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So you want to seed bead? Welcome to my world! Above all other mediums, seed beads have been my biggest passion. I began beading with seed beads, and though along the way I fell in love with many other mediums and types of beadwork, nothing compares to the pleasure I derive from stitching with seed beads...
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Start the New Year with creativity! 2009 is drawing to a close, and I just can’t believe it. I think I’m still waiting for summer, which may have occurred in Minnesota on June 20 between 2:16 p.m and 2:48 p.m. I must have been taking a nap or something, because I missed it . . . It was a...
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Jean Campbell
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Dec 2, 2009
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Brick stitch is an easy stitch to learn, in brick stitching, beads don't sit one on top of the next. Instead, the rows are off-set, as on a brick wall.
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Organized Chaos: Mess for Success I am totally self-indulgent when it comes to beading. I start this, that, and the other project as my stash inspires me, and though I finish tons of jewelry, many projects wait to reach fruition. Each time I need to bead, I’m as likely to start something new as...
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Two Years of Beading Daily Beading Daily turned two on August 1st. When I started several months before our official launch date, there were 1,500 members. Now there are more than 100,000! It's amazing that despite this huge growth, Beading Daily still feels much like it did when it started—a...
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Aug 3, 2009
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Which Stitch Are You? Beading Daily is a social network, so, like many other online communities, I’ve determined we need to have a ridiculous quiz. Normally this might require all kinds of in-depth questions in order to come to its conclusion, but why not just jump ahead to the answers, so you...
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Michelle Mach
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Jul 22, 2009
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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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Michelle Mach
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May 1, 2009
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Did you enjoy Marlene Blessing’s profile of Betcey Ventrella’s beaded beginnings (Beadwork, April/May 2009, page 44) as much as we did? Here are more great photos we simply didn’t have room to feature in the magazine. If you missed the feature, Betcey Ventrella’s Road to Beads...
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There are a number of variations of peyote stitch: Flat peyote stitch Even-count flat peyote stitch Odd-count flat peyote stitch One-drop peyote Two-drop peyote Circular peyote stitch Spiral Peyote Tubular peyote stitch Brick Stitch and Peyote Stitch Graph Paper Related free articles: 5 Free Peyote Stitch...
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Check these pages for instructions, illustrations, related articles/magazines/books, and occasional videos on how to create jewelry, whether you favor bead stitching, stringing, or wireworking. You'll also find links to selected articles on selling your work, organizing your bead stash, teaching...
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Michelle Mach
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Feb 19, 2009
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Getting Started with Ladder Stitch Ladder stitch is one of those stitches that rarely gets any attention in its own right. Instead, it's used mainly as a foundation for other stitches. Many brick stitch patterns begin with a row of ladder stitch, as do some herringbone stitch patterns. In Mastering...
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Michelle Mach
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Jan 9, 2009
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Resolve to Learn African Helix Next Year It’s a cliché and dorky tradition, but my husband and I light a candle and make resolutions on New Year’s Eve. We’re each allowed only one. And those amorphous “I’m going to eat healthier” or “I will strive to be...
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Michelle Mach
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Dec 17, 2008
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Meet Scarlett Lanson, A New “Regular” in Beadwork Marlene Blessing, Editorial Director, Beadwork What can a passionate seed bead artist who’s just eighteen accomplish? Anything she wants! I first saw Scarlett Lanson while she was viewing the stunning crystal creations in Swarovski’s...
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Michelle Mach
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Nov 16, 2008
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Why I Love Brick Stitch Leslie Rogalski Brick stitch , aptly named for the way the beads sit like bricks in a wall, has to be one of my favorite all time stitches. After building my bead vocabulary with lots of techniques, I still rely on brick stitch in its many forms for most of my signature designs...
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Michelle Mach
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Nov 14, 2008
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Oh Happy Day! Beading Daily officially launched last year on August 1. Has it really been a year? Thanks to all of you who made my first year as an editor unforgettable--in a good way! Free Project Friday Gone Wild! Every Friday I share a free project on Beading Daily . Today, in honor of Beading Daily's...
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Michelle Mach
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Aug 1, 2008
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