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Make ‘Crystal Lotus’ with Jean Power in this workshop. Saturday 22nd March 2025, 4pm to 8pm AEDT. Member class cost $120.
Project description:
Crystal Lotus is an advanced project which combines geometric beadwork with crystals
• The pendant/ ornament has it’s own display/ storage Stand
• The Pendant/ Ornament is approximately 7cm/ 3 inches across
• The Stand is 4cm/1 3⁄4 inches wide and 2cm/ 1 inches tall (but can be made much taller)
Skill Level: Advanced. You must be very comfortable with Peyote Stitch and following instructions.
Preparation: • Students will need to bezel a 27mm Crown Stone using flexible thread before class (written & video instructions will be provided).
Kits: N/A
Materials List:
All seed/ cylinder quantities are rounded up to nearest gram
For the Pendant/ Ornament:
• 1 x 27mm Crown Stone
• Sixteen 4mm Bicones (32 if making double layer, not shown in these requirements)
• 2g size 15 Miyuki seed beads
• 7g size 11 Cylinder beads such as Delicas or Aikos (14g if making double layer, not shown in these requirements)
For the Stand:
• 2g size 15 Miyuki seed beads
• 9g size 11 Cylinder beads such as Delicas or Aikos (can be split into 5g Main Colour, 4g Panel Colour and 3g outline colour
NOTE – If you wish to reproduce the piece in the colours shown in the photo, see below for bead names and numbers.
For the Pendant/ Ornament:
• 1 x 27mm Crown Stone: Ultra Blue AB
• 4mm Bicones: Indian Pink AB
• Size 15 Miyuki seed beads: #4204
• Size 11 Cylinder beads: Delicas #266 and #1834
For the Stand:
• Size 11 Cylinder beads:
Blue: Delica #266
Gold: Delica #1834
Orange: Delica #2274
Beading needles of choice – I recommend a size 10 and a finer one. The size 10 is perfect for helping you to ‘vet’ Seed beads with small holes as if the bead doesn’t easily fit over this needle it will cause you a problem later on. The finer needle is useful for Zipping.
Thread – I recommend a flexible thread i.e. NOT Fireline but instead something like One G, KO, Miyuki Thread or Nymo. However, if you only like working in Fireline then please do use it but ensure you keep your work flexible.
