Bead-Patterns the Magazine Issue 25 Sep/Oct 2009 Executive Editor: Deb Moffett-Hall
Welcome friends to issue #25.
Revel in the glorious colors of autumn. A box chain cha cha bracelet from Linda Gettings features brick stitch leaves. Fire Polished beads never looked so good! Sandra D Halpenny weaves her magic with seed beads and fire polished beads. I’ve added a fun Halloween crystal drop. Barb Nichols evokes those fall colors with her Prickly Peyote bracelet and Marilyn Peters captures the last summer rainbow in her Ogallala Butterfly bracelet. Ty Wolfe Designs shares an adorable herringbone bracelet with buttons & crystals. Sharon Boehme helps you get a head start on your Holiday stitching with a Santa tea light cover, great for stocking stuffers! Enjoy the crisp autumn weather!
Stitch a super fluid and fun to wear herringbone bracelet base and add a little kick of color with flat back two-hole Lucite buttons and Swarovski crystals.
Materials: 290 size 8/o seed beads & thread to match Clasp of choice Flat two-hole Buttons: 1@ one inch, 2 @ 3/4 inch, 2 @ 1/2 inch 4mm bicone Crystals: 2 for each button in matching colors Size 11/o Delica or seed bead: 1 for each button in matching colors
Fire Polished Pairs - Page 7 By Sandra D. Halpenny
Capture sparkling pairs of fire polished beads in intricate looking seed bead medallion units. Bracelet can be stitched as shown with two borders of seed beads or add only the first border for a very different look!
Materials needed (Including outside row):
A = Miyuki 11/o SEED bead #5379, 65 beads + 9 for one end + 12 for clasps
B = Miyuki 11/o SEED bead #574, 38 beads
C = 4mm Fire-polished, Orange 2 tone, 2 beads
Bead Counts are per Unit; 1 Unit is approximately 1"
Halloween 2009 Crystal Drop - Page 13 By Deb Moffett-Hall
Even Count Peyote and size 11/o Delica beads make an adorable dated Halloween keepsake crystal drop.
Materials: Name / Delica 11/o # Quantity # Black #010 412 beads Gold #410 138 beads Light orange #651 37 beads Dark orange #752 13 beads Light green #169 10 beads Dark green #754 20 beads White #201 40 beads Brown #764 2 beads
Use easy turn odd-count peyote to quickly stitch the bracelet base and then add dozens of seed bead picots to create a colorful tufted texture.
Materials: 20 g 8/o Miyuki Delicas (Dark Cream Opaque #DBL-0732) 20 g 6/o mixed beads (silver-lined frosted matte for the glowing look in sample.) 10 g 11/o seeds (light brown transparent) Silamide beading thread (size A) 1 button with shank, 15mm Beading needle Scissors
This stunning collar is stitched with cubes & seed beads with a flash of gold fire polished beads.
Materials: 14” collar 400 black 4mm cube beads 2,000 size 11/o black seed beads 50 size 11/o metallic gold seed beads 186 gold metallic fire polished 3mm (sm) 46 gold metallic fire polished 5mm (lg) 92 black fire polished 2mm or 3mm One 18mm glass button or clasp of choice Black thread of choice
Stitch a quick box chain bracelet base using hex beads, then embellish with a glorious assortment of beads, stone chips and brick stitched leaves.
Materials: 700 red jasper color size 11/o hex beads Size 11/o seed beads in the following colors: root beer, amber, yellow Size 15/o seed beads, bronze metallic 100+ Red Jasper Stone bead and chip mix & coordinating glass bead mix Clasp of choice, sample shows a very strong magnetic clasp
Picture Jasper Cobra Chain - Page 27 By Michelle Hall
This is a no-clasp-needed, go with everything, quick to stitch, fun project. Get a head start on your holiday gifts!
Materials: 30 Faceted Picture Jasper rondelles. 5 x 8 mm 450 Met Brown iris seed beads size 10/o or 11/o 168 Frosted matte brown iris size 8/o 24 Silver daisy spacers size 4 mm 6lb Fireline works nicely for this project
Ogallala Butterfly Ruffles - Page 31 By Marilyn Peters
Decorate the edges of an even count peyote band with ebullient and colorful Ogallala butterfly ruffles.
Materials: 7 colors of size 11/o Japanese silver lined seed beads. Example uses colors to create a blended rainbow; Purple, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Aqua, & Blue.
Look who's getting ready for his annual night flight. Get a jump on your holiday stitching - make several for stocking stuffers or party favors!
Materials: Sample was stitched using size 11 Delicas in 7 colors. Background - DB 1587 Sled/Antlers - DB 769 Red - DB 602 White - DB 200 Black - DB 10 Green - DB 148 Reindeer - DB 772 Silamide thread in matching color, Nymo tends to stretch too much.
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Issue 25 (Sep/Oct 2009) 
