French lace made from Charlotte bead

Difficulty: 4
Technique: basic beadweaving, Weaving around, Peyote Stitch

Bracelet made from cut rocailles

This delicate seed bead lace by the French designer Marie le Sueur, created from delicate cut rocailles called Charlotte beads, is full of delicateness and nostalgia. Working with small seed beads requires a careful and patient approach, but you will be rewarded with a luxurious product. Use your imagination and any available materials and create your own seed bead lace. Choose from the wide range of colours, sizes and shapes of beads and seed beads from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads brandTM.
We wish you patience and much enjoyment when beadworking with seed beads from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads brandTM.

Materials & Tools

PRECIOSA Cut Rocailles

361 11 001; 13/0; gold; 1938x 
(CHT)

PRECIOSA Cut Rocailles

361 11 001; 13/0; transparent; 70x
(CHT)

PRECIOSA Pellet™

111 01 339; 4 x 6 mm; copper; 12x
(P)

PRECIOSA Thorn™

111 01 340; 5 x 16 mm; copper ; 3x
(Th)

PRECIOSA MC Bead

451 69 302; 4 mm; fuchsia; 12x
(MC)

a thin stringing needle for seed beads in the 13/0 and 15/0 sizes, a fine nylon thread, scissors and sticky tape 

Procedure

The bracelet consists of eight small and eight large motifs. Prepare each of the individual motifs. Do not tie them off, but leave ca 20 cm of free thread in each one. Stick the ends of the threads onto the sticky tape and put them aside for later assembly.

Step 1

The small motif

String 1x ChT and 13x Ch and then thread the line through the first ChT one more time in the same direction and create a circle (figure 1a).  Thread the line through all 13 Ch once again (figure 1b.)

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Step 2

String 30x Ch and 1x B and thread the line through the last 4 Ch from the last circle one more time.

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Step 3

Thread the line one more time through the beads strung in the 2nd step up to the 26th Ch (figure 3a).
String 19x Ch and thread the line through the 23rd Ch once again in the original direction according to the figure so that you create a circle (figure 3b).

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Step 4

String 4x Ch and 1x ChT and then thread the line through the last 3 Ch according to the picture one more time.

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Step 5

The large motif

String 1x P and 6x Ch. Thread the line through the P one more time, repeat this step again according to the figure and tighten the thread well (figure 5a, 5b).  

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Step 6

String 10x Ch, 1x ChT and 14x Ch (figure 6a). Thread the line through the first 10 Ch one more time and create a circle (figure 6b).

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Step 7

String 36x Ch, 1x ChT and 4x Ch. Thread the line through seed beads 28 to 30 one more time and create a circle.

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Step 8

String 19x Ch and thread the line through the last 4 Ch from the last circle one more time. Create another circle.

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Step 9

String 6x Ch and thread the line through the P.

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Step 10

Assembling the motifs

Assemble the motifs by threading the line through one or two Ch according to the picture (figures 10a and 10b). Sew the neighbouring seed beads together, finish with a knot and sew it into the neighbouring seed beads.
Thread the line through the central P one more time, string 3x ChT, 1x Th, 3x ChT and then return to the next central P (figure 10c).

This bracelet sits well on the hand. You can choose a fixed metal clasp, but it must be delicate and light. You can also use a seed bead fastening.

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Step 11

Use a peyote stitch to sew one part of the fastening. String 10x Ch + 1x Ch (figure 6a, 6b). 

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Step 12

Sew 6 rows and sew both ends together (figure 6c, 6d).

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Step 13

Thread the line from the two central seed beads and string 14x Ch onto it. Sew the fastening to the bracelet according to the picture (figure 6e). Thread the line through the 14 Ch one more time, tighten it well, end it with a knot and hide the knot in the nearest seed beads of the sewn circle.

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Downloads

Two-Cuts - Colors Catalogue

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PRECIOSA Pellet - Product Sheet

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PRECIOSA Two-Cuts - Product Sheet

General product information and size availability.
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PRECIOSA Thorn - Product Sheet

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Project French lace made from Charlotte bead

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