Beaded Ornament Cover
I adapted this beaded ornament cover from instructions I received from Pamela Welborn, who has allowed me to post it here for you. Though her original design differs a little from this, I basically used her instructions and just changed the end some to add the dangling teardrops. Pamela also have numerous projects posted on the
Jewelry Crafts web site and in their printed publication as well.
I’ve mad e a lot of these ornament covers. Because they use a simple net stitch, they work up quickly and even a beginning seed beader can be successful in making these.
Materials Needed:
10 grams 11° of Color A Japanese Seed Beads
5 grams 11° of Color B Japanese Seed Beads
10 side drilled tear drop beads
Size 0 pre-waxed thread
Size 10 needle
scissors
clear nail polish
ROW 1 - Add beads: 3 of A and 1 of B for a total of 10 sections of 3 of A and 1 of B. Make a circle and tie a knot. Leave about a 6 in. tail.
Go through a couple sections to begin away from the knot. End coming out of a B bead. (To make it easier to see, I’ve gone ahead and woven in my tail. You will need to do this eventually also.)
ROW 2 - For each section, add beads: 3 A - 1 B - 3 A and go through the next B bead in row #1. Do this until you have 10 sections. End coming out of section of the newly added row - a B bead in this case.
Next Page->To complete the beaded ornament - includes a printer friendly link.
All graphics created by Tammy Powley.
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