Jeanpower-Brick Stitch Hearts-Bead

brick stitch hearts

by jeanpower

Show your love with this quick and easy to make heart motif

Materials Tools A note on using these I used Miyuki Delica beads but do  Beading needle & thread of instructions experiment: choice  I love to support and  27 x size 11 Delica beads or  Thread of choice encourage individuals who similar  Scissors make beadwork so please feel  1 or 2 Fine jump rings - optional free to use anything you make from these instructions as gifts Techniques or to sell to support your bead buying habit!  Knowledge of Ladder & Brick Stitch is essential to bead this project 

Step 2. Using Brick Stitch add 2 beads to the end loop of thread in the beads Ladder Stitched together.

Step 3. Pick up 1 bead and thread into the other bead in the pair added in the last step to add the top ‘point’ or ‘lobe’ to your heart.

Step 4. Weave through your work and repeat Steps 2-3 at the other end of the Ladder Stitched bead to mirror what you’ve already beaded.

Step 5. Weave through your work to exit the bottom of either of the end beads in the Ladder Stitched base. Using Brick Stitch add 4 more rows decreasing each one so that they have 5, 4, 3, and 2 beads respectively. Add a single point bead to the end as you did the others.

Step 6. String the heart by adding a jump ring through one of the end beads in the Ladder Stitched row or through the 2 point beads at the top of the heart. Alternatively you can take your stringing materials through one of these beads or add a beaded loop as desired.

Step 7. Wear with love and pride!

Tip If you want to bead a heart using the 7 colours of the ‘Peace Flag’ (purple, blue, azure, green, yellow, orange, and red) then in Step 1 you can add just 5 beads and bead one less row