This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Bead Store - 2” Snowflake A = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, 300 beads B = Miyuki 15° SEED bead, 36 beads D = Miyuki 11° DELICA bead, 280 Delica’s Nymo D Thread or Fireline (6 lb or 8 lb*) *I used 8 lb for this pattern #11 or #12 beading needle Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Use Fireline*, Nymo D or C-Lon and an #11 or #12 beading needle. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at R1. *I have recently started using Fireline® fishing line, too. I like 4lb and 6lb ..read more

Last time I showed you how to do the St Petersburg Chain.  Now that you have mastered that stitch, the Double St. Petersburg Chain should be easy to learn. *Please note in the illustrations the C bead is drawn as a drop bead, but in the finished sample I used seed beads instead. You can use either bead. Start by waxing and stretching your thread, use Nymo D or C-Lon & a #11 or #12 beading needle. Tie in a "stopper" bead, leaving about an 8" tail and begin at step #1. 1. Follow the instructions to make the St Petersburg Chain Bead stitch pattern. This piece will b ..read more

    This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Bead Store A = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, 10* beads B = 2mm or 3mm Fire-polished Crystals, 8° SEED beads or 10° Triangle beads, 4* beads C = 4mm Fire-polished Crystals, 1* beads T = Tila Beads, 2* beads *Beads counts are per repeat (Unit), each Unit is about 1/2 inch. Nymo D, C-Lon Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound), #11 or #12 beading needle Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at step #1. 1. a) Pick up 1T. b) P ..read more

This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Bead Store A = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, #214, 28 beads B = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, #259, 22 beads C = 4mm Fire-polished Crystals, Green, 1 bead D = 4mm Fire-polished Crystals, Salmon, 3 beads E = #3 (1/4”) Bugle, Tr. Orange AB, 4 bugles Nymo D, C-Lon Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound), #11 or #12 beading needle Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at step #1. 1. Pick up 12B, go with thread forward through the 1st through 7th a bea ..read more

  This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Bead StoreA = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, 38* beads B = 4mm Fire-polished Crystals, first color, 2* beads C = 4mm Fire-polished Crystals, second color, 2* beads *Beads counts are per repeat (Unit), each Unit is about 3/4 inch. Nymo D, C-Lon Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound), #11 or #12 beading needle Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at step #1. 1. Pick up 1B, 5A, go with thread forward through the B bead just added in t ..read more

This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Bead Store A = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, 54* B = 4mm crystal, 6* C = 4mm pear, 1* *Bead Counts are per repeat, Repeat is approximately 1” Nymo D, C-Lon Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound), #11 or #12 beading needle Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10”   1. Pick up 4A. Go with thread through the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th A beads. Stack as shown.   2. Pick up 4A, 2B, 1A. Go with thread down through the 3rd and 4th A beads and the 1st B bea ..read more

This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Bead Store A = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, color 1, 60 beads* B = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, color 2, 90 beads* C = 4 mm Fire-polished crystal, 3 crystals* V = Czech VEXOLO 5 x 8 mm beads , 3* Nymo D Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound)#11 or #12 beading needle *Bead Counts are per repeat,repeat is approximately 1-1/4" Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at step #1. Abbreviation TV = Top hole of the Vexolo bead BV = Bottom hole of the V ..read more

  This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Bead Store A = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, 32* B = Miyuki 11° DELICA bead, 8* C = Glass - 4 mm Druks beads, 5* *Bead Counts are per repeat, repeat is approximately 3/4" Nymo D Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound) #11 or #12 beading needle Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at step #1.   1. Pick up 1B, 3A, 1B, 2A, 1B, 2A, 1B, 3A, go with thread up through the 1st B bead just added. 2. Pick up 2A, 1C, 2A, go with t ..read more

  This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Bead Store A = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, 100* beads B = 6mm Bugle beads, 4* C = 4 mm Fire-polished crystals, 3* beads D = 3mm Fire-polished crystals, 3* beads E = Czech 6 x 9 oval crystal, 1* beads V = Czech Vexolo 2-hole beads, 4* beads Nymo D, C-Lon Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound), #11 or #12 beading needle *Beads counts are per repeat (Unit), repeats for this bracelet are about 3/4 inch. 6-1/2 inch bracelet has 7 repeats. Please Note: In the illustrations in steps #14 and #15 it sho ..read more

This Pattern is Free here on my Blog. To Purchase a Downloadable PDF for 99¢ : Click HERE Beads Used:  Miyuki 11° SEED bead, Miyuki 11° DELICA bead, Miyuki 10° TRIANGLE bead Nymo D, C-Lon Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound), #11 or #12 beading needle Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at step #1. 1. ROW 1, Pick up 1C, 10A, go with thread up through the 1 C bead. 2. Pick up 6A, go with thread down through the 8th A bead, step #1 or the 5th A bead, step #10. 3. Pick up 2A ..read more