[Nfb-krafters-korner] welcome Holly

[Neva Fairchild]

Thanks for this gem. I am going to learn to do this. A friend has started
teaching me and it is amazingly fun. 


Neva Fairchild
972 416-7039 

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From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Becky
Frankeberger
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:51 AM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] welcome Holly

Here is a little gift to our beeders on list.

Welcome Holly, I am Becky from Washington State.  I crochet and machine
knit.

Becky and guide dog Jake  

Beading Daily
Combine Peyote and Herringbone Stitches to Make a Shaped Bezel for a
Cabochon Learning peyote stitch opened up a whole new dimension in beadwork
for me. I felt like one of those cartoon characters who suddenly gets
superhuman powers, then sits back and cackles and says, "Now I will RULE THE
WORLD!" Maybe peyote stitch wouldn't give me superhuman powers, but it did
give me a way to make a beaded bezel for the dozens and dozens of cabochons
I had been collecting.
As a new beader, I immediately fell in love with cabochons but had no idea
what to do with them. My first attempts at bead embroidery were completely
disastrous, but I still felt drawn to these lovely little pieces of stone
and ceramic with no holes
- what's a beader to do?
So off I went, making peyote-stitch bezels for these cabochons and then
embellishing them to within an inch of their lives. But all the cabochons I
worked with were round or oval, and when I came across some absolutely
amazing handmade triangular and square-shaped cabochons, I had no idea what
to do with them.
Then I discovered a way to combine a little bit of herringbone stitch with a
lot of peyote stitch to create easy, fun-shaped peyote-stitch bezels for
these little gems! Here's a quick rundown on how to make a peyote-stitch
bezel for a triangle
cabochon:
Use two colors of size 11° cylinder beads, A for the main color and B for
the accent color. Pick up an odd number of A and 1B. Your first set of beads
should stretch almost as long as one side of your cabochon. Repeat until you
have three sets of A with three B between each set. Pass through the first A
strung.
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Work in peyote stitch using A until you get to the first B. Pick up 2B and
pass into the next A. Repeat around until you get to the step up at the end
of the round. For each round, add 2B in each corner using herringbone stitch
and then peyote down the next side using A.
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This is what your bezel should look like at the end of the first round. It
even looks like a triangle!
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Stitch your bezel until it just pokes out around the points of your
cabochon. For this round (probably your third or fourth), add just 1B at the
corners. This will set you up for your decreases.
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As you continue to work around, work decreases at the corners and pull
snugly so that the peyote-stitch sides form a little cup around the points
of your cabochon.
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For the last row, I always use size 15° seed beads to tighten the
peyote-stitch bezel and add a little more color. You can even flip the
cabochon over and add a row of size 15° seed beads to the back to tighten
the bezel a little bit more.
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This bezel technique works with square-shaped cabochons, too. If you use it
to make a square cabochon, make sure you use an odd number of A beads along
the sides to get the best fit for your cabochon.
Want more great tubular and circular peyote-stitch projects? Check out the
Best of Beadwork: 10 Circular and Tubular Peyote Projects eBook. Or explore
some great herringbone projects in the Best of Beadwork: 12 Flat and Tubular
Herringbone Projects eBook. Both are full of projects and tips from the
pros!
Bead Happy,
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Jennifer
Jennifer VanBenschoten
Jen VanBenschoten
is the editor of
Beading Daily


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