An elegant seed bead mobile phone cover made using the peyote stitch which is a relatively simple, but effective seed bead technique. When using rocailles from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads™ brand, the product takes on the highly interesting appearance of fabric. The correct tightening of the thread in the individual rows and the careful adherence to the basic procedure as in more complicated techniques is important. Choose the color of the rocailles according to your favourite costume jewellery accessories. In this case, we will try the random interweaving of two supplementary colors. So, let’s go!
Metal parts for the charm - snap hook, a cap, 2 eye needles
Polyester thread, material for the lining, a needle, scissors, a ruler
The basic peyote stitch principle involves sewing through the even-numbered beads in a given row, i.e. sewing through every second seed bead from the second row onwards (figure 2). Make a small sample in order to ascertain the correct number of seed beads in the first row. String a small number (up to 10) of beads and sew at least four rows using the basic procedure. Measure the sewn sample and compare it with the required dimensions of the mobile phone. In this way you can ascertain how many seed beads make up the basic row, how many rows need to be sewn and how many seed beads will be needed overall. Sew two rectangles for the mobile phone cover. The larger rectangle will form the basis of the cover once the long adjacent sides have been sewn together, while the smaller rectangle will form its base. Ascertain the mobile phone’s dimensions and add another 1 cm to the basic dimensions, if you wish to add an internal fabric lining to the mobile phone cover. It will be simpler for beginners to attempt the procedure with an even number of seed beads in a row.
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