Tuesday, February 12, 2013

New pattern: Czechmates Bands

Czechmates Bands, $5.50 at AroundTheBeadingTable.com and Bead-Patterns.com.


Czechmates are two-holed tile beads, much like Miyuki Tila beads and about the same size, but they are thicker, with rounded edges and corners, which makes it difficult to hide thread paths between them in designs where the Czechmates sit side by side. These bands came out of a desire to remedy this problem. The weave is a relatively simple one and once you get the hang of it, the variations are endless. This pattern has directions for four bands and it is fully illustrated with detailed step-by-step instructions.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Monday, January 28, 2013

new FREE pattern: Starburst Earrings

Easy earrings made from seed beads, two-hole SuperDuo beads and the new Rizo beads (like SuperDuo beads but slightly longer with only one hole). There's a downloadable PDF at the bottom of the Starburst Earrings pattern page.

You can also find links to the exact beads used on this Starburst Earrings pattern page. I got my Rizos, as well as the SuperDuos beads, from RedPandaBeads.com.


Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Welcome to 2013!

It's been quite a while since my last pattern upload but I am back at it now with two new patterns uploaded and an oldy-but-goody for sale just in time for Valentine's Day!

This pattern is fully illustrated with detailed step-by-step instructions for a bracelet and matching earrings.
 


This pattern is fully illustrated with detailed step-by-step instructions for making earrings or a pendant.
 


PDF ON SALE, $3 UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Puffy Heart Pendant

at AroundTheBeadingTable.com and Bead-Patterns.com

My version of the "puffy" heart using the hana-ami motif. Fully illustrated and detailed step-by-step instructions for a double-sided "puffy" heart pendant—19 pages, 108 steps with illustrations. The smaller hearts make sweet earrings as well.
 


If you're not yet ready to try the "puffy" version, a FREE single-sided Heart Pendant pattern is also available:


Wishing everyone a glorious new year!

Sunday, December 9, 2012

New pattern uploaded: Tuscan Drop Earrings

I was playing around with my Tuscan Earring design and found that these earrings looked even prettier with a drop. This pattern is fully illustrated with detailed step-by-step instructions for two drop versions: one with pearls in each corner (at right) and another with pearls in the center (at left). I used Swarovski #5500 9x6 pear drops but any drop bead will work.The Tuscan Drop Earrings pattern, $3.25, is available at my website, AroundTheBeadingTable.com and Bead-patterns.com: