Earring Advent Event- Days 14-18 - Beadwork
Christmas stockings were always one of my favorite parts of the holidays. My great-aunt Liz knitted incredibly intricate stockings in fine gauge for 3 generations of children in my family, they are huge with our names in the top and Christmas ... [... more]
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Earring Advent Event - Day 9 - 13 - Beadwork
Since I don't wear holiday earrings year round, this week will be designs that are appropriate year round. I think when I make these up, I'm going to use a few shades of pink shaded where the white is, and black for the outline. Make them in ... [... more]
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Earring Advent Event - Days 4 -8 - Beadwork
The next few days, I'll update this page with the earring designs, they are all the same style graph as the last couple of days, and rather then having 25 pages of earrings, I thought putting a few on a page might work better. I'm working on a ... [... more]
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Earring Advent Event - Snowflakes - Beadwork
Last year, I explained how I graphed snowflakes in this article. After I finished the first pair, a friend pointed out that no two snowflakes are alike, so I graphed a different one so I could have matching earrings with two different ... [... more]
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Earring Advent Event - Penguins - Beadwork
For the next 25 days, I'll be posting a new earring pattern every day. This is the first one, I did my model in Delicas, and odd count peyote. Use peyote or brick stitch, larger beads will make a nice pendant, and smaller beads will make a tiny ... [... more]
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A Rose Pattern - Beadwork
I hope you enjoy this two drop peyote rose amulet bag pattern. It's only 6 colors, so it doesn't need suggested color numbers, and you can use either cylinder beads or seed beads for it. You can vary the colors easily as well. If you do it in ... [... more]
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Bead Like a Pirate! - Beadwork
In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, I made up these patterns for people who want to celebrate being a pirate anytime, but especially on Sept 19th. The first one is a simple tiled pattern. Right click to save patterns, or right click ... [... more]
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Bracelet Patterns and Projects
Index of the earring, necklace and bracelet patterns and projects on this site - Beadwork at BellaOnline Index -Earrings, Bracelets and Necklaces - Beadwork is a personally written site at BellaOnline Beadwork at BellaOnline Index -Earrings, ... [... more]
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Brick Stitch Variations - Beadwork
Brick stitch is confusing. There seem to be so many versions of it, I don't know which method is best, because I use all of them for different things. They all have thier drawbacks and advantages. Ann Benson has posted the classic instructions, ... [... more]
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Brick Stitched Peacock Pendant - Beadwork
One of the most frequently requested patterns off my website is for a brick stitched peacock eye I made a few years ago. Unfortunately, it was something I hadn't graphed. The pattern is done in brick stitch with a 4 bead wide foundation row. The ... [... more]
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Brick Stitched Tattoo Bracelet - Beadwork
This bracelet is done in size 11 Japanese seedbeads in brick stitch. It's really super simple. The individual motifs are beaded, then connected on the last row, I started with the center motif, then when I made the second on, I wove the ends ... [... more]
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Chicken Earrings - Beadwork
I've got a friend who loves chickens, well, to be more accurate, a bunch of friends who love beaded chickens or chicken beads. I graphed out a couple chickens one day while I was thinking of her. The pin above was made like the friendship swap ... [... more]
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