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Issue 11 (May/Jun 2007) Garden Colors Issue
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Welcome friends to issue #11
     It is so nice to see bright colors again when I look out the window! The grass is vibrant green and the flowers are stunning. This issue is full of projects with garden inspired colors. Julie Ann Smith shares an exuberant flower bracelet in both two drop and regular peyote. Learn to tie a slinky snake knot necklace with Dottie Hoeschen and embellish the knotted cord with a tangled garden of beads. Sandra D. Halpenny has created a fringe-y sunburst seed bead bracelet that shines with round crystal centers. Marilyn Peters has prepared a fabulous 3-D right angle weave bracelet encrusted with crystals – yummy in any color combo! Make a pair of St. Petersburg Chain earrings to match with Pamela Welborn's pattern.

Lots of projects to keep you in stitches as the weather warms. Have a little fun and play with your color choices. Pick a bouquet of flowers and use the blooms as your bead color palette, the results will be naturally beautiful!    Deb Moffett-Hall - Editor

• 794 Black #010
• 386 Gold #031
• 1163 Red #727
• Thread of choice to match

• 430 Bronze Toho Triangles, size 11/0
• 96 Gold corrugated metal rounds, 3mm
• 3 Gold corrugated metal rounds, 5mm
• 48 Bronze silver-lined bugles, 9mm
• 12 Smokey topaz Bicone Swarovski crystals, 4mm
• 12 Smokey topaz light Bicone Swarovski crystals, 3mm
• Antique gold or Bronze Toggle Clasp, 12mm
• Fireline 6lb test or thread of choice

• Flowers
  #160 Yellow 173 beads
  #161 Orange 94 beads
  #1371 Pink 278 beads
  #214 Red 228 beads
  #1379 Purple 173 beads
  #163 Green 257 beads<
  

• Ground
  #629 Light Purple 284 beads
  #117 Dark Purple 218 beads

• Sky
  #239 Light Blue 558 beads
  #164 Medium Blue 31 beads

• Also Needed:
  156 Gold Seed Beads, Size 11
  Clasp of choice
  Beading thread of choice

• Flowers
  #160 Yellow 130 beads
  #161 Orange 111 beads
  #1371 Pink 322 beads
  #214 Red 245 beads
  #1379 Purple 208 beads
  #163 Green 254 beads

• Ground
  #629 Light Purple 283 beads
  #117 Dark Purple 200 beads

• Sky
  #239 Light Blue 465 beads
  #164 Medium Blue 35 beads

• Also Needed:
  156 Gold Seed Beads, Size 11
  Clasp of choice
  Beading thread of choice

• 106 Seed beads in main color, size 15 (or 11)
• 80 Seed beads in accent color, size 15 (or 11)
• Nymo thread size B to match main color beads
• Earring findings of choice
• Future brand floor wax

• 3 grams Size 11 Delica cylinder beads for the bracelet base
• Approximately 70 light color and 70 darker color 4mm Bicone crystals;
  The exact number needed will be determined by the bracelet length
• 300 size 15 seed beads in a complementary color
• Toggle clasp, size 9mm to 12mm
• Nymo, size D or SONO thread to match the Delica beads - do not double the thread
• Size 12 beading needle

• Satin cord
  Green Cord is 9mm thick when knotted with 2mm satin (rattail) cord, 6 knots per inch. Two strands each 8 inches, rattail cord needed for each inch of knotted cord. Black & White step-by-step cord is 6mm thick when knotted with 1.5mm (mousetail) cord, 9 knots per inch. Two strands, each 5 inches, mousetail cord needed for each inch of knotted cord.
  Multiply the desired necklace length x 8 x 2 plus 10" for rattail cord
  (18" necklace = 298" or 25 feet or 9 yards)
  Multiply the desired necklace length x 5 x 2 plus 8" for bugtail cord
  (18" necklace = 188" or 16 feet, or 6 yards)
• Beads
  12 Frosted AB pink flat glass daisy flowers, 8mm
  12 Clear yellow buttercup glass flowers, 9mm
  6 Clear yellow tulip glass flowers, 6mm
  12 Green AB glass leaves, 12mm
  12 bi-colored green/yellow glass leaves, 12mm
  6 each size faceted green stone or glass rondelles, 4mm, 6mm, & 8mm
  An assortment of firepolished glass, seed beads in various colors & sizes
  1 gold shank button, 18mm
• Copper wire 24 gauge
• Waxed linen thread: green/yellow

• 10 round crystals, 6mm
• 1200 seed beads, size 11
• Nymo B or heavier to match seeds
• Clasp of choice

• 502 Gold 24k Electroplate True-Cuts size 15/0 (seeds facetted to catch the light)
• 12 Vermeil Daisy spacers, 4mm
• 6 Cream Freshwater pearls, 5-6mm
• 1 Vermeil toggle clasp with 1 jumpring on bar half, 12mm
• Fireline 4 or 6lb test size, or select thread of choice
• Thin beading needle

• 4mm cubes in the following colors and amounts:
  Black Matte, 100
  Black Gloss, 100
  Fuchsia lined Crystal, 123
  Silver lined Crystal, 163
  
• 6mm Black facetted rondelles, 7
• 6mm Clear frosted rondelles, 14
• 6mm Fuchsia "pearls", 7
• 3.5mm Black opaque rounds, 7
• Size 11 Delicas, DB 10, Gloss black, 1 gram
• 22mm Black round glass button
• Nymo or thread of choice to match