Holidays| 6 Seed Bead Techniques

Holidays | 6 Seed Bead Techniques Dustin Wedekind tablecontents

Holidays | Dustin Wedekind

Since August 2005, Dustin Wedekind, author of Getting Started with Seed Beads, has offered brief illustrated lessons Febr uary in seed beads in every issue of Beadwork. Dustin goes beyond basic beadweaving techniques, offering creative stitch varia- 3 Chains of Love tions and combinations that are guaranteed to build your seed Beadwork February/March 2008 bead conﬁ dence. Most lessons focus squarely on technique rather than ﬁ nished projects. Once you’ve mastered these lessons you’ll be more than ready to create your own original March seed bead wonders. 5 Shamrock Pin Beadwork February/March 2006 In “Holidays” we’ve collected 6 seasonal and holiday-themed techniques. From hearts formed by a right-angle weave variation through double spiral stitch candy canes, these seed bead May techniques are sure to brighten your year. 8 Daisy Chain Beadwork August/September 2006 July 11 Spangled Stars and Stripes Beadwork June/July 2008 Decembe r 13 Fleur Russe Beadwork December 2006/January 2007 15 Double Mint Spiral Beadwork December 2007/January 2008 Chains of Love, page 3

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Chains of Love Dustin Wedekind Originally published in Beadwork February/March 2008

Samples shown in size 6° and 11° Japanese seed beads.

Chains of Love originally published in Beadwork, February/March 2008. ©Interweave Press, LLC Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved publishers of Beadwork magazine…join the online beading community at BeadingDaily.com Visit the Project Store at shop.interweave.com/beading for more great projects! page 3 Chains of Love seeds | lessons in seed beading Dustin Wedekind Here is a right-angle weave variation that expresses sentiments stronger than the daisy chain. Working two additional passes in each right-angle unit magically causes the beads to lock together and form heart shapes. When choosing beads, I ﬁ nd that the width of Japanese seed beads makes a fuller shapely chain of hearts.

MATERIALS Seed beads in 2 or more colors (A and B) Beading needle and thread

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1: Use 3' of thread to string 4A; pass Pass through the next through them again, leaving a 4" tail. 3 beads of Step 1 to exit the top of the Pass through the next 2 beads so that heart (Figure 5). As a technical editor, illustrator, and designer the tail is at the bottom and you are of all things beady, Dustin Wedekind continuously seeks the simple structures within exiting from the top right bead (Figure 4: Begin the next heart by stringing 1B; complex configurations. Find such things in 1). pass through the top of the heart and his book, Getting Started with Seed Beads the bead just strung (Figure 6). String (Interweave Press, 2007) or on his website, 2: String 1A and pass through the next 3B; pass through the 1B and the ﬁ rst www.bedesman.com. (top) bead; string 1A and pass down bead just strung (Figure 7). Continue through the next bead (Figure 2). from Step 2, changing colors for each Continue around to exit the ﬁ rst bead 8-bead heart. ✦ strung in this step (Figure 3).

3: String 1A and pass through the next (top) bead; string 1A and pass down through the next 2 beads (Figure 4).

Shamrock Pin Dustin Wedekind Originally published in Beadwork, February/March 2006

Shamrock Pin originally published in Beadwork, February/March 2006. ©Interweave Press, LLC Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved publishers of Beadwork magazine…join the online beading community at BeadingDaily.com Visit the Project Store at shop.interweave.com/beading for more great projects! page 5 Shamrock Pin Dustin Wedekind

Brick Stitch INCREASES AND DECREASES

Increases and decreases in fl at brick stitch form neat diamonds; passing through the edges of the diamonds will cup the work, making excellent leaves, or in this case, shamrocks. This increase adds 1 bead to a row, half a bead at each end. It happens at the start of a row by stringing 2 beads and passing under the fi rst loop of the previous row; the fi nal two stitches pass under the same last loop of the previous row. The decrease stitch skips a loop of the previous row, shortening each row by one bead.

MATERIALS of thread and back through back through the bead just row (Figure 8). Pull taut to Seed beads (A and B) the bead just strung (Figure strung. Repeat from * twice, cup the leaf slightly. Thread 3). Secure this last stitch by passing under the same loop SHAMROCK ASSEMBLY Pin back passing through the last 2 for the last 2 stitches. Secure Repeat Rows 1–11 for a second beads of this row; this will the last 2 beads of this row. leaf. After passing through the

TOOLS hold the loop of thread in Row 6: Repeat Row 5 (6B total). edge beads, connect to the pre- Beading needles place as you begin the next Row 7: Repeat Row 6 (7A total, vious leaf by pass up through Scissors row (Figure 4). Figure 6). 3 of its edge beads, then down Row 4: String 2B; pass under through the last 3 of the current the thread between the last DECREASE leaf (Figure 9). Repeat to make 2 INCREASE 2 beads of the previous row, Row 8: String 2B; pass under more leaves. For a stem, string 12 Rows 1 and 2: String 1A and 2B; pull tight, and pass back the second-to-last loop of beads, alternating A and B, then pass through them again, through the last bead strung. thread of the previous row, skip the last bead and pass back leaving a 4" tail to hold onto *String 1B and pass under the pull tight, and pass back through the others. To make the while you work. Pass through next loop and back through through the last bead strung stem bend, skip one of the beads the fi rst 2 strung; the 1A is the the bead just strung. Repeat (Figure 7). String 1B and pass as you pass back through. Pass first row, the thread should from *, passing under the under the next loop and back through a few beads of a leaf and be exiting between the 2B same loop (Figure 5). Secure through the bead just strung; attach a pin back. ✦ (Figure 1). the last 2 beads of this row. repeat to the end of the row. Row 3: String 2A; pass under Row 5: String 2A; pass under Row 9: Repeat Row 8 (5A total). Dustin Wedekind is senior editor the thread between the 2B of Beadwork magazine. If you the thread between the last Row 10: Repeat Row 8 (4B and pull tight. Pass back have seed bead insights, requests, 2 beads of the previous row total). or inquiries, please e-mail through the last bead just and back through the last Row 11: String 3A and pass down [email protected]. strung (Figure 2). String 1A bead strung. *String 1A and through the beads along the and pass under the same loop pass under the next loop and opposite edge to exit the fi rst

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Daisy Chain Dustin Wedekind Originally published in Beadwork August/September 2006

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MATERIALS Closed Chain Seed beads (A, B, C) 1: Use 5' of thread to string 8A; pass through 4: String 6B and pass through the last 2 beads Beading thread all the beads to form a circle. Pass through 2 passed through. String 1A and pass back beads (Figure 1). through the 2 beads opposite (Figure 4). TOOLS Beading needle 2: String 1B and pass back through the 2 beads 5: Repeat Step 3, stringing 2A in place of the Scissors opposite on the circle (Figure 2). 2B (Figure 5). Continue in this manner, alternating colors of petals and centers for each 3: String 2B; pass through the last 2 beads flower. passed through and through the 2 beads just strung (Figure 3).

Daisy Chain originally published in Beadwork, August/September 2006. ©Interweave Press, LLC Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved publishers of Beadwork magazine…join the online beading community at BeadingDaily.com Visit the Project Store at shop.interweave.com/beading for more great projects! page 9 Open Chain Marigold Garland Dustin Wedekind is senior editor of Bead- Stems: After stringing the flower center, pass String 8 gold petals; pass through the first 2 work magazine. If you have seed bead back through 1 bead opposite instead of 2. strung. String 1 center bead and pass through insights, requests, or inquiries, please e-mail String 3C to form a stem, then make another the opposite petal. *String 3 orange size 15°s [email protected]. flower (Figure 6a). and pass through the same petal again. Pass Simple leaf: String 4C; pass back through the through the next petal and repeat from * all third bead and through the second bead. Snug around (Figure 7). Pass through the center bead the beads, string 1C, then make another flower to add two 4-bead orange loops. String a 4-bead (Figure 6b). stem then begin another flower. Repeat for 18–24", then connect the ends to wear the flow- ers around your neck. ✦

Spangled Stars and Stripes Dustin Wedekind Originally published in Beadwork June/July 2008

Spangled Stars and Stripes originally published in Beadwork, June/July 2008. ©Interweave Press, LLC Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved publishers of Beadwork magazine…join the online beading community at BeadingDaily.com Visit the Project Store at shop.interweave.com/beading for more great projects! page 11 Spangled Stars and Stripes MATERIALS Size 15° seed beads Dustin Wedekind 5mm sequins Fabric or felt You can ﬁ nd them on embellished clothing: sequins with exposed couching Beading needle and thread thread, hastily lashed across one side of the sparkling adornment. Make that Pencil thread more interesting by adding color, texture, and sparkle.

STARS Work a series of beaded couching stitches—like spokes— around a sequin: a 1: Secure the thread at the back of the fabric and pass up to the front. String 1 sequin (back to front) and 3 beads; slide them down to the fabric and pass through to the back of the fabric near the edge of the sequin b (Figure 1a). Figure 1 Figure 2 1 2: Pass up at the edge of the sequin, about ⁄5 of the cir- cumference from the previous stitch (Figure 1b). String 3 beads and pass down through the center of the sequin (Figure 2). 3: Repeat Step 2 three more times (Figure 3). Secure the thread at the back, then pass up to the front to begin the next star.

STRIPES Figure 3 Figure 4 Work beaded backstitch with a row of overlapping sequins, creating a ridge along the center: 1: Lightly pencil a guideline on the fabric. Secure the thread at the back of the fabric and pass up to the front at the start of the line. 2: String 3 beads and 1 sequin from front to back; pass down through the fabric along the pencil line, half a sequin away. Pass up through the fabric at the start of the stitch and through the 3 beads again (Figure 4). 3: String 3 beads and 1 sequin from front to back; pass down Figure 5 Figure 6 through the fabric at the edge of the previous sequin. Pull taut and pass up through the previous sequin and the last 3 beads (Figure 5). Repeat for the length of the line. For the last stitch, string 3 beads and pass through the fabric at the edge of the last sequin; pass up through the last sequin and through all of the beads to straighten (Figure 6). ✦

As a technical editor, illustrator, and designer of all things beady, Dustin Wedekind continuously seeks the simple structures within complex conﬁ gurations. Find such things in his book, Getting Started with Seed Beads (Interweave, 2007) or on his website, www.bedesman.com.

Fleur Russe Dustin Wedekind Originally published in Beadwork December 2006/January 2007

Fleur Russe originally published in Beadwork, December/January 2007. ©Interweave Press, LLC Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved publishers of Beadwork magazine…join the online beading community at BeadingDaily.com Visit the Project Store at shop.interweave.com/beading for more great projects! page 13 Fleur Russe Dustin Wedekind This ﬂ ower combines a French beaded wire technique with a Russian beading pattern. Peace on earth, yo.

MATERIALS Size 6° seed beads in red, gold, and green 24” of 26-gauge craft wire Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 1” pin back

end of the wire, then use the TOOLS other end of the wire to work Wire cutters three petals. Pass each end of Needle-nose pliers the wire back through 1 gold of the opposite end and pull 1: String 1 red to the center tight to snug the gold beads of the wire. Use both ends into a circle (Figure 4). Figure 4 Figure 5 of the wire to string 1 red. Pull snug so that the second 4: Use one end of the wire to bead holds the ﬁ rst bead string 10 green; pass back tightly in place at the tip through the second-to-last of the wire. String 6 red on bead. String 8 green and pass each end of the wire. Use through the gold bead that the one end to string 1 gold wire is exiting from to form and pass the other end back a leaf behind the red petals. through it. Pull each end in Repeat once to make a second opposite directions to snug leaf, then repeat once more the beads, forming the ﬁ rst with the other end of the wire petal (Figure 1). for a total of 3 leaves (Figure 5). 2: Use one end of the wire to string 1 gold and 8 red. 5: Pass one end of the wire Slide the beads down to through 3 gold and pull tight the work and hold them to snug the beads. Use the in place as you pass back wire to attach a pin back and through the second-to-last tuck the ends under to secure. bead just strung (Figure ✦ 2). String 6 red and pass Dustin Wedekind is senior editor through the 1 gold again; of Beadwork magazine. If you have pull snug (Figure 3). seed bead insights, requests, 3: Repeat Step 2 to make a or inquiries, please e-mail third petal with the same [email protected]. Fleur Russe originally published in Beadwork, December/January 2007. ©Interweave Press, LLC Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved publishers of Beadwork magazine…join the online beading community at BeadingDaily.com Visit the Project Store at shop.interweave.com/beading for more great projects! page 14 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR projectstore

Double Mint Spiral Dustin Wedekind Originally published in Beadwork December 2007/January 2008

Double Mint Spiral originally published in Beadwork, December/January 2008. ©Interweave Press, LLC Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved publishers of Beadwork magazine…join the online beading community at BeadingDaily.com Visit the Project Store at shop.interweave.com/beading for more great projects! page 15 Double Mint Spiral seeds | lessons in seed beading The beaded spiral rope lets you easily mix bead materials and Dustin Wedekind shapes, play with complex color patterns, even work it single-, double-, or triple-spiraled for any length you like. The stitch is simple— loops of beads surrounding a single core. Practice the double-spiral MATERIALS Size 11° seed beads for spiral loops (A and B) technique described here, then use it to create a beaded candy cane. Size 8° seed beads for core (C) 5" of 26- to 28-gauge wire Beading thread Size 10 beading needle

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DOUBLE SPIRAL Gently thread the core beads onto the wire. up by 1 core bead, followed by a B loop 1: Start loops. Use 5' of thread to string over the same 3 core beads. Shape the rope into a cane, twisting to 3C and 4A, holding onto an 8" tail; Swirl: Keep the work turning so that each enhance the spiral. Trim wire ends to ½" pass through the 3C again to form a new loop covers the previous loop of the and tuck them into the beadwork. ✦ loop. (The 4A should arc like a D; if same color to the left of the core. not, string 5A; depending on the width Spread: Tease the loops apart to expose the of the core beads, you may need to string core, covering the loops to the left with As a technical editor, illustrator, and designer of 5 beads for each loop here and after.) your thumb, then use the length of the all things beady, Dustin Wedekind continuously String 4B and pass up through the 3C needle to push the opposite loops down seeks the simple structures within complex and to the right while passing the tip up configurations. Find such things in his book, again (Figure 1). through the 2 or 3 core beads (Figure 4). Getting Started with Seed Beads (Interweave Press, 2007), or on his website, www.bedes- 2: Spiral. Hold the A loop to the left, 4: Ends. Without stringing a core bead, man.com. under your thumb, with the B loop to string 3A and pass through the last the right. String 1C and 4A; pass up 2C; repeat with 3B. String 2A and pass through the top 2C between the loops, through the last 1C; repeat with 2B. pull snug, and pass through the 1C Weave back through a few loops, tying just strung (Figure 2). Turn the work knots between beads to secure. Repeat so that the B loop is to the left. String with the tail thread (reverse the spiral 4B and pass through the top 3C again by working B, then A). between the loops (Figure 3).

3: Repeat Step 2 for the length of the CANDY CANE cord, keeping the following in mind: Work 4" of double spiral and weave the tail threads through loops to secure, avoid- Core: Each A loop begins with 1C and shifts ing passing through the core beads; trim.