The Beaded Garden: Creating Flowers with Beads and Thread

Beaders and gardeners alike will delight in these projects that use brick, peyote, net, and herringbone stitches, as well as right-angle weave and combination stitches.

You can stitch the flowers and other garden elements as embellishments for jewelry, embroidery, and clothing - or add a stem and more greenery to transform them into spectacular, everlasting bouquets. In addition to beaded flowers and leaves, you'll want to create the beetles, pretty butterflies, caterpillars, and delicate dragonflies, too!

Step-by-step instructions, stunning photographs, and easy-to-follow diagrams guide you through simple to more advanced projects, and the colorful gallery of pieces from well-known bead artists is sure to give you a year-round case of spring fever.

Flower Parts and Leaves

• Stamen
• Bulbous Stamen
• Round Domed Stamen
• Stamen from Artificial Flowers
• Beaded Stem
• Calyx
• Flat Calyx
• Oval Petals or Leaves
• Long Thin Leaves or Petals
• Palm Leaf
• Leaf with Jagged Edge
• Netted Leaf

• Water Lily
• Star Flowers with Curved Petal Tips
• Multipetal Flower
• Rolled Flowers
• Scottish Thistle
• Large Daffodil
• Calla Lily
• Cluster Flower
• Poppy
• Bromeliad
• A Perfect Pansy
• Morning Glory
• Cattleya Orchid
• Rose

• Tiny Tulips
• Other Flowers Made with Herringbone Stitch
• Tiny Daffodil
• Small Rose
• Crystal Star Flower
• Star Flower #1
• Star Flower #2
• Lilies of the Valley
• Brooch Flower Holder
• Eight-Petal Flower
• Daisy
• Fleabane

• Beetle
• Butterfly
• Dragonfly with a Wire Armature
• Small Dragonfly
• Caterpillar

• Brick Stitch
• Peyote Stitch (tubular)
• Lark's Head Knot Beginning
• Sewing Overlapping Petals Together
• Joining Edges with Square Stitch
• Square Knot