handy dandy guide

8 ways to embellishing peyote patternsyou finished your peyote pattern. Congrats on a beautiful

band! Now comes the fun part: How can you customize the bracelet to make it your own unique piece of jewelry? Embellish, embellish, embellish! To help you choose a special edge style, here are eight options. Let the customization commence.

by Diane Jolie

1. TWISTED BEAD BRIDGESTo work the edging: Add thread to the band, exiting an end bead along one edge. Pick up six 110 seed beads, skip the next three cylinder beads along the edge, and sew through the fourth cylinder with the needle pointing away from the band. Repeat this stitch for the length of the band, alternating loops between three colors (red, white, and blue shown). Start a sec-ond row of loops adjacent to the first by exiting the next edge bead from the edge bead your thread

exited at the start of the first loop. Pick up six 110s in the same color as the first loop, skip the next three cylinders, and sew through the fol-lowing cylinder. Repeat this stitch for the length of the band, follow-ing the established color pattern. Repeat this embellishment on the other edge. Design by Becky Antas

2. STANDARD SEED BEAD PICOTTo work a standard picot: Add thread to the band, exiting an end bead along one edge. Pick up three

110 cylinder beads or seed beads, and sew down through the next edge cylinder. Continue up through the following edge cylinder. Repeat this stitch for the length of the band. Sew through the beadwork to exit the end cylinder along the other edge. Repeat this stitch for the length of the band. Design by Belinda McCoy

3. FANCY PICOT / ELONGATED PICOTTo work this picot: Add thread to the band, exiting an end bead

along the straight edge. Pick up a 150, a 3 mm rondelle, and a 150, skip the next edge cylinder, and sew through the following two edge cylinders. Repeat this stitch for the length of the band. For a band with a tapered end, add the picots along the tapered end as before, or adjust the picots

note The term “picot” comes from the Old English word “pic,” meaning a hill with a sharp point at its top.

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to fit as needed. Repeat these stitches to embellish the remainder of the band. Design by Josie Fabre 4. UNIFORM FRINGETo work uniform fringe: Add thread to the band, exiting an

end bead along one edge. Pick up a 3 mm fire-polished bead and a 150 seed bead. Sew back through the 3 mm and the cylinder your thread exited at the start of this step, and continue up through the next edge cylinder. Repeat this stitch on each edge. Design by Josie Fabre

5. STAGGERED FRINGETo work fringe of varying lengths: Add thread to the band, exiting an end cylinder along one edge. Pick up three 110 cylinder beads, altering colors as desired. Skip the last bead added, and sew back through the next two beads, the cyl-inder in the band your thread exited, and the following cylinder on the band. Pick up four cylinders, skip the last bead added, and sew back through the next three beads, the cylinder in the band your thread exited, and the following cylinder on the band. Pick up five cylinders, skip the last bead added, and sew back through the next four beads, the cylinder in the band your thread exited, and the following cylinder on the band. Pick up six cylinders, skip the last bead added,

and sew back through the next five beads, the cylinder in the band your thread exited, and the follow-ing cylinder on the band. Continue in this manner, picking up five beads, four beads, and three beads, as before. Repeat these stitches for the length of the band. Repeat this embellishment on the other edge. Design by Robin Griffes

6. LEAF FRINGE To work leaf fringe: Add thread to the band, exiting an end cylinder along one edge. Pick up four 110 cylinder beads, a 6 mm fire-pol-ished bead, and a cylinder, skip the last bead picked up, and sew back through the next two beads. Pick up three cylinders, skip the next cylinder in the band, and continue through the next four edge beads. Repeat this stitch for the length of the band. Repeat this embellish-ment on the other edge, if desired. Design by Jennifer Creasey

7. ONE-SIDED EMBELLISHMENTTo work a one-sided embellish-ment: Select any embellishment technique, and simply end the process after completing one edge. This bracelet displays the leaf fringe technique.Design by Jennifer Creasey

8. MULTI-LAYERED TECHNIQUETo work a multi-layered embellish-ment: Stitch one layer across one edge, using any desired technique of your choice — such as a picot, fringe, or a bead bridge. Work a second layer, using another tech-nique of your choice, and then work a third layer. Repeat this embellish-ment on the other edge. Design by Kathryn BowmanB&B

note For more detailed directions on these projects, visit FacetJewelry.com and search the designer’s name.

note If desired, use the picot technique at the end of the leaf or petal.

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