What Can You Do With Glass Seed Beads Other Than Jewelry?
I like using colorful glass seed beads to create elaborate jewelry pieces like necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. But there are many other ways you can use those tiny and super beautiful glass seed beads.
Today I’m embellishing my old hoodie drawstrings with sand, beige and linen glazed opaque and matte glass seed beads. I’m using neutral color palette just because I wanted to add to my hoodie a little bit of texture.
The Materials:
approx. 1g size 11o B – Opaque beige (DB2105).
approx. 1g size 11o C – Linen glazed (DB0261).
approx. 0,5g size 15o E – Mate pear (RR4512).
Step 1. Make a peyote strip (flat peyote stitch) that is the 10 beads wide and 36 rows long (photo a-1,2). Start by stringing three 15o Es, three 11o As, four 11o Bs.
Step 2. After you finished the strip, wrap it around the one end of the drawstring. Next Zipp-up the jagged edges of the strip (photo a-3,4). Then sew with the needle through the beadwork and the drawstring (repeat couple times) (photo a-5).
Step 3. Next weave the working thread through the beadwork and exit one edge 11oB bead, pick up the two 15o Ds, and sew down through the opposite 11oB bead of the front side beadwork. Come back through the next 11oB bead and repeat using four 15o Ds per stitch, work till the end and finish with two 15o Ds (photo a-6). Secure the thread tales in the beadwork with a few half hitch knots and trim.
Step 4. Make a peyote strip (flat peyote stitch) that is the 16 beads wide and 36 rows long (photo a-7,8). Start by stringing seven 15o Es, three 11o As, six 11o Bs.
Step 5. After you finished the strip, wrap it around the drawstring you are already working on. Zipp-up the jagged edges of the strip (photo a-9). Then sew with the needle through the beadwork and the drawstring (repeat couple times).
Step 6. Make a peyote strip (flat peyote stitch) that is the 36 beads wide and 36 rows long (photo a-10,11). Start by stringing seven 15o Es, three 11o As, six 11o Cs, twenty 11o Bs.
Step 5. After you finished the strip, wrap it around the second drawstring. Zipp-up the jagged edges of the strip (photo a-12). Then sew with the needle through the beadwork and the drawstring (repeat couple times). Secure the thread tales in the beadwork with a few half-hitch knots and trim.
This is a supper simple idea what you can do with glass seed beads other than jewelry.
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Today I’m embellishing my old hoodie drawstrings with sand, beige and linen glazed opaque and matte glass seed beads. I’m using neutral color palette just because I wanted to add to my hoodie a little bit of texture.
The Materials:
- Nylon beading thread color brown (conditioned with beeswax).
- Beading needles #12.
- Scissors.
- Japanese Cylinder, Delica Seed Beads
approx. 1g size 11o B – Opaque beige (DB2105).
approx. 1g size 11o C – Linen glazed (DB0261).
- Rocailles Seed Beads
approx. 0,5g size 15o E – Mate pear (RR4512).
Step 1. Make a peyote strip (flat peyote stitch) that is the 10 beads wide and 36 rows long (photo a-1,2). Start by stringing three 15o Es, three 11o As, four 11o Bs.
Step 2. After you finished the strip, wrap it around the one end of the drawstring. Next Zipp-up the jagged edges of the strip (photo a-3,4). Then sew with the needle through the beadwork and the drawstring (repeat couple times) (photo a-5).
Step 3. Next weave the working thread through the beadwork and exit one edge 11oB bead, pick up the two 15o Ds, and sew down through the opposite 11oB bead of the front side beadwork. Come back through the next 11oB bead and repeat using four 15o Ds per stitch, work till the end and finish with two 15o Ds (photo a-6). Secure the thread tales in the beadwork with a few half hitch knots and trim.
Step 4. Make a peyote strip (flat peyote stitch) that is the 16 beads wide and 36 rows long (photo a-7,8). Start by stringing seven 15o Es, three 11o As, six 11o Bs.
Step 5. After you finished the strip, wrap it around the drawstring you are already working on. Zipp-up the jagged edges of the strip (photo a-9). Then sew with the needle through the beadwork and the drawstring (repeat couple times).
Step 6. Make a peyote strip (flat peyote stitch) that is the 36 beads wide and 36 rows long (photo a-10,11). Start by stringing seven 15o Es, three 11o As, six 11o Cs, twenty 11o Bs.
Step 5. After you finished the strip, wrap it around the second drawstring. Zipp-up the jagged edges of the strip (photo a-12). Then sew with the needle through the beadwork and the drawstring (repeat couple times). Secure the thread tales in the beadwork with a few half-hitch knots and trim.
This is a supper simple idea what you can do with glass seed beads other than jewelry.
Discover the art of beading with my beading tutorials!Learn the basics and create beautiful peaces.