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Monday, 10 February 2014

A different kind of sampler

Remember back in January when I did a lot of bead weaving?  There's still a lot of it I haven't yet shown you.  Mainly because it's unfinished!  I finished a bracelet off the other day so it's time to show you.

 This is from Seed Bead Stitching by Beth Stone,* it's a brilliant book if you're interested in bead weaving at all.  I made the peyote stitch sampler.

This is a really good introduction to peyote stitch (basically a stitch which looks like a brick wall) as it's a variety of different patterns, all made just by varying the order you pick the beads up.  In the book it's black and white, but it called for Delicas so I just used what I had, surprisingly pink!

I decided to try a stitched button closure on this one.  I used the pattern from The Beadworker's Guild Introduction to Beadwork - Bracelets *.

I really enjoyed this project and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

 *this is an affiliate link.  If you click and go to Amazon and buy something, I get a few pence towards a gift voucher.

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13 comments:

  1. Unknown10 February 2014 at 08:45

    How delicate and so very pretty! Chrissie x

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  2. Brigitte10 February 2014 at 10:10

    This looks very special!

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  3. pennydog10 February 2014 at 12:15

    I used to love beadweaving, but this was when Delicas were hard to get and crazy expensive, so I had to make do with standard Czech 11/0s and they really don't work for this kind of thing. Yours is lovely.

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  4. JoJo10 February 2014 at 18:20

    It's so pretty and shimmery!

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  5. Sandra :)10 February 2014 at 18:45

    Very pretty - let's see an action picture :D

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  6. Celtic Thistle10 February 2014 at 23:22

    Looks great and very complicated!

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  7. margaret11 February 2014 at 06:33

    a very pretty bracelet.

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  8. Hannapat11 February 2014 at 12:06

    Wow this is really dainty and delicate stitching. I love it. Well done for persevering with it. Thanks for your lovely comment over at my blog xxx

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  9. sweetpea family11 February 2014 at 15:21

    Lovely beading I'm just wondering a if I dare start another crafty hobby x

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  10. Marit Johanne11 February 2014 at 18:18

    Thank you for visiting my blog! It is a beautiful bracelet you have made. That's a craft I have never tried.

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  11. Jillayne12 February 2014 at 02:03

    How very pretty this is Wendy!
    I like the closure you chose for this - it carries the style of the bracelet right to the very end - just lovely.
    I used to do beading on a loom when I was young and enjoyed it very much - you have me thinking about digging into my bead stash...

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  12. Jane16 February 2014 at 06:55

    Very pretty. I could see this as a belt too

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  13. SIMPLESEW18 February 2014 at 01:15

    wow,,, jumping over from the Craft book linky party..

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