Category Archives: Beading
This project consists of six peyote tubes adorned with loops on each side and strung on beading wire with Amazonite beads, Swarovski bicones and Sterling silver daisy spacers. The turquoise green lined crystal AB Delica beads give the loops an amazing sheen. Read more in our Spring 2012 issue. Designed by Diane Reda Créations Di-Art […]
From Boy Scouts and Girl Guides earning badges to beach activities in the Caribbean to school children making gifts for friends, braids are everywhere. Most of us have created braids many times during our lives, but now an Ontario designer is adding a twist and giving the craft of braiding an elegance that we never […]
Dream catchers were traditionally made by Native Americans from hoops of bent sticks with sinew webs to hang over babies’ cradleboards. The web captured and entangled the bad dreams but grandmother spider would allow the good dreams to pass through the hole in the web. With the rising of the morning sun, the bad dreams […]
mix a cuff cocktail Pour together a few hours, beads, beading needle, and elastic cord, and mix … voilà! A cuff cocktail. Change up the bead mix and lace pattern in this cocktail for a variety of different looks. Read more in our Summer 2013 issue. Designed by Brenda Franklin www.bfdesigns.on.ca
This project can be finished in less than a half hour and can be made to match a favourite necklace, top or as a special gift. Change the look or size of the beaded beads by changing the colour, size, and shape of the beads. Add a string of beads to make a dangling beaded […]
We explored bobbles in the Summer and Fall 2011 issues of ANPT. Having practiced on single and double bobbles it’s time to take it one step further and play with different size bobbles to create a beautiful evening bag. Read more in our Festive 2012 issue. Download the PDF pattern now. Designed by Flo Flory […]