pleasures of beading to college venue in the west of
Bandroom in Farndale, 10am-4pm. Contact Avril on new members is one of the group’s Edinburgh. A workshop is usually held
01751 798155 or email Davidb1951@hotmail.com
The new beading group in Harrogate meets alternate
aims, but we are also about developing in the morning, with the afternoon
Mondays at The Youth Centre, Burley Bank Close, our own skills, and taking on ever- spent in ‘show and tell’ activity, and
Harrogate, HG3 2BY. Contact Margaret Scott
01423 526571 or Joanne Harrison 0113 2786871. more challenging projects. social beading. The photos show some
Seven Hills Beading Collective fortnightly on Thursdays To help with this, each meeting of of the members and their work on
6-8pm at Jam Jar Beads, Sheffield. Contact Sarah on 07713
324191 sarahtravis75@gmail.com or find them on Facebook. the group focuses on a particular stitch display at a recent meeting. The next
or technique, and while the morning meeting of Auld Reekie Beaders will
National Groups
The Beadworkers Guild www.beadworkersguild.org.uk workshop introduces beginners to this be on November 17 2012, and new
Bead Society of Great Britain www.beadsociety.org.uk stitch through a project, more members will be warmly welcomed.
experienced beaders are invited to talk
Events
17th November The Occasional Sheffield Bead Shop. about ways in which they have
Aston Hotel, Sheffield S60 5BD 10am - 4pm, with Jencel developed more advanced use of the reated
Beads and Silvar Designs. For more information, visit A collar c e
o f th
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Emerald chips
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Luscious Emerald
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Emerald
The much prized green precious gemstone Emerald; ‘the stone of the
BEADnerd gods’ is held in great esteem throughout Latin America, and found at
The green colour in its best in Columbia. Bead's resident Gemmologist tells us more...
Emerald is produced by
E
trace amounts of
Chromium or Vanadium. merald is a grass green gemstone which is reduces the visibility of these cracks. This is
Hardness on the Moh always thought of as one of the ‘Big Four’; commonplace and an entirely acceptable practice.
Scale is 7½. Emerald Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, and Sapphire. It is not acceptable however to use coloured oil
commonly forms in
pegmatite where a pocket
These are precious gemstones which have been to enhance the gemstone. This oiling and the
of liquid rock is cut off revered throughout history for their clarity or cracks within the stones mean that the stones
from a magma intrusion vibrancy of colour. should not be submerged in water – take off
and cools slowly producing
Emerald is the green form of the mineral jewellery when washing your hands or doing the
large crystals.
Beryl; the other colours have different names as dishes – nor should it be cleaned in ‘dip’ or an
is common in the gem world. Aquamarine ultra-sonic cleaner. Should this have happened
(literally water of the sea) is the blue form, the cracks become more visible and the clarity is
Heliodor (From Helios – the sun god) is the reduced, the stone becoming dull. A reputable
yellow form, Goshenite (from Goshen in the jeweller who handles gemstones should be able
USA) is the colourless form and Morganite is to remedy this. Treat Emerald beads in the same
the pale pink form (named after the wealthy manner as they are slightly softer than quartz
banker and gem collector JP Morgan). A rare and should be strung carefully to avoid damage
red Beryl - Bixbite comes from Utah, but only by rubbing against harder stones.
forms tiny crystals. Lots of green minerals and glass are offered
Emeralds are found worldwide but of for sale as ‘Emerald’ but it is never going to be a
differing qualities. The very best come from cheap stone and if the price seems too good to
Columbia from the Chivor, Vasquez, Muso and be true then be very wary of buying a simulent.
Pita mines. Indian and Brazilian Emeralds do Gemstones would cost at least £40/carat
Above and below: not have quite the same clarity, although (200mg) as a guide. To keep Emeralds at their
Columbian
emeralds courtesy emeralds are rarely completely ‘clean’, for best store beads and jewellery in a soft bag so
of Boced’s example it is normal to have cracks and that they won’t become scratched by harder
Precious Pieces.
inclusions within the stones which stones or other jewellery, nor dry out or get too
are visible with a hand lens and hot which can cause loss of oil.
sometimes with the naked eye.
Emeralds are ‘oiled’; this means PROPERTIES
usually they are soaked or rubbed
This green stone works on the heart chakra, bringing
over with inert colourless oil which love, loyalty and empathy. Emerald brings harmony
and eliminates negativity, it is commonly used
to cleanse the aura. While an excellent stone for
meditation it is particularly cleansing and reduces
fear and anxiety. Emerald is known as a master
healing stone. It is the gemstone for both May,
Taurus and Mondays.
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