Creative Beading

I’m looking for beading patterns, but having a tough time?

I’m new to beading, but very interested in a few particular styles.
I really like the look of the beaded cuff bracelets. I recently bought one and fell in love with it and decided that it would be fun to make a bunch.

I do not recommend using stretchy material to make any bracelets.

1st pic: Peyote with strands of seed beads in between the peyote blocks.
2nd pic: Multi- Strand
3rd pic: Square stitch
4th pic: Square stitch using bugles beads ( will cut the stretchy material)
5th pic: 3 bead Netting (flower done in netting also)
6th pic: Bead Embroidery backing is leather

I listed the stitches that were used in making the bracelets shown in your pics.

The reason for not using stretchy is it will break and stretch out of shape in time.
For these stitches it would be wise to use a beading needle ( size 11 or 12) and beading thread (Nymo size D)
Tension is very important when beading. You cannot achieve this when you use a stretchy material.

On Yahoo there are a lot of beading groups with very helpful beaders. On the web there are tons of information on all of these stitches.

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