Creative Beading Magazine

Christmas Angels

MATERIALS

3.30m quilting thread

1 pr earring wires

BEADS

5g Olaf Size 9 seed beads white (41) = m

80 Olaf Size 9 seed beads gold (22) = c

2 x 8mm pearls for head

2 x 4mm pearls for body

TOOLS

Beading needle

DESIGNER’S NOTE:

Cut the thread in half. Thread the needle with the 1.65m of quilting thread and tie a reef knot with the two ends. Move the knot 2cm away from the fold in the thread so the knot is worked into the beading as soon as possible.

Buttonhole stitch (ie: pass the needle through the bead (or under a thread) then pass the needle back through the loop of the cotton.

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