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Hint! The Secret’s in the Tail “It has been taped, cut short, knotted, stuffed into a baggie, wrapped on a spool, and just plain ignored.” In the August/September issue of Beadwork , Master Class author Nancy Cain urges us not to forget about our little ol’ tail thread. In fact...
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If You Buy Them, An Idea Will Come I have a good friend who buys only the exact number of beads that she needs for a project. Leftovers drive her crazy. I drive her crazy, too—how can I buy beads and have no idea what I'm going to do with them? But I've been beading long enough to know...
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My First Chain I like chain so much that back in April I spent a full day making my own in a wireworking workshop. Using steel wire, I made my own jump rings, formed my own links, hammered them, joined them, and polished the finished piece. The best tip I learned: Once you've figured out the size...
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Add an automatic twist to tubular peyote by using a pattern of varied bead sizes. Free Sprial Peyote Video Leslie Rogalski, editor of Step by Step Beads , demonstrates the technique in this clip from the Beads, Baubles and Jewels TV show (series 900): Related articles: Spiral Peyote (suggested bead patterns...
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Getting Started with Herringbone Stitch Almost all the instructions I'd seen for flat herringbone stitch projects started with a base row of another stitch, usually ladder stitch. So when I saw today's free project, I was momentarily flummoxed. Begin herringbone without ladder stitch? I felt...
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Jewelry Design Meets Pattern Though it’s hard to imagine what life was like before I started editing Beadwork magazine and writing books about beading, I remember what drew me to pursue a career in art and design in the first place: pattern. Patterned wallpaper, patterned bedspreads, patterned...
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New Beads, Old Problem Take a look the cool tagua nut circles that I recently bought for a summer necklace. Do you see the problem? No? Neither did I, until I started trying to design with them last weekend. When I'm bead shopping, my brain never gets past the "ooohhhh, pretty!" stage,...
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Warning: This blog may upset sensitive beaders. Have You Ever Tortured Your Beads? Sadly, my answer is yes . I adore beads, but that doesn't mean they are always safe in my care. I spill beads onto the sofa and sit on them. I vacuum them up. Occasionally, I break them with my pliers. Once, in a scene...
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Easy Turn for Odd-Count Peyote Leslie Rogalski Editor in Chief, Step by Step Beads Do you think odd-count peyote is a wicked ol’ stitch? Does the extra time and tangle to make that quirky figure-8 twist at the end of every row just burn you up? Well, check out this easy trick and you’ll be...
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Quick and Easy--and a Great Birthday Gift! I've been looking for an earring project for an April birthday gift and this week's free project from Step by Step Beads , Crystal Corona Earrings , is perfect. It's easy to customize with your favorite colors using materials you probably already...
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Memory Tricks for Beading Like you, I’ve taken classes of all sorts over the years. Most teachers use memory techniques to help you remember lists or a process. For instance, my piano teacher used the acronym (E)very (G)ood (B)oy (D)oes (F)ine so I could remember the lines of the treble clef; in...
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The Peyote Stitch Stomp by Leslie Rogalski Taking it from the top In my beginner tap class we practice the basic steps over and over. Single taps, single flaps. The fun part is adding sounds to the basic taps, taking a shuffle and making it double shuffle, then combining basics into a time step, a double...
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One-drop peyote stitch begins by stringing an even number of beads to create the first two rows. For step-by-step instructions, see even-count peyote . See Peyote Stitch
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4 Ways to Finish Flat Peyote Stitch One of the most common questions I receive (other than “What’s for dinner?”) is “How do I finish a flat peyote-stitched bracelet so I can wear it?” As with most beadwork projects, there are a hundred ways to skin this potato, and those...
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Free Even Count Peyote Stitch Video String an even number of beads; these make up the first 2 rows. Six beads are shown here. Tip: Run a long needle through every other bead and make the “in” and “out” beads easy to identify. String bead 7, skip bead 6, pass through bead 5. Bead...