Bead & Button – October 2019

Peyote Stitch

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Design challenge winners

Carol Surges

“Buds ‘n’ Birds” •

FLORAL & FANCY

Reader’s Choice Winner

• Avian pendant wired
  to vintage floral spray for
  a slightly asymmetrical
  centerpiece.

Robin Gower

“Yellow Roses” •

FLORAL & FANCY

Winner • Seed beads

and Delicas over memory

wire and copper wire,

using brick stitch.

Ruxandra Puscas

“Madame de Pompa-

dour Earrings” •

CREATE WITH CRYSTALS

Reader’s Choice Winner •

Swarovski crystals, pearls,

and seed beads.

View them all on >> FacetJewelry.com

enter to win >>
We invite you to participate in our monthly
design challenge! Create or share an original
design that fits the monthly theme. If your
piece is chosen as a winner, it may be featured
here in the magazine as well as on our website,
FacetJewelry.com.

SEPTEMBER 2019: CELESTIAL

WONDER

The night sky has proved an inspiration for count-

less artists. This month, we want you to cast your

eyes skyward to the stars, the moon, the constella-

tions, and beyond for your creative jewelry designs.

Whether you bead, hammer, twist, or string, spend

Lindy Hartig

“Fossil In Paradise” •

CREATE WITH CRYSTALS

Winner • Highlights

include a fossilized

shark tooth, Swarovski

chessboard crystal, rivolis,

abalone, and pearls.

!

Make a trinket box

packed with seed beads —

the perfect place to stow tiny

treasures.

By Jessica Lawhorn

Theadora Selmeni surrounds

a captivating crystal with seed

beads to make this exquisite

bracelet.

Patterns are back, and just

in time for the holidays!

Poinsettia slider by Julie

Ann Smith.

BEADER’S GUIDE:

PEYOTE STITCH

From the Editors of

Bead&Button magazine

This collection of projects is perfect

for any stitcher who loves peyote

stitch. An in-depth look at the bead-

er’s most popular and versatile stitch

covers all the possibilities of peyote

stitch, from traditional to contem-

porary, in 20+ projects. Featuring

a thorough guide to the stitch (plus

the new peytwist variation), this

book includes the basics of beads,

tools, and techniques.

Kalmbach Media

978-1-62700-680-

JewelryAndBeadingStore.com

JEWELS & JEWELRY

By Claire Phillips

Filled with beautiful photography

and lots of useful information,

“Jewels & Jewelry” is a labor of love.

Author Claire Phillips is a curator

at the Victoria and Albert Museum,

and many of the treasures featured

inside the book are from that mag-

nificent collection. The items are

organized by material, inspiration,

and time period, including famous

royal gems. Anyone interested in a

history of Western jewelry-making

from medieval to modern times will

find this book intriguing.

Thames & Hudson

978-0-50048-034-

Available at various online book stores

September embracing the velvety blue of an

Autumn evening. As the full moon eases into the

new moon, submit your astronomy-inspired designs

to this month’s challenge!

OCTOBER 2019: AUTUMN COLORS

As we enter October, we are already surrounded

by the changing of the seasons: the wind is sharper,

the evenings shorter. But the greatest impression

on our senses is color. The trees and the grass are

slowly giving way to browns, oranges, reds, and yel-

lows, and all of those colors can be found in beads

and metal! What can you create in the colors of fall?

Oops! The winner of the February 2019 AWARD was Anca

Vanetea, not Varetea.