Lat Updated Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Here's this week's list of the Top Ten Free Bead Patterns. Please feel free to print, download, share, and enjoy these free bead patterns with your beading group, friends, new beaders or anyone else that would enjoy them.
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1. Animal Patterns in Peyote Stitch
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A variety of animal patterns in flat, even count Peyote stitch. Perfect for making Amulet Bags and a wonderful project for a beginner to start with.
2. African Helix Beaded Cord Necklace
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A beautiful, complex-looking beaded corn necklace that is actualy much easier to bead than it first appears. Just follow the bead pattern and you'll have the process down in no time.
3. African Net Beaded Necklace
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Make this African Net Beaded Necklace using and easy -to-work variation on beaded netting and size 11/0 or Delica type cylinder seed beads, then make yourself a pair of African Net Beaded Earrings to match.
4. Spiral Rope Chain Beaded Bracelet
Photo © Paula S. Morgan
Learn to make this beaded Spiral Rope Chain using seed beads and this free bead pattern. Spiral Rope Chain is very easy to make, is perfect for necklace, bracelet, or for an Amulet bag strap, too. Works best with traditional round seed beads, but you can create the Spiral Rope Chain with bugle beads as the core beads as long as you can balance the correct number of seed beads or cylinder beads to offset the bugle bead length. It looks great when beaded with larger beads such as a Size 8/0 True Cut bead, too.
5. Criss Cross Beaded Bracelet Pattern
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A wonderful variation on bead netting to make a bracelet of larger beads surrounded by seed beads, that won't roll around on your wrist.
6. Bricks and Strands Beaded Bracelet
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With two anchors of brick stitch triangles, you can string as many or as few strands as you'd like, even adding different size beads, charms, or even an occasional Daisy Chain flower here & there, just to mix things up a bit.
7. Beaded Herringbone Cord Necklace
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This free bead pattern make up the most beautiful, slinky and delightfully-touchable necklace cord ever, in almost no time at all once you get the basic hang of the stitch.
8. Easy Earrings Bead Patterns
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Make these easy beaded earrings with leftover beads, headpins and a few other odds and ends and soon you'll have a new pair for each of your outfits!
9. Beaded Angel Babies Free Bead Pattern
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Use these sweet beaded Angel Babies to add to a beaded Mother's Bracelet, using the birthstone colors for each child in the individual Angel Babies.
10. Bead a Beaded Bead
Using a base bead made of lightweight wood, you can create a beaded Peyote stitch sttrip, then attach it to the base bead using seed beads to create your own beaded bead.
