1. BRAIDING
Tiffany
inspiration
A six-strand
braid gives an
interesting
twist to strings
of lentil and
bugle beads
designed by Sally Squire
The combination of iridescent lentil and black bugle
Sally Squire began her beads mimics a stained glass window.
professional design
career in 1994. She
first worked with stepbystep strand with an A, an 110, a bugle,
glass beads and later and an 110. At the end of the strand,
expanded to other [1] Attach a stop bead (Basics, string a stop bead with a hole large
media. Her present p. 134) on 4 ft. (1.2m) of Power enough to accommodate a T-pin.
focus is on polymer Pro, leaving a 6-in. (15cm) tail. [3] Repeat steps 1 and 2 twice.
clay beads and design- [2] Pick up an 110 seed bead, a [4] Using 6mm color B lentils
ing fiber projects that 7mm bugle bead, an 110, a 6mm instead of As, repeat steps 1 and 2
feature her work. Visit Sally’s Web site, color A lentil bead, an 110, a bugle, three times with the following
zillibeads.com, for more information, or an 110, an A, an 110, and an A. change: in step 2 pick up a repeating
e-mail her at sally@s2design.us. Repeat this pattern until the strand pattern of an 110, a bugle, an 110,
measures 25 in. (64cm). End the a B, an 110, a B, an 110, a bugle, an
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2. MATERIALS • 2 5mm cones
necklace 25 in. (64cm) • 2 3-in. (7.6cm) eye pins
• 10g 7mm bugle beads • Power Pro 20 lb. test
• 6mm offset-hole lentil • beading needles, #10
beads (Beadcats, • G-S Hypo Cement
503-625-2323, • self-healing polyfoam
beadcats.com) board
250 color A • T-pins or quilter’s pins
250 color B • chainnose pliers
• 4g size 110 seed beads • roundnose pliers
• clasp • wire cutters
110, and a B. On the final
repeat, leave off the last B.
[5] Pin the six strands to a
polyfoam board. Group
the three A strands on the
left and the three B strands
on the right (photo a).
[6] To begin the six-strand
braid, cross the far right B
strand over the other two
B strands (photo b). Cross
the far left A strand over
a
the other two A strands
and the adjacent B strand
(photo c).
[7] Continue crossing the
far right strand over two
strands and the far left
strand over three strands
for the length of the neck-
lace. Rotate each lentil to
face outward as you braid.
[8] Remove the stop bead
from one end of each
strand. Using the ends of
the six strands, tie an over-
hand knot (Basics) at the
b
end of the necklace close
to the beads. Tie the six
threads to an eye pin with
two or three overhand
knots. Place a drop of glue
on the knot and let it dry.
[9] Slide a cone on the eye
pin. Make the first half of
a wrapped loop (Basics),
attach half of a clasp, and
finish the wraps. Trim the
excess wire.
[10] Repeat steps 8 and
9 on the other end of
the necklace. w
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