Leslie demonstrates how to use peyote stitch with increases and decreases to sew an open double-sided star you can make into jewelry or an ornament. She also demystifies how to adapt the pattern to make the star larger and wider.
Thank You soooo much - it's beautiful! I've just finished my first one and it was fun! Great tutorial, very clear and extremely helpful. THANK YOU again!
I was thrilled to actually complete one it looks exactly like yours! My first one didn't work out so well and I think of it as an original LOL however the second time around I was able to make a perfect one! Thank you so so much
This is by far the prettiest star I have seen to date. Your video is very good and clear and easy to follow. I look forward to viewing more by you. Thank you so much.
This is one of the best tutorials I've watched. Thank you for the clear instructions and explanations. I'm going to go pick out some beads and try one out right now! :-)
Thank you so much for this, I followed along and got scared starting the second side but I did it and got it, 🙌 only been beading for about a year so I'm so happy. Thank you again 💐🙏
Thanks so much for this tutorial! I've been looking for star patterns and this is one of the prettiest! I finished one this evening. Looks fantastaic! Will definitely be making many more! :)
I think I will try one with 8/0 delicas just to see how it looks. Absolutely love this star! It would make a beautiful christmas ornament. Thanks so much for this tutorial. Please keep em coming.
What a wonderful video tutorial, I am a very visual person and your videos really helps, I have made 3 pairs of earrings so far and they all turn out beautiful!! Thank you very much!! Please do more seed beads stuff, I love seed beads work so much!
OK I did my first star. Your instructions were clear and concise and the nice thing about a video is that I could back it up if I missed something. Great little beaded star too. Love it!!
After making this size version a couple of times, I had a bit of a fiddle and managed to make a smaller star. However, it shrank the central hole down to a 5-bead ring, so perhaps not exactly an "open" shape in the same way. Still, it's cute and the exact same techniques for the rows and adding the second side seemed to work, so I'm pretty happy with it.
very cool. The only part I am playing around with is where you skip between two beads and there is a thread path. I tried adding a 15/0 and it looks cute will see if that works out
Hi, I love this little star. Did you happen to make a vid on making a larger star? There was a comment and answer below about having to decrease on multiple rows when expanded. I don’t think I understand that bit and would love to make a larger star for Xmas gifts. Thank you so much for sharing 😍😊☃😊😍
Question, if you choose to add extra rows to the star would the peyote areas increase in beads also?? Your work is very beautiful. I would like to make a few for my tree this year.
Really well done tutorial. I, too, like to understand what I'm doing rather than just follow a pattern. Already at 4:40 I had an ah-h moment of understanding. I am definitely going to give this a whirl! Love the colors you used. In certain colors, red, silver, gold, lined crystal, etc., these will be gorgeous on my 2018 Christmas tree! I agree, 2-sided had more substance and looks more finished.
Why not? I’m sure this project would be fine with seed beads. Try to choose regular ones with not too much size variation. Let me know how it turns out!!
Wonderful stars. Thanks so much for tutorial. I have a question about continuing past 6 rows. If you want to make additional rows do you decrease every 3 rows? How does this work.
Yes, you would continue the decrease cycle started in the first rows....decrease, then put one bead in the decrease, then a row of regular peyote, then decrease again. Hope that helps! Post a photo if you make something like this! :-)
I've gone up to 8 rows (starting with the original 2 accent/5 regular beads) and they look so fantastic! I haven't been able to stop making them! LOL!! They make such beautiful pendants! I also skip adding the 3rd 'accent' bead on the star tips until I'm actually zipping it up; that way you can keep adding more rows if you change your mind.
I've made 4 of the small ... just like in your video. Can you give a little instruction if we start with 9 main color beads in each section? I tried going to 9 rows but it isn't looking right so I am pulling it out. Not sure what I am doing wrong.
Seed Bead Bliss thank yoy, with having to rely on the Internet for beads it's nice to have the color numbers to get started. now, how do I decide which star to do first, this one or the gold/red puffy one. thank you again
A lot of the confusion with the second layer can be avoided by starting the second layer at the first stacked herringbone location rather than where you start the second layer. Hope that helps someone.
I know you have several positive comments here, but I have to say, your tutorial was the most difficult for me to follow out of the many I have seen on this platform. I had to closely watch which bead the string was going into and where it came out, and where you skipped and when you stepped up. There were a few times that either your fingers or the dialog box of what you were saying was in the way or your fingers and needle were not in the video because they were too low. I can tell you the number of times I had to watch and go back 10, 20 or 30 seconds to rewatch again and again. I’ve watched videos where there was no talking that were easier to learn from. :-(