Beaded Hearts
Designed by by Jana Shweiki for Preciosa
Want to show a bit of love and appreciation to your significant other? Or how about a way to create heart-shaped focal pieces for any occasion? This tutorial shows you how to make beaded hearts using Preciosa Seed Bead Rocailles.
While the colors here are red, you can of course change it up to make the design uniquely yours!
YOU WILL NEED
Preciosa Rocailles 6/0 in any color but here you'll see
Heart 1: Terra Intensive Red Matte (This will be R6 in the tutorial)
Heart 2: Terra Intensive Lined Red (For the second heart)
A 0.20 mm line; a sewing or beading needle; scissors; pliers, jump rings of 8 or 10mm for joining (depending on your preference)
Step 1:
Cut off 80 cm of the line. String 4x red R6 and tie the ends together near the end. Thread the line around the base several times.
Step 2:
String 1x red R6 and pass the needle through the adjacent R6 in the base. Insert 1x R6 between all the base seed beads in this manner, i.e. a total of 4x.
Step 3:
The line will protrude from an R6 added to the second row. String 3x red R6 and pass the thread through the other R6 added in the second row. Repeat this 3x. When adding the last three R6, pass the needle not only through the R6 added in the second row, but also through one R6 added in the third row.