Forest Whisper Necklace Pattern Download

Description

Dress up a simple leather cord with a tubular peyote–stitched rope, then form beaded end caps and a handmade clasp to finish the strap. Use backstitch bead embroidery and fringe to create a one-of-a-kind pendant out of a ceramic button.

Techniques: tubular peyote stitch, circular netting, backstitch bead embroidery, fringe, brick-stitch edging, herringbone stitch

Materials:

• 6 g Olympic bronze size 15° Japanese seed beads
• 4 g orange semi-glazed size 11° Japanese seed beads
• 6 g matte teal iris size 11° Japanese seed beads
• 6 g mudbrick opaque frosted size 8° Japanese seed beads
• 3 g silver-lined root beer size 8° Japanese seed beads
• 5 matte metallic antique copper
• 5×16mm daggers
• 64 tangerine 2mm pressed-glass rounds
• 39 dark bronze 4mm pressed-glass rounds
• 3 dark bronze 8mm pressed-glass rounds
• 1 brown 35mm 2-hole ceramic button
• 3 × 3" piece of white beading foundation
• 3 × 3" piece of dark brown Ultrasuede
• 18" of metallic maroon 3mm round leather cord
• Smoke 4 lb FireLine braided beading thread
• Clear industrial adhesive (E-6000)

Tools:

• Scissors
• Size 10 beading needle

Finished Size: 19" (with 4 7⁄8" focal)

Originally Published: Beadwork, June/July 2017