The designer's daughter wanted something special for a salon opening: romantic but not frilly, crystals but not wedding jewelry, and free-form but with some structure. This spray of peyote-stitched leaves and dangles, perfected with a floral centerpiece bead, is the designer's lush creation.
Required Materials: Beads, bicones, crystals, pressed-glass rectangles, fire-polished ovals, drops, heart button, flower focal bead, clasp, beading thread. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Scissors, beading needle. See project for complete list.
Techniques Used: Peyote Stitch, Stringing
Finished Size: 15 3/4"
Originally Published: Beadwork, February/March 2008