I forgot to add this to the pattern in my last post: if you don't want the center of the pendant enclosed you can leave it open and skip the last step of the "closing the center".
--- In Fun_with_Bead-Patterns@yahoogroups.com, "Ang" <angielina74@...> wrote:
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> star/poinsetta pendant pattern
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> size 11 seed beads
>
> size 3 bugle beads (the longer the bugle bead, the larger the pendant
> will be naturally)
>
> size 12 beading needle
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> beading thread
>
> base row: (the number of beads on the base row helps determine how many
> petals/star points will be formed: 18 beads in the base row helps form 9
> star points.)
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> string 18 seed beads to form a circle and tie a half-hitch knot in the
> thread between 2 of the seed beads; string thread through the base row
> one more time and pull taught.
>
> 1st petal/star point:
>
> pull needle and thread through one of the beads of the base row and
> string 1 bugle bead, 1 seed bead, 1 bugle bead and 4 seed beads. pull
> needle through the first seed bead of the last 4, this closes the end
> point forming a 4 bead cross/cluster. then string 1 bugle bead, 1 seed
> bead and 1 bugle bead; pull needle through the next bead on the base row
> and pull taught.
>
> 2nd petal/star:
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> thread 1 bugle bead and 1 seed bead, then run needle through seed bead
> of first petal using ladder stitch, pulling taught. then add the next 1
> bugle bead and 4 seed beads to form the point cluster; then string 1
> bugle bead, 1 seed bead and 1 bugle bead to complete the 2nd petal,
> pulling needle through the next base row seed bead.
>
> continue the 2nd petal/star step until you've gone all the way around
> the base row; this should form 9 petals/star points when completed.
>
> pendant loop:
>
> run the needle and thread through to the end of one of the cluster
> points and string 10 seed beads, going back through the first seed bead
> to form the loop; normally I run the thread through this beaded loop at
> least 2 to 3 times for added stability.
>
> closing the center of the poinsetta/star:
>
> pulling the needle and thread down to the base row of the pendant, add
> one seed bead and skip a bead, pulling the needle through; keep adding 1
> bead and sewing it through every other bead until you've gone around the
> base row once. then pull your needle and thread through each bead just
> added to the base row and pull closed taughtly; you can even go through
> this 2nd row twice to stabilize it more.
>
> pull the needle through one of the seed beads of the 2nd center row and
> string 4 seed beads; sew into one of the seed beads directly across the
> center circle and string 4 more seed beads and sew into one of the seed
> beads back across the center circle. run the needle in a ladder stitch
> between these last two rows of 4 seed beads closing up the center.
>
> to make the entire pendant a little more sturdy I usually run the needle
> and thread through the entire outline of the petals, pulling taught as I
> go and then tying off the thread in a half hitch knot and hiding it
> inside the next bead before cutting my thread.
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