The (Not So) Humble Peyote Stitch Beaded Bead

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DeniseF@12 — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:07:49 GMT

I love a solid peyote bracelet and i'm making ong right now for a friend who's sick in Kansas. I hope she enjoy what wow facter I'm going to bring this bracelet.

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BarbaraH@105 — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:44:15 GMT

I love these peyote tube beads. I use them as fillers, focals and toggles. Most instructions suggest using delica beads but i like the texture that results from using Japanese seed beads.

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YvetteF3 — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:32:51 GMT

I also use the straw trick like Nancy Weiler described. It certainly makes the beads stiffer. I designed my own tube bead in a flag pattern and made earrings that I call my Flagpole Earrings. I will see if I can upload a picture in the gallery.

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KathysScraps — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:50:58 GMT

Thank you for this pattern, love the earrings.

To make them firmer, try using wax on your thread and stitch through the bead pattern a couple of times.

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Norah2 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:54:33 GMT

Peyote stitch is my favorite now. I use it as bezels around rivolis and as beaded tube beads, but also in the Cellini spiral which I love!

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sunnyb1945 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:51:57 GMT

Whenever I make a toggle for a wider bracelet I do not like the way it flops or slides around. I would like a firmer fit. Any suggestions?

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mmgoodwin47 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:26:22 GMT

@ ljsickle If you are using Internet Explorer - in the corner there is a little magnifying glass with a + sign in it and probably a 100% sign next to it. Click on the drop down arrow just to the right. I am looking at the picture at 150% and it helps a lot.

I third or fourth the request for the diagonal pattern in circular peyote. I have just started doint this stitch.

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Jennifer VanBenschoten — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:23:05 GMT

Thanks for all the great comments! There is a pattern for those earrings, on the About.com website (my previous gig). You can find the link here:

beadwork.about.com/.../Spiral-Peyote-Tube-Earrings-Free-Beading-Pattern.htm

They are very easy to make and you can change up the colors any way you'd like! Happy beading!

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Tuxsquirt — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:33:12 GMT

Hi is there a pattern for your striped beaded earrings. I'm new to seed beading

Gail gmlarsen@csupomona.edu

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Tuxsquirt — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:32:04 GMT

Hi,

Can you send out or e-mail me how to do your earrings. I'm new at seed beading. gmlarsen@csupomona.edu

Thank you

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ljsickle — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:47:08 GMT

I would love to get a better look at the photos in your emails. They are so small that most of the detail is lost. Is there a way to enlarge the photos?

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ljsickle — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:44:43 GMT

I love getting these emails - they are so fun to read with great ideas and loads of inspiration. My only problem is that the photos you include are so small and there is no way that I've found to enlarge them - you can't really see what they are. The entire content of the email fills 1/3 of the screen.

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ljsickle — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:44:40 GMT

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ljsickle — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:44:31 GMT

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FLkntr — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:38:25 GMT

Many times peyote beads collapse. A solution is to cut a length of plastic drinking straw inside. If the straw is too large, slash it along the length, collapse it slightly, insert it and allow it to expand. After the insertion, additional beads such as crystals can be added at either end. Avoid straws which are bright in color under light colored peyote beads or the color may show through.

Nancy Weiler of The Villages. FL