The cooler weather is here again and the summer activities have slowed a bit. Now you can find time to enjoy your stitching! Linda Gettings offers a fun brick stitch cube necklace to showcase a focal bead. Sandra D. Halpenny shares not one but TWO fabulous projects, a lacy seed bead necklace and a delightful peyote bracelet. I've contributed a Silver Bauble circular herringbone necklace design. Michelle has a light and airy Japanese Maple Leaf bracelet and clever eyelet capped peyote beads to customize an art bead bracelet. Celebrate the Holidays with Ronit Florence's peyote bracelets: Honey Apples for the Jewish New Year and Grinning Jack-o-lanterns for Halloween. Speaking of Halloween, Ty Wolfe Designs shares a large peyote panel you will be thrilled to display each year.
As part of the Jewish New Year celebrations it is customary to eat an apple dipped in honey to symbolize the wish for the New Year to be good and sweet. Size: Stitched with size 11 Delicas 6.5" long x 1.5" wide. Colors and bead counts are shown below and also found on the pattern page.
Delica Beads, size 11/o: DB 201 (860) DB 178 (978) DB 100 (441) DB 723 (476) DB 274 (253)
Each autumn the Japanese Maple leaves fade in color & curl into delicate spidery shapes that look lovely scattered among the golden leaves from our other trees.
This bracelet is 7 1/2" as shown; the kit will make a bracelet up to 9" in length.
Quick and easy! Brick stitch large 4mm cubes to form a bail and necklace to accent a focal bead.
Materials: 350 Cubes 4mm in colors to complement your focal bead 6" rounded 4mm beads for comfort at the back of your neck 25mm or larger focal bead and accent beads for the bottom dangle Fireline, 4lb test Beading needle
Celebrate Halloween with grinning pumpkins and candy corn. Size: Stitched with size 11 Delicas 6.5" long x 1.5" wide. Colors and bead counts are shown below and also found on the pattern page.
Delica Beads, size 11/o: DB 178 (976) DB 721 (549) DB 722 (1012) DB 201 (260) DB 274 (171) DB 727 (30) Add a button and loop of seed beads for a clasp.
Stitch up some seed bead magic with this darling necklace design. Have fun exploring different color combinations to create different effects.
Materials: A = Miyuki 11/0 SEED bead, 85* B = Miyuki 11/0 SEED bead, 43* *Bead Counts are per repeat, repeat is approximately 1" Nymo D Thread or Fireline, 4 or 6 pound #11 or #12 beading needle
Geometric Beauty Bracelet - Page 38 by Sandra D. Halpenny
This odd count peyote band uses size 11 Miyuki™ Delica beads. In addition to weaving lacy seed beads Sandra also creates fabulous Peyote designs, here's a taste.
Materials: Cream: Delica bead, #157 Green: Delica bead, #324 Purple: Delica bead, #694 Black: Delica bead, #310 or #010 Nymo D Thread or Fireline (4lb or 6lb) #11 or #12 beading needle
Halloween Fun Tapestry - Page 43 by Ty Wolfe Designs
8.5" x 11" using Delica beads size 11/o. Even count peyote panel. Stitch a Halloween decoration you'll be thrilled to display each year with an easy to follow word chart.
* Dyed in the Fire Designs - Patti Cahill, Bead Artist www.patticahill.etsy.com
* Bead Kit for the Japanese Maple Leaves www.patternstobead.com
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Issue 31 (Sep/Oct 2010) 
