Making a Floral Bead Embroidered Necklace
November 17, 2009 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Bead Embroidery, Bead Stringing, Bead Weaving, Beading, Technique Tuesday, Tutorials & Techniques
Using the cute little beaded flowers that I showed you a couple weeks agao, plus a few more styles, I fashioned a floral necklace that I named for my mother: RuthAnn’s Garden. RuthAnn has an absolutely magic touch with flowers of all types, and her garden is always a riot of colors from the earliest spring to the lastest fall.
The focal flower on the top of the piece is styled after a hibiscus, modified slightly (but only slightly!) from the excellent instructions given by Kerrie Slade in the April 2009 issue of Bead&Button Magazine.
For my general instructions on bead embroidery, please check Bead Embroidery Techniques.
Step by step instructions for RuthAnn’s Garden:
When I first saw the picture, it reminded me of a little purse with a beaded handle.
Beautiful name for a Beautiful necklace.
That’s so funny, Jeannie, because my mother thought it was a little purse too when I sent her the image