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Beading around a cabochon |
I have a lovely 40mm x 30mm lapis lazuli cabochon which I've had two attempts to bead around, using a netting stitch with picots - the thread is then pulled tight through the picots to draw the beadwork in.
On the reverse of the cabochon (the flat side) this gives a lovely neat defined outline, but because the front then curves there seems to be a lot of surplus when the beadwork is gathered up. The instructions say to bead the same both sides, but how can I make it look neater at the front?
Or is there a better, more foolproof way of beading a cabochon which looks neat from all angles?
Many thanks for you help,
Debbie (Bollinger_Babe) |
| Posted: Tue Nov 10th, 2009 1:21 p.m. |
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Re: Beading around a cabochon |
| Hi Debbie, the first time I beaded around a cab was a kit of Lynn Davey's. You did a single strip of RAW long enough to go round your cab, you could then peyote off the RAW. If you use size 11 seeds you can go onto 15s and charlottes to help bring in the edges without too much decreasing. As it's quite a large cab you could even try starting with 8s for your RAW, but they may be too big. I think peyote looks very neat as a bezel, but Lisa Kan in Bead Romantique uses RAW on a large cab which looks gorgeous. Hope this helps, Gail |
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| Sun Nov 15th, 2009 4:43 p.m. |
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Re: Beading around a cabochon |
| Cabochons are a little tricky, I have used peyote stitch and netting and I prefer peyote. I was told that if you cut a little bit of a spare bead mat and draw around the cabochon then string beads on and lay it onto the outline keep adding till you have enough and turn them into a cirle, tie and then using a different coloured thread sew it onto the bit of bead mat, much easier to hold and then peyote until you have enough height to encapsulate the stone, go down a bead size continue to peyote round for a few rows or until you have enough rows to hold it in place and repeat on the other side, then you can embelish the peyote rows. Good luck and hope this helps. |
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| Mon Dec 21st, 2009 1:18 p.m. |
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Re: Beading around a cabochon |
Debbie I don't know if you've sorted this yet, but I was looking through an old beadwork magazine (october / November 2008) and spotted a pattern for beaded cabochon earrings using right angle weave and monofilament. The pattern is called royal amethyst earrings by Cecilia Guastaferro. You canget this through their on line store of pattterns by searching on earrings and designer name for $4. while reading the pattern I remembered that I made a pendant based round a rivoli using a variation on this method and the monfilament does seem to help with the curves. The monfilament also has the advantage of being almost invisible, so can be a bit more forgiving.
Hope this helps |
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