Thursday, April 23, 2015

Peaks and Valleys - a New Beadweaving Tutorial by Sweet Freedom Designs

My latest beadweaving tutorial contains step-by-step instructions for a wide bracelet, 2 skinny stacker-type bracelets (with options for several more variations), 2 very different necklaces, and 3 different earrings. Beads used include Superduos; Czechmates™ 2-hole tiles; O-beads; drop beads; and size 15/0, 8/0, and 11/0 seed beads. One of the necklaces has the option for using the new 6x5mm and 9x8mm Czech glass mushroom beads.

"Peaks and Valleys" wide bracelet:
"Peaks and Valleys" bracelet; 3 colorways shown

"Peaks and Valleys" skinny bracelets:
"Peaks and Valleys" skinny bracelets

"Peaks and Valleys" necklace #1:
 "Peaks and Valleys" Necklace #1

 "Peaks and Valleys" necklace #2:
 "Peaks and Valleys" Necklace #2

There is a lot of opportunity for varying this second necklace - by changing the number of strands across the front and/or back, and by varying the choice of "accent" beads (I used Czech glass mushroom beads for the lower 2 strands, but Swarovski crystals, firepolish beads, and drop beads could easily be substituted.)

 "Peaks and Valleys" Earrings
 "Peaks and Valleys" - 3 different earrings

This versatile tutorial is available in my Etsy shop, and I'm working on getting some kits put together in several colorways.

4 comments:

DeborahRead.com said...

Lovely work

Sweet Freedom said...

Thanks, Deborah - Creating new designs (and tutorials!) is challenging, but I'm really enjoying it!

marsha said...

Your designs are wonderful as are your color waves. Can you tell me the color you chose on for the superduos?? I am going to purchase the pattern and just love the color with turquoise and mottled brown. Can't tell if orange or red. Thanks.
Marsha A

Sweet Freedom said...

Thanks, Marsha! These were stitched 5 years ago; that particular Superduo WAS one of my favorites, Limon Picasso. However, not long after I stitched this bracelet, the dye lot was changed significantly by the manufacturer, and it is now much more yellow, and doesn’t at all look like it looks in this bracelet. I was hugely disappointed.