Peyote Stitch & Delica Beads
I have learned alot about the peyote stitch and about delica beads.
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Peyote Stitch & Delica BeadsI have learned alot about the peyote stitch and about delica beads. |
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Faceted Bead Art Gazette March 1, 2005 Issue #0016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the last month, I have learned alot about the peyote stitch and about delica beads. First, if you use 4 lb. Fishing line, even though it is very thin and goes through the beads easily, it tends to cause the pattern to curl terribly. Second, the colors, in my bead pattern program, do not match the delica bead colors very well. So I am in the process of setting up the colors myself. When I discovered that the 4lb fishing line would not work, I asked Billie, of Wicked Oak Designs ( http://www.wickedoakdesigns.com ), to bead up one of my patterns with regular beading thread and to my amazement, the thread did not show through very much when hung in a window. The only places you really see it is where it is tied off on the sides. To see images of this completed piece, go to... http://www.facetedbeadart.com/delica-bead-suncatchers.html As I did not have any regular beading thread at home, I decided to go see what I could find at Wal-mart. I did not find any beading thread there, but I did find something I was not expecting. In the sewing section I found Transparent Nylon Thread (AKA Invisible Thread). "Wow," I thought. "This is great!". I love using fishing line when beading and this was the perfect substitute. I now do all my peyote/delica patterns with size .005. You can view my few peyote/delica patterns at: http://www.thebeadcoop.com/PatternDatabase/SearchPatterns.asp?txtSub=YES&txtSearchText=peyote&lstCatagories=0&lstStitches=0&lstDesigners=1433 You may remember that I had discovered a way to start Peyote with 2 needles. This made the first 3 rows much easier for me to do. I was going to write up these instructions and make them available to all, but I found someone else beat me to it. Here is a page where you can get these instructions... http://www.beading-frenzy.com/beading_techniques_stiches.htm Go about half way down the page to: Two-Needle Start: Take the tension out of starting a peyote stitch By Barbara L. Grainger Here you will see exactly what I was going to write up (and more). This month, I was able to put together 16 new patterns. 12 of them are beginner patterns with LOVE in the theme. You can view these new patterns at... http://www.facetedbeadart.com/bead_craft_faceted_pattern.html I believe I have finally gotten it all redone. Please come check it out and be sure to visit our NEW Galleries... http://www.facetedbeadart.com/faceted-bead-art-gallery.html There are lots of beautiful images for you to view. Should you find any bad links, please let me know... shellwcross@facetedbeadart.com Happy Beading, Shell, Bead Artist - FacetedBeadArt.com Back Issues... http://www.facetedbeadart.com/back-issues.html New Patterns... http://www.facetedbeadart.com/bead_craft_faceted_pattern.html How To Tutorials... http://www.facetedbeadart.com/instructions.html TheBeadCoop... http://www.thebeadcoop.com designer: FacetedBeadArt.com New at FacetedBeadArt.com... http://www.facetedbeadart.com/bead-art-updates.html
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