Mat erials
10 g lime green opaque size 11° Japanese
seed beads (A)
10 g turquoise opaque size 8° Japanese seed
beads (B)
10 g salmon opaque size 8° Czech seed
beads (C)
10 g lavender luster size 8° seed beads
(D)
15 g amethyst translucent size 6° Japanese
seed beads (E)
15 g lavender milky size 6° Czech or Japanese
seed beads (F)
15 g silver-lined orange transparent size
6° Japanese seed beads (G)
1 lime green 17mm plastic shank button
Smoke FireLine 6 lb beading thread
Tools
Size 11 or 12 beading needle
Scissors
Fini
1: Spiral body.
Work rounds of tubular
peyote stitch with different size beads to form a spiral:
Rounds 1 and 2:
Use 5' of thread to string : 2E, 2F, 2G, 2B,
2D, 2C, and 9A, leaving an 18"
tail. Pass through all
beads again to make a
circle; exit from the first E.
Round 3:
Work peyote stitch around with 1 bead in
each stitch: 1E,1F, 1G, 1B, 1D, 1C, and
4A.
Exit the first E to step up for
the next round
(Figure
1).sh
Rounds 4 and on:
Repeat Round 3 until you reach the
desired length;
continue the pattern by
always adding the same bead from which
you exited.
2: End decrease
Use A to work decrease rounds in
circular peyote stitch (Figure 2):
End Rounds 1 and 2: Exit the final round’s E; work 1A in
each stitch.
End Round 3
(decrease): Work the round, making a decrease
in every other stitch.
End Round 4:
Work 1A in each stitch.
End Round 5
(decrease): Work the round, making a decrease
in every other stitch.
End Round 6:
Work 1A in each stitch. Weave through
the beads of this round again to
tighten.
If there is a gap in the middle,
string 1B and weave through beads on
the other side of the
gap.
ed size: 10"
3: Button
Weave through beads to exit from a
bead of End
Round 5.
String 7A, 1D,
the button, 1D, and 7A. Pass through
the A in Round 5 opposite the one
you last exited (Figure 3).
Repeat the thread path several times to
reinforce. Secure
the thread and trim.
4: End decrease and loop
Thread the needle with the tail thread. Repeat Step
2 to decrease
the end. Weave through
beads to exit from a bead of End Round
5.
Rounds
1 and 2:
String 19A or enough to make a loop that fits snugly over the button. Pass through the A
in Round 5 opposite the one last
exited. Weave through beads to exit from the
first bead of the loop.
Round 3:
Work 4 stitches using 1A in each. Work 1 stitch using 1B.
Complete the round using 1A in each stitch (Figure 4). Repeat the thread path
to reinforce. Secure the thread and trim.
Over the designer
Marilyn T. Aronson of Van Nuys, California, has been beading for fifteen years.
She teaches at area bead shops and can be contacted at bogieandbeads@roadrunner.com.
She thanks her friend Lynn Berman for inspiring her to
teach this project
