Learning more about Peyote Stitch

Well, I have decided to work on bead stitching and I am starting with peyote stitch. Of course, I did not do as the book suggested which was a black and white mix of beads. Of course, I had to do a square tetrad of colors in the pastel range.

Square Tetrad of beads

Color chart with beads

Pearl Lariat

I wear this wrapped around my neck with the dangles tied in front.

For My Sister

I found a beautiful necklace in a magazine and I wanted to try and make it for my sister's BIG FIVE Oh birthday!! It took me quite a while to find all the bits and pieces to make it! Luckily I did, and in time. And so that we could be "twins", I made one for myself too!

My sister's necklace.

I made one for each of us....

...so we could be "twins".

Red Ring with Czech Fire Polished Accents

Daisy Chain Stitch Ring

I really like how his came out. I will be making more variations of this ring. I have done a daisy stitch before, but not as a ring. I used some African beads and made a necklace which you can see in an early entry.

Ear Ring

Here is another lesson piece. I used 2 quartz stones as the focal pieces and tiny Citrine stones and a couple of Indian glass beads within the bead soup.

The ear rings are a pair but they are not meant to be identical. It is a free from weaving exercise

A Baroque Bracelet

This is a very fancy bracelet for me with lots of frills but I like wearing it. It has some weight to it.

It has peyote stitch base with lots of loops and additions on top. The beads came in a kit with few instructions. I made up the basic style myself. I love the colors. The cream/white beads are actually more peachy than cream. I probably used 20 feet to thread to make this!

Back - showing Peyote Stitch Base

Front showing loops and additions

I wear it with the leaves up and the big loops facing down. 

You can barely see the tiny freshwater pearl "flowers" near the large beaded flower. The large end clasp is one of my glass beads from India.

I like this loop but it is a tiny big. I may have to add a bead or two to make it smaller.

Detail of the "gold" nuggets "dropped" here and there.

Detail of small Czech flowers