spinning top fringe beads

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Materials

The beaded bead

60 seed beads, size 11/0

10 seed beads, size 8/0

1 round bead, 8 mm

1 size 10 or 12 beading needle

60 cm (2 feet) Nymo thread size D

The pendant

2 size 6 seed beads

1 size 8 seed bead

1 head pin

these instructions, we will show you how to make a

inning Top Fringe Bead using Florence’s original

chnique called the Fringe Method . This is a technique

off-the-loom bead weaving, using a needle and

ead. You will not use any adhesives.

e materials necessary to make a wired pendant frome beaded bead are listed below. However we do not

clude instructions about how to bend the head pin for

e pendant. Please ask in your local bead shop or look

a beading magazine for basic assembly instructions.

e distribute these instructions and describe this

chnique for your private use only. Please respect the

pyright, and do not reproduce this document or any

rt of it, and do not produce these beads for mmercial use without written permission of the

thors.

ps:

ill the beads out on a placemat-sized piece of fleece,

d use a needle to pick them up. The fleece will keep

e beads from rolling around while you work. A piece

felt works too, but not as well.

ll thread through the beads slowly to prevent tangles.

etting untangled can be challenging! There is a

ethora of magnifying equipment available for

aftspeople, but a pair of reading glasses from your

cal drug store is an inexpensive alternative.

e finished bead is approximately 12 mm in diameter.

Spinning Top Fringe Bead An original technique by Florence Turnour and Gwen Fisher

presents...

Copyright by Florence Turnour and Gwen Fisher. All rights reserved,

including the right to reproduce this document or any portion thereof in

any form without written permission of the authors.



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structions

Thread the needle with 60 cm (2 feet) of thread. String three size 11/0 seed beads, one si

0 seed bead, and three more size 11/0 seed beads. Make a piece fringe by sewing back throug

ads 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 again, in the opposite direction, as shown below (left). Then, sew throug

ad 1 in the original direction, completing the piece of fringe, as shown below ( middle and right)

Slide the piece of fringe toward end of the thread, leaving a six inch tail that you will weave in

er you finish the bead. To make the piece of fringe slide easily, pinch the fringe tip (bead 7)

tween your thumb and fore finger and pull the thread, as shown below.

Create nine more pieces of fringe (ten total), sliding each fringe up the thread so that it lies

uggly against the previous piece of fringe.



Arrange the fringe in a sun shape on the

ble, so that bead 1 in the last piece of fringe isxt to bead 1 of the first piece of fringe.

onnect the circle, sewing through all ten

ads, and then pass through bead 1 of the first

ece of fringe again. See the figure to the

ht. Pull the thread tight enough that the

ads in the circle fit snuggly together. Sew up

ough beads 2 through 6 to the top of the first

ece of fringe, and pass through the fringe tip

ead 7). See the figure below (left).

Sew through the fringe tip in the next piece

fringe. Pull the thread through as far as you

n without disturbing the sun shape. Continue

ound the sun, several beads past the first

ece of fringe as is visible in the figure below

ght).





Place the 8 mm bead in the middle of the sun shape, and hold it there with your index finger.ll the thread slowly, so the fringe closes snugly around the 8 mm bead. Keep the loose end of

e thread out of the way, on the outside of the fringe. Sew the rest of the way around the circle

ain, ending by passing through the top of the first piece of fringe. Sew around the circle again,

needs more tightening.

Weave half way down one of the pieces of nge. Tie two half hitch knots in the same

ace, and weave through a few more beads.

thread the needle, rethread it with the tail of

e thread, and weave it through a few beads.

e two half hitch knots in the same place, and

ave through a few more beads. Cut off both

ds of the thread close to the bead.

ongratulations! You just finished your beaded

ad!

make the pendant, put a size 6/0 seed bead,

ur beaded bead, a size 6/0 seed bead, and a

e 8 seed bead onto a head pin, and make a

op. Enjoy!

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