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I’m Julia and I live in Baltimore where I work as a bead designer, teacher, illustrator (mostly for other bead designers/authors), and graphic designer. I have been beading since the late 80s. In 2002 I self-published my first book “little boxes” where I introduced four shapes -- triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon -- in peyote stitch as a basis for my boxes. This book was re-published in 2006 by Creative Publishing international under the title “Little Bead Boxes” and is still in print today. I also authored books on bead knitting and beaded broad collars. Photos of my work as well as patterns for sale can be found at www.juliapretl.com..
In this class, we will be constructing a small, triangular box with a fitted lid, feet, and a finial. The stitch used is peyote. The size of the box, without feet and finials, is 1.5” wide by 1.25” tall.
You should be Comfortable with Peyote Stitch.
This is Part 1, Part 2 is on Sunday, February 26 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Size 11 Miyuki Delicas: I’m not including color numbers here because I’m hoping for a bit of variety. I used a black background (color D) as well as a blue gradient (colors A, B, C). You could just as easily choose a light background and reverse the gradient, you could choose three sequential colors in the spectrum, or you could choose not to use a gradient at all!
Please note that this is a high tension project and that matte beads, while very beautiful, are much more fragile. Keep that in mind if you use very tight tension or have never replaced a broken bead before, and perhaps opt for opaque or coated beads instead. Here are the colors and amounts that I used for my box:
• A = Lightest Blue; 708 beads; 4 grams
• B = Medium Blue; 390 beads; 2.5 grams
• C = Dark Blue; 123 beads; 1 gram
• D = Black; 1253 beads; 7 grams
There is a lot of wiggle room when it comes to embellishing your box. I will provide a few guidelines but feel free to use your imagination to make your box one of a kind!
Feet and Finial: This box has 3 feet beads on the bottom, and one finial bead on the lid. For my feet beads I used 6mm rounds and for my finial I used 8mm rounds.
Rondelles: Honestly, I’m not sure this is the correct term, but I am referring to the flat, large-holed beads that I use to stabilize my feet and finials. The rondelles used in my photos are 10mm wide and 3mm tall with a 3mm inner hole. Any bead that your feet and finials can sit atop without rolling away will work just fine. I have used glass rondelles, metal spacer beads, pony beads, blown glass flower beads, metal washers, hardware nuts, and any number of other items to stabilze my feet and finials. Be creative!
• Thread – I like size B/46 twisted nylon (purchased from thethreadexchange.com) but have also used Fireline or similar in size 6 or 8. I don’t have a lot of experience with the newer threads but anything that allows tight tension and multiple passes through a 11/0 Delica should be fine.
• Needles – I use size 11 Tulip brand
• Good lighting (essential!), scissors, a pencil, your favorite bead board, and a magnet board or post-it notes to follow the graphs and word maps are also helpful.
Note there are NO kits for this workshop.
Cost to Member: $70
Cost to Nonmember: $100 (non-members pay an extra $30 that can be applied towards the membership fee)
Cost to Boardmember: $60
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