Fringed Fairies Use brick stitch to

create a beaded

and Angels guardian

by Jennifer Creasy

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Silver-lined gold
White pearl
Opaque lilac
Black
Purple iris
Silver lined dark purple
Matte transparent dark chocolate
Silver-lined red
Matte metallic gold
Ceylon light beige
Japanese 110 lilac
Czech rondelle, lilac opal
Czech 6mm bicone, purple iris
Czech 3 x 10mm dagger, purple iris
These whimsical winged creatures can
be made as pins, necklace pendants, or
tree decorations. The double layer of
fringe makes them especially festive.
stepbystep
Make these angels and fairies with brick
stitch, starting with the center vertical
row. Turn the pattern on its side and
work the center row with ladder stitch.
Then brick stitch one side, using
increasing and decreasing to complete
the shapes and the separate sections of
the wing. Turn the piece over and zigzag
back to the ladder. Then work the other
half of the figure.
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center row
a
Fairy
chart 1
making the fairy (chart 1)
Using chart 1, above, stitch the cen-
ter row with ladder stitch (figures 1-3).
Stitch the next row to the right or
left of the center with brick stitch (fig-
ures 4-5). Continue working that side.
To make the scallops on the wings,
finish one scallop, shaping as necessary.
Sew back through the beadwork to
begin the next scallop.
When the working thread grows
short, zigzag back through the bead-
work, changing direction several times
before trimming the thread tail. Start a
new thread the same way, weaving into
the beadwork several rows back from
where you wish to resume stitching.
making the angel (chart 2)
Stitch the body and wings separately
as in steps 1-4 of “Making the fairy.”
After completing both sections,
position the wings behind the body as
desired and stitch between the center
rows of the body and wings to secure
them together. End the thread as in step
4 above.
double fringe
Sew through the beadwork so that
your needle passes left to right through
the left-hand edge bead on the next-to-
last row (chart 1 or 2, point a). This is
where you’ll begin the top fringe row.
String the beads according to the
chart, ending with a loop of beads (3
 center row
Silver-lined red

Lined rose pink

Opaque salmon

Opaque sky blue luster

Luster cobalt

Black
a
Matte transparent dark topaz

Pale yellow pearl center row

Silver-lined gold

Angel
chart 2

seed beads, a dagger bead, and 3 seed #3 and go back needle under the next loop on the row
beads). Sew back into the lower ron- through #2 from below from back to front. Go back up
delle, up the strand, and left to right top to the new bead.
through the bead from which the fringe bottom. Come figure 2
starts. The fringe is centered under this back up #3. increasing brick stitch
bead. Continue through the next bead Figure 2: String bead #4. Go through #3 Figure 6: To increase by one bead at the
indicated on the chart. Repeat for the 9 from bottom to top and #4 from top to edge of a row, string 2 beads and stitch
top-row fringes. bottom. Add odd-numbered beads like under the thread
Turn the figure over and add longer #3 and even-numbered beads like #4. between the first
fringes (extend the seed bead section at Figure 3: To and second bead
the top of each fringe) below the beads stabilize the on the row below.
on the bottom row of the figure. ladder, zigzag Finish the stitch as
End the thread as in step 4 of “Mak- back through all in figure 4. figure 6
ing the fairy.” the beads. figure 3
decreasing brick stitch
making a pin brick stitch Figure 7: To decrease at the edge of
Glue a pin back to the completed fairy Figure 4: Begin each row so no thread a row, zig-zag back through the beads in
or angel with E6000. When dry, cut an shows on the edge: the completed row to exit the bead just
Ultrasuede piece to fit over the base of String 2 beads. Go outside and below the first bead on the
the pin back and glue it in place. This under the thread new row.
also stiffens and stabilizes the figure. between the 2nd and String 2 beads
3rd beads on the lad- and sew
ladder stitch der from back to under the
Figure 1: A ladder of front. Pull tight. Go figure 4 thread
seed or bugle beads is up the 2nd bead added, between the figure 7
most often used to figure 1 then down the first. second and third beads over. Complete
begin brick stitch: Pick Come back up the sec- the stitch as in figure 4.
up 2 beads. Leave a 3-4-in. (8-10cm) tail ond bead.
and go through both beads again in the Figure 5: For the
same direction. Pull the top bead down remaining stitches on
so the beads are side by side. The thread each row, pick up 1
exits the bottom of bead #2. String bead bead. Pass the figure 5

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 materials
• Nymo D beading thread
• Beading needles, #12
• Optional: 1 in. (2.5cm) pin back, 1 x 1 in.
square Ultrasuede, E6000 glue

fairy (purple figure)

Japanese cylinder beads as follows:
• 93 Silver-lined gold (DB042)
• 103 White pearl (DB201)
• 33 Opaque lilac (DB158)
• 17 Black (DB010)
• 204 Purple iris (DB004)
• 2 Silver-lined dark purple (DB609)
• 26 Matte transparent dark chocolate
(DB865)
• 1 Silver-lined red (DB602)
• 6 Matte metallic gold (DB322)
• 21 Ceylon light beige (DB204)
• 200 Japanese seed beads, size 110, lilac
• 36 6 x 2mm Czech pressed-glass
rondelles, lilac
• 18 6mm Pressed-glass bicones, violet
• 18 10 x 3mm Pressed-glass daggers, violet

angel (blue figure)

Japanese cylinder beads as follows:
• 1 Silver-lined red (DB602)
• 8 Lined rose pink (DB070)
• 21 Opaque salmon (DB206)
• 86 Pale yellow pearl (DB232)
• 120 Silver-lined gold (DB042)
• 204 Opaque sky blue luster (DB215)
• 34 Luster cobalt (DB277)
• 17 Black (DB010)
• 38 Matte transparent dark topaz (DB853)
• 200 Japanese seed beads, size 110, gold
• 36 6 x 2mm Pressed-glass rondelles,
light blue
• 18 4mm Round glass beads, blue
• 18 10 x 3mm Pressed-glass daggers,
dark blue

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