Learn four techniques in one project! This is the perfect project for someone learning to bead a peyote-stitch bezel (the rim around a stone or focal bead), embroider a simple border around a focal bead, add fringes to beadwork, or string cords. If you can use a needle and thread, you can make this necklace and pendant, inspired by Native American designs.
Required Materials: Stone cabochon, seed beads, beads, clasp, leather, jump rings, bead tips, crimp beads, beading thread. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Beading needle, adhesive, round-nose pliers, chain-nose pliers, scissors. See project for complete list.
Techniques Used: Peyote Stitch, Bead Embroidery, Fringe
Step by Step Beads, November/December 2008