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Q: How do you decide what clasp to use when you are designing a piece of jewelry? Do you think of it at the same time as the design? Is it an afterthought? Do you get to the end and think, "Now what am I going to do?" So really — to buy a clasp...
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In the February issue of Bead&Button magazine, I covered some beaded edging techniques in Bead Soup, p. 11. The techniques described in the magazine were very basic, but there are many variations that can be created after learning those basics. One...
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Q: I would like to make Christmas earrings that look like candy canes. Not a flat design but tubular peyote. I can't figure out how to make the bend for the top of the cane. I've tried using 15/0s to make the curve (I am using Delica cylinder beads),...
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In the Bead Soup section of the December 2011 issue of Bead&Button , I wrote about using individual components from jewelry designs to suit your personal taste, then I made a ring using the techniques from two different articles to illustrate. This...
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I receive a lot of questions through Ask Anna about stitching tension, so I've compiled a list of the most common problems people have encountered and posted some of the advice I've given. Take a look to see if any of them sound familiar, and...
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The October 2011 issue of Bead&Button magazine gives six great tips for finishing the ends of a beaded rope in the Bead Soup section on p. 10. One of the tips mentions beaded end caps, which are an excellent way to cover up an unattractive end of...
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I have some spectacular buttons I'd love to peyote stitch around to make a beaded bezel . I then want to incorporate them into bead embroidery on Lacy’s Stiff Stuff. But how would I accommodate the button shank? It protrudes so far out the back...
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I saw lots of ladies walking around the 2011 Bead&Button Show wearing Cynthia Rutledge's Honeycomb Bangle , a project we featured in the April 2011 issue of Bead&Button . I also saw several ladies wearing a whole stack of bangles, and even...
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Recycle, recycle, recycle... I was making some earrings for a class last week when I realized that I was being so wasteful! I have been saving bits of beading wire for a very long time now: Whenever I was left with a 5-in. (13 cm) piece of beading wire...
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In the June 2011 issue of Bead&Button magazine, I did a Stitch Workshop (p. 22) that included how to make a butterfly using increasing and decreasing rows of odd- and even-count peyote stitch. After making the butterfly, you may want to make your...
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There are many choices when it comes to clasps, but really nice clasps usually carry a really nice price tag, so base-metal clasps may be your only alternative. But slapping an inexpensive metal clasp on a bracelet that took 30 hours to stitch just doesn't...
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The actual question I received from Lynne Irelan was about designing a holly leaf, but this technique should work with any type of leaf. Some shapes will lend themselves better to flat peyote stitch and others may work better with square stitch or brick...
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You may have seen the St. Petersburg chain in the June 2009 issue of Bead&Button or in the Beader's Handbook 2 . Either way, many of you have asked this question over and over. Here are a few ways to add a clasp to a St. Petersburg chain. If you...
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Some stitches have the ability to scare people away; maybe all of them do under some circumstances. I've seen people who have stitched in even-count peyote stitch for years unravel over odd-count peyote stitch. On the other hand, I've seen people...
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There are so many great projects for the holidays, so why not check out the patterns available like the Stitched stocking by Collette Hunt, our free online project for December. Interested in more holiday projects? Just go to the Projects tab above and...
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