Flower Petal Ornament Cover - Page 2
9. Now, string on 5 seed beads.
10. Count down 5 beads on your petal, and bring the needle through the 6th bead.
11. String on 14 seed beads.
12. Next, just as you did before, string on 1 bugle and 1 seed bead.
13. Skipping the last seed bead, bring your needle back up through the bugle bead.
14. String on 20 seed beads.
15. Skip five beads in your circle, and bring your needle through the sixth bead.
16. Repeat steps 8 through 15 - four more times.
17. For the last petal (you should have 5 at this point), repeat steps 9 through 13 one time.
18. String on 14 seed beads.
19. Now, attach your last petal to your first petal by bringing your needle up through the 6th bead of the petal your attaching it to.
20. String on 5 seed beads.
21. Finish your last petal by threading your needle back through the bead you started at on the circle.
22. Thread the needle back through the entire circle of beads to help strengthen it, tie a few knots, and trim off excess thread. Also, don’t forget to thread in your tail.
I know these seem like a lot of steps, but that’s only because I’ve tried to break up the steps as much as possible to help you understand better. Once you make one of these, you’ll find how quickly you can make them.
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