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Contents
Lovely lariat or wrap bracelet

Pretty in pastels bracelet

Extrovert earrings

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Musical peyote bracelet

14

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HERRINGBONE STITCH / PEYOTE STITCH / LOOPED FRINGE

Lovely lariat
or wrap bracelet
Stitch a length of beadwork and add beaded beads
and looped fringe for a versatile lariat or keep it simple
and make an elegant wrap bracelet.
designed by Fatima Mensen-Potter

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Difficulty rating

Materials
a

Lariat
Rope

1 On a comfortable length of thread,

pick up a 4 mm fire-polished bead, an
110 seed bead, and a 4 mm. Leaving
an 8-in. (20 cm) tail, sew through the
first 4 mm again so the 4 mms sit next
to each other (photo a).

stash savvy
If desired, use 60 seed beads instead
of 4 mm fire-polished beads.

2 Pick up a 4 mm, an 110, and a 4 mm,

and sew down through the adjacent
4 mm in the previous stitch. Pick up
an 110, and sew up through the 4 mm
your thread exited at the start of this
step and the first 4 mm just added
(photo b). Pull snug.
3 Repeat step 2 (photo c). Note that
there is already an 110 between the two
4 mms in the previous stitch. When you
add the new 110 between the existing
4 mms, pull snug so the 110s pop into
position you should have one on the
front and one on the back of the stitch.
4 Continue as in step 3 for the desired
length, ending and adding thread as
needed. After adding the last pair of
4 mms, sew down through the previous
4 mm, pick up an 110, and sew up
through the adjacent 4 mm. Do not
end the working thread or tail.

Beaded beads
When picking up the triangle beads,
position the point without a hole facing

away from you, and sew through either

the left hole (LH) or the right hole (RH)
per the instructions.
1 On 1 yd. (.9 m) of thread, pick up
two 110 cylinder beads, a triangle bead
(LH), and two cylinders. Leaving a 6-in.
(15 cm) tail, sew through the open hole
of the triangle. Tie the working thread
and tail together with a square knot
(photo d). Sew back through the triangle and the second pair of cylinders.
2 Pick up a triangle (LH) and two cylinders, and sew through the open hole of
the new triangle and the previous pair
of cylinders. Continue through the other
hole of the triangle and the two new
cylinders (photo e).
3 Work as in step 2, but sew through the
RH of the triangle first. Repeat this step
three times, alternating between picking
up the triangle through the left hole
and the right hole. If you lose track,
just make sure the six triangles are
all pointing in the same direction.
4 To join the beadwork into a ring, pick
up a triangle (RH), and sew through
the pair of cylinders at the starting end,
making sure the beadwork isnt twisted.
Sew through the other hole of the triangle and the corresponding pair of cylinders. Retrace the final thread path, and
exit a triangle.
5 Pick up a drop bead, and sew through
the next triangle on the same edge
(photo f). Repeat this stitch six times to
complete the round. Sew through the
beadwork to exit the other edge, and
repeat to add drops on this edge. End
the working thread and tail (photo g).

lariat 37 in. (.94 m)

400 4 mm fire-polished beads (opaque

olive Picasso)
28 6 mm two-hole triangle beads (matte
suede gold)
58 3.4 mm drop beads (Miyuki 457,
metallic dark bronze)
8 g 110 seed beads (Miyuki 4222,
Duracoat galvanized pewter)
3 g 110 cylinder beads (Miyuki DB2046,
luminous mushroom)
crystal cubist beads (Swarovski 5650,
crystal golden shadow; www.artbeads.com)
- 1 16 mm
- 1 12 mm
Fireline, 6 lb. test or WildFire
beading needles, #11
bracelet 21 in. (53 cm)

232 4 mm fire-polished beads (matte

iris purple)
2 g 110 seed beads (Miyuki 4221,
Duracoat galvanized light pewter)
1 g 80 seed beads (Toho 515F, matte raku
plum iris)
7 8-in. (22 mm) button with shank
Fireline, 6 lb. test or WildFire
beading needles, #11

Online beading basics

www.BeadAndButton.com/basics

peyote stitch: flat, even count; zipping up

ending and adding thread
square knot

Fatima Mensen-Potter has

been an art lover as long as
she can remember. Brazilian
by birth, American citizen by
choice, she loves to create wearable
pieces following European and Japanese
trends. She teaches her original designs
at Bead Time in Sarasota, Florida. Contact
Fatima at fatima@shewalksincrystal.co
or visit www.shewalksincrystal.co or
www.shewalksincrystal.etsy.com.

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6 Repeat steps 15 to make

a total of four beaded beads.

Fringe component

1 On 2 yd. (1.8 m) of thread,

pick up eight cylinders, leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail. Using
cylinders, work a strip of flat
even-count peyote that is
eight beads long and 10
rows wide (photo h). Align
the ends, and zip them up
to form a tube (photo i).
2 Sew through an edge
bead so your needle is pointing away from the tube. Pick
up nine cylinders, 10 110
seed beads, a drop, 10 seed
beads, and nine cylinders,
and sew back through the
edge cylinder your thread
exited at the start of this step
(photo j). Sew down through
the next edge cylinder.

Repeat this step four times

to complete the round. After
the fifth fringe, dont sew
through the next edge cylinder; instead, sew diagonally
up through the next two
beads, and then sew down
through an adjacent cylinder. There should be one row
of beads between the first
round and the second.
3 Repeat step 2 to add a
second row of looped fringe
(photo k). Repeat step 2 to
make a third round that is
one row away from the second round (photo l). End the
working thread and tail.
4 Make a total of two fringe
components.

Assembly
Using a thread at one end of
the rope, pick up a beaded

bead, a 12 mm or 16 mm
crystal, a beaded bead, and
a fringe component, sewing
through the center of the
peyote tube (photo m). Pick
up a drop bead, and sew
back through all the beads
and components just strung
and a few beads at the end
of the rope. Retrace the
thread path, and end the
thread. Repeat at the other
end of the rope.

Bracelet

1 Work as in Lariat: Rope for

the desired length. The strap
should wrap around your
wrist at least three times.
2 On one end, sew through
the end 110. Pick up five 110s,
the button shank, and five
110s, and sew through the
110 at the end of the rope

o
(photo n). Retrace the
thread path a few times,
and end the thread.
3 At the other end, sew
through the end 110. Pick up
enough 110s to fit around the
button, and sew through the
end 110 again (photo o).
Retrace the thread path. If
desired, use 110s to work a
round of peyote around the
loop, and then use 80s to
work one more round. End
the thread. w

wear it 3 ways
Here are three great ways to wear
this lariat. Can you think of others?
1 Fold it in half, wrap it around
your neck, and slide the tassels
through the loop.
2 Drape it around your neck, and
tie it loosely in front.
3 Wrap it around your neck once,
and let the ends hang loose.

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THREE-DROP PEYOTE

Pretty in

PASTELS
bracelet

Welcome spring with

a lively three-drop
peyote pattern stitched
in a soft pastel palette.
designed by Josie Fabre

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PATTERN

110 cylinder beads

color A
color B
color C
color D

1 Attach a stop bead on a comfortable

length of thread, leaving a 12-in. (30 cm)
tail. Reading the pattern from right
to left starting in the upper right-hand
corner, pick up 24 cylinders: two Ds, an
A, a B, two As, three Cs, two As, two Bs,
an A, a D, six Cs, and three Bs. These
beads will shift to form rows 1 and 2
as the next row is added.
2 Continue to follow the pattern in
three-drop peyote stitch using 110
cylinder beads. End and add thread
as needed. If you prefer to work from
a word chart instead of a graph, visit
www.BeadAndButton.com/pastelchart.
3 To add the edging: Exiting an end
edge bead, pick up a 150 seed bead,
a 3 mm bicone crystal, and a 150. Skip
the next edge bead, sew down through
the following edge bead, and continue
up through the edge bead after that.
Repeat this stitch for the length of the
bracelet. Sew through the beadwork to
exit the other edge, and repeat this step.
4 To add a clasp button: Sew through
the beadwork to exit in the center of
the end row. Pick up five to seven 150s,
a 10 x 3 mm crystal lochrose sew-on
bead, a 4 mm crystal cube, and a 150.
Skip the last 150, and sew back through
all the beads just added in this step
and into the beadwork. Retrace the
thread path several times, and end
the thread.
5 To create a clasp ring: On the other
end of the band, using the 12-in. (30 cm)
tail, sew through the beadwork to exit
the eighth bead from this edge, with
your needle pointing toward the opposite edge. Pick up a cylinder, skip the
next edge bead, and sew through the
following edge bead (an up-bead). Pick
up a cylinder, and sew back through
the bead just added. Work in flat evencount peyote using 110 cylinder beads
to make a strip two beads wide and
approximately 36 rows long (or long
enough to fit around the clasp button).
Attach the strip to the ninth and 10th
beads from the other edge. w

Difficulty rating

Materials
bracelet without the clasp
7 x 1 in. (18.4 x 3.8 cm)

1 10 x 3 mm square crystal lochrose

sew-on bead
1 4 mm crystal cube
70 3 mm bicone crystals (white opal)
4 g 110 Miyuki Delica cylinder beads in
each of 4 colors:
- color A (DB0351, matte white)
- color B (DB0418, metallic light rose)
- color C (DB0432, metallic peacock blue)
- color D (DB0413, metallic light green)
1 g 150 seed beads (Toho 121, opaque
white luster)
Fireline, 6 lb. test or size D nylon
beading thread
beading needles, #12

Online beading basics

www.BeadAndButton.com/basics
peyote stitch: three-drop, flat even-count
ending and adding thread

Josie Fabre has been beading

for more than 10 years. She
resides in Slidell, Louisiana.
She is a full-time scientist
and mother but beads every
chance she gets. She is inspired by nature,
art, and architecture. She also enjoys photography and is beginning to incorporate her
photographs with her jewelry designs.
Contact Josie at jpfabre@bellsouth.net,
or visit her website, www.josie.etsy.com.

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Traditional Czech Beads

PRECIOSA RippleTM

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DESIGN BY JAROSLAVA RIKOV

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PEYOTE STITCH / CUBIC RIGHT-ANGLE WEAVE / FRINGE

EXTR VERT
earrings

Embellish bezeled cabochons for

earrings that make a statement.
Whether you choose a subdued
color palette (above) or a vibarnt
one (left), these bold earrings are
perfect for friendly social events.

designed by Abigail Engelking

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Difficulty rating
110 seed bead

150 seed bead

c

130 Charlotte

Materials
cream/bronze earrings
23 4 x 11 4 in. (7 x 3.2 cm)

FIGURE 1

Plain bezeled cab

FIGURE 2

This is the first right-angle weave stitch.

1 On 2 ft. (61 cm) of thread, pick up

an even number of 110 seed beads

2 Make a flat strip of right-angle weave

to fit around your cab. A 12 x 16 mm

cab requires 38 110s. Tie the beads
into a ring with a square knot, leaving
a 6-in. (15 cm) tail, and continue
through the first few beads. These
beads will form rounds 1 and 2 as
the third round is added.
2 Work in tubular peyote stitch (Online
beading basics) as follows:
Round 3: Work a round using 110s.
Rounds 4 and 5: Work two rounds using
150 seed beads. Be sure to use a firm
tension, and snug up the beads so your
beadwork begins to cup. Sew through
the beadwork to exit an 110 in round 1.
Round 6: Work a round using 150s. Insert
the cab into the bezel so the face of the
cab is against rounds 4 and 5.
Round 7: Work a round using 150s.
Keep a tight tension to make sure the
cab is secure in the bezel. If the cab
is loose, work another round using
150s. End the working thread and tail.

Embellished bezeled cab

1 On 2 yd. (1.8 m) of thread, pick up

four 110s. Sew through all the beads
again to form a ring, leaving a 6-in.
(15 cm) tail. Retrace the thread path of
the ring, and then sew through the first
three beads to exit opposite the tail.

thats three stitches long. To form the strip

into a ring: Pick up an 110, sew through
the end 110 in the first stitch (figure 1,
ab), pick up an 110, and sew through
the end 110 in the last stitch (bc). Sew
through the four 110s on top of the cube
(figure 2), and then do the same on the
bottom. This completes the first cubic
right-angle weave (CRAW) unit.
3 Subsequent CRAW units will be
worked off of the four top 110s in the
previous unit. For clarity, the next unit
is worked in a different color bead in
the photos below. With your thread
exiting one of the top 110s, work the
following stitches:
Stitch 1: Pick up three 110s, and sew
through the top 110 your thread just
exited and the first 110 just picked up
(photo a).
Stitch 2: Pick up two 110s, and sew
through the next top 110, the side 110
in the previous stitch, and the two 110s
just picked up (photo b).
Stitch 3: Sew through the next top 110,
and pick up two 110s. Sew through the
side 110 in the previous stitch, the third
top 110, and the first 110 just picked up
(photo c).
Stitch 4: Pick up an 110, and sew
through the side 110 in the first stitch,
the fourth top 110, the side 110 in the

4 16 x 12 mm cabs (moonstone, available

from Eclectica Beads, 262-641-0910)
6 10.5 x 7 mm crystal pears (Preciosa,
honey)
30 60 seed beads (Czech, cream)
26 80 seed beads (Czech, beige Picasso)
4 g 110 seed beads (Toho 221, bronze)
1 g 130 Czech Charlottes (eggshell)
1 g 150 seed beads (Toho 221, bronze)
2 4 mm jump rings
pair of earring findings
Fireline, 6 lb. test (crystal)
beading needles, #13
2 pairs of chainnose, flatnose, and/or
bentnose pliers
turquoise/red earring colors
16 x 12 mm cabochons (reconstituted

turquoise)
11 x 8 mm table-cut fire-polished oval
or drop beads (opaque red Picasso)
60 Czech seed beads (red)
80 Czech seed beads (turquoise)
110 round or one-cut Czech seed beads
(metallic silver)
130 Czech Charlottes (eggshell)
6 150 seed beads (Miyuki 1, transparent
silver lined)

Online beading basics

www.BeadAndButton.com/basics

peyote stitch: tubular

right-angle weave
ending and adding thread
square knot

Abigail Engelking has been

making jewelry for 16 years,
having started with wirework
and gemstones. Contact her at
abigail33@telus.net, or find her on
Facebook, Etsy, Pinterest, or Craftsy.

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c
starting
end

tail end

bezeling tips
If the dome of your cabs is
high, you may need to work
additional rounds of 110s on
each side of the bezel in step 2
of Plain bezeled cab.
If you use a focal bead
instead of a cab, secure the
bead to the bezel by sewing
back and forth through the
bead and the bezel in step 9
of Embellished bezeled cab.

a
b

FIGURE 3

previous stitch, and the 110 just picked

up (photo d). To complete the unit,
sew through the four new top 110s
(photo e).
4 Work as in step 3 to make a tube that
is 18 CRAW units long (or one unit short
of the circumference of the cabochon).
5 To form the tube into a ring: Bring the
ends of the tube together, making sure
the tube is not twisted. With your thread
exiting a top 110 on the tail end of the
tube, work the following stitches:
Stitch 1: Pick up an 110, sew through
the corresponding 110 on the starting
end of the tube, pick up an 110, and
sew through the 110 your thread exited
at the start of this stitch. Continue
through the first 110 just added, and
sew through the next top bead on the
starting end of the tube (figure 3, ab).
Stitch 2: Pick up an 110, and sew
through the corresponding top 110 on
the tail end of the tube, the side 110 in
the previous stitch, the 110 your thread
exited at the start of this stitch, and the
next top 110 on the starting end of the
tube (bc).
Stitch 3: Pick up an 110, and sew
through the corresponding top 110 on
the tail end of the tube, the side 110 in
the previous stitch, the 110 your thread
exited at the start of this stitch, and the

f
e
d
c
b
a
FIGURE 4

next top 110 on the starting end of the

tube (cd).
Stitch 4: Sew through the side 110 in
the first joining stitch, the corresponding
top 110 on the tail end of the tube, the
side 110 in the previous stitch, and the
110 your thread exited at the start of
this stitch. End the tail but not the
working thread.
6 Sew through the beadwork to exit an
110 along the inside edge on the front
of the CRAW ring (figure 4, point a).
Pick up a 150, and sew through the next
inside edge 110 (ab). Repeat this stitch
18 times to complete the round, using a
firm tension to snug up the beads. Step
up through the first 150 added in this
round (bc).
7 Pick up a 130 Charlotte, and sew
through the next 150 in the previous
round (cd). Repeat this stitch 18 times
to complete the round, and step up
through the first Charlotte added in
this round (de).

8 Work as in step 7 to add another

round of Charlottes (ef).
9 Sew through the ring to exit an 110
along the inside edge on the back of
the CRAW ring. Insert the cab into the
ring so the face of the cab is against
the 150s and Charlottes just added.
Work as in steps 68, using a firm
tension. Do not end the thread.

Top drops

1 With the working thread from the

large bezel, sew through the beadwork
to exit a side bead in the center rightangle weave unit at the top of the
bezel (photo f). Pick up an 11 x 8 mm
drop bead and an 110. Sew back
through the drop and the remaining
side 110 in the center unit (photo g).
Retrace the thread path through the
connection several times to secure
the drop.
2 Work as in step 1 to add a drop to the
right-angle weave units on each side of

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the center drop for a total of three

drops (photo h).
3 Sew through the beadwork to exit
the edge 110 that sits behind an end
drop with your needle pointing away
from the drop (photo i). Pick up 10
110s, and sew through the 110 at the
top of the drop (photo j).
4 Pick up 10 110s, and sew through
the 110 at the top of the adjacent
drop to create a 10-bead bridge.
Repeat this stitch to create a second
bridge (photo k).
5 Pick up 10 110s, and sew through
the edge 110 that sits directly behind
this end drop, with your needle pointing
toward the remaining drops (photo l).
Continue through the nearest side
bead in the center right-angle weave
unit between this drop and the
center drop.
6 Pick up five 110s, and bring your
thread over the 10-bead bridge
between the fifth and sixth beads
(photo m). Pick up five 110s, and sew
through the 110 in the right-angle
weave unit your thread exited at the
start of this step in the same direction
as before.
7 Sew through the beadwork to exit
the remaining side bead in the center
right-angle weave unit, and work as in
step 6. Sew through the beadwork to

exit the nearest side bead in the following right-angle weave unit (photo n).

Fringe and dangle

1 Pick up a 60 seed bead, an 80 seed

bead, and an 110. Sew back through
the 80 and 60, and continue through the
remaining side bead in the unit going
in the opposite direction (photo o). This
helps the fringe to stand up straight
along the edge of the bezel.
2 Repeat step 1 five times for a total of
six fringes, and then sew through the
beadwork to exit the second side bead
in the following right-angle weave unit.
3 Pick up a 60, and sew through an
110 in round 2 to one side of the center
of the plain bezeled cab. Sew back
through the 60 and the side bead your
thread exited at the start of this step
in the same direction.
4 Sew through the beadwork to exit
the nearest side bead in the following
right-angle weave unit. Work as in
step 3, but sew through the 110 in the
plain bezeled cab that is to the other
side of the center of the component.
Retrace the thread path through both
connection points, and then sew
through the beadwork to exit the next
side bead following the last connection
point on the embellished bezeled cab.

5 Work as in steps 1 and 2 to add six

fringes along this edge of the embellished bezeled cab. End all threads.

Assembly

1 Add 1 ft. (30 cm) of thread (Online

basics) to the embellished bezeled cab,
and exit the 110 at the top of the center
drop. Pick up a 60, an 80, an 110, and
a 4 mm jump ring. Sew back through
the 110, 80, 60, and 110 at the top of the
drop. Retrace the thread path through
the connection several times, and end
the thread.
2 Open the 4 mm jump ring (Online
basics), and attach it to an earring
finding.
3 Make a second earring. w

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Difficulty rating

Materials
bracelet 7 in. (19.1 cm)

110 Miyuki cylinder beads

- 4 g color A (DB0070, coral-lined crystal)
- 2 g color B (DB0010, black)
1 three-piece D-ring toggle clasp set
(TierraCast)
1 5 mm jump ring
2 4 mm jump rings
beading needles, #11
Fireline, 6 lb. test, or size D nylon
beading thread
2 pairs of flatnose, chainnose, and/or
bentnose pliers

Online beading basics

PEYOTE STITCH

Musical
peyote
Stitch a little music into your life
with this playful peyote bracelet.

www.BeadAndButton.com/basics
peyote stitch: flat even-count
ending and adding thread
opening and closing loops and jump rings

Alison Campbell is a high

school senior who plays
trumpet and French horn in
the Phantom Legion Marching
Band at school. Music is her passion
but she says beading has brought even
more rhythm to her life. Contact Alison
in care of Bead&Button.

designed by Alison Campbell

1 On a comfortable length of
thread, attach a stop bead,
leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail. Pick
up 10 color A 110 cylinder beads.
These beads will shift to form
rows 1 and 2 when the next
row is added.
2 Following the pattern, work the
band in flat even-count peyote
stitch, using colors A and B 110
cylinders as indicated. End and
add thread as needed. With
the clasp, the bracelet will be
about 7 in. (19.1 cm). If you
need to adjust the length, do
so now by working more or
fewer rows as needed.

3 Slide the end of the band

through the slot in a D-ring component. Wrap the band around
the outer bar, and zip up the end
of the band to the 16th row from
the end. Retrace the thread path
through the join, and end the
thread. Using the tail, repeat this
step at the other end with the
other D-ring clasp component.
4 Open a 5 mm jump ring, and
attach it to the loop of a D-ring
clasp component. Repeat to
attach a 4 mm jump ring to the
loop on the toggle bar. Open the
final 4 mm jump ring, and attach
the other two jump rings. w

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PATTERN

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any form without permission from the publisher.