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Aztec Bohemian necklace (CH0349)
It all started with a stone
a pink opal stone
and it took me to places
I have not seen
far away and mystical
where our souls have roamed.
Credit for the name of this piece goes to Erin ‘Ren’ King – a girl of remarkable talent and a way with words.
This article will detail how to filigree bead bezel cab – that is, to use filigree component to augment the stardard bead bezelling technique.
Bead Bezel with Filigree; How To
For this mix media necklace “Warm My Heart”, I will start with the detailed finished project. Virtually all the components have been created from scratch. I will detail how to make them in the later part of this article for those of you who are curious.
Mix Media Necklace “Warm My Heart” (CH0347)
Mix Media Necklace “Warm My Heart” (CH0347)
This labradorite necklace is full of life and joie de vivre. It forms part of the “Labradorite & Friends” collection. There are a huge number of steps and processes in the making of this necklace. So I have broken up the process into separate articles in the hopes it will be more useful to my readers.
Labradorite & Friends Necklace (HC0346)
Rivoli is a round stone. “Bead Bezel Square Rivoli” is a technique on how to bead bezel a round rivoli to create a square shape.
Bead Bezel Rivoli into a Square
Here I will detail how to bead bezel a cabochon with Superduo and O-Beads. It will mainly be via detailed photos. This was used in “Labradorite Necklace” (from the “Labradorite & Friends” collection). This technique was also used, in large part, in the “Transparent Deco – Round Necklace (CH0337)“).
Bead Bezel with Superduo and O Beads (how to)
Always useful to be able to create beaded shapes. Helps the fulfullment of particular designs. This is a simple primer or reminder of how to create triangle shape with peyote stitch.
How to make beaded Triangle Shape
Basically it is standard 1-bead peyote along straight edges and insert 2 beads at the points (just as if you are working a Herringbone stitch).
I am sure there are various ways of achieving ruffles or frills with peyote stitch. This is but one of them.
Ruffled peyote is a very useful addition as it can be used to create texture, structure, interest.
Cab with Ruffled Peyote Stitch
This is a very simple, very easy bead embroidery technique on how to make a sequin flower.
How to embroider a simple beaded sequin flower.
Just about any beads will work. I will just provide a list of the simple ones I used. [Read more…]
Herringbone Stitch (aka Ndebele Stitch) is ideal for making shapes because it lends itself well to increases and decreases. Following from the previous article on normal flat Herringbone Stitch, here we will look at 2 ways of how to increase in Herringbone Stitch.
Herringbone Stitch with Increases
