Alternate Colorway: Leslie Venturoso’s Zigzag Fun Bracelet

This beautiful Zigzag Fun bracelet from the Fall 2021 issue of Beadwork is by Leslie Venturoso. Use “rick-rack” techniques pioneered by Kate McKinnon and Jean Power of Contemporary Geometric Beadwork to create a zigzag base that you can reuse to make this playful bracelet over and over again in whatever colors you like!

Here is the alternate colorway materials list for Leslie’s more muted and earthy colorway that you see in the cover photo:

1 g metallic bronze size 15° seed beads (A)
1 g color of your choice (used for a temporary base) size 11° seed beads (B)
3 g color of your choice (used for a temporary base) size 11° cylinder beads (C)
2 g color of your choice (used for a temporary base) size 11° cylinder beads (D)
2 g taupe gilded marbled opaque size 11° cylinder beads (E, M)
1 g bronze-lined crystal size 11° cylinder beads (F)
1 g matte metallic gold size 11° cylinder beads (G)
2 g taupe/cocoa marbled opaque size 11° cylinder beads (H, J)
1 g metallic bronze size 11° cylinder beads (K)
1 g dark brown gilded marbled opaque size 11° cylinder beads (L)
16 crystal Capri 3x10mm daggers (N)
Smoke 6 lb FireLine braided beading thread

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at msteele (at) goldenpeakmedia (d0t) com if you have any questions or need help with the patterns.

Meredith Steele
Technical Editor, Beadwork