CELLINI SPIRAL TUTORIAL

    Cellini spiral is a variation of tubular Peyote, where different size and colour of beads are used to create a spiral effect.

    Just by changing the arrangement of the beads the possibilities are endless, its always very hard at first, because a lot of beads and patience are always needed to create something unique.

     To stitch a Cellini spiral, you need to determine a pattern for your spiral, you can use any combination of seed bead, in any size and colour you want, once you have your first row ready, the rest of the stitch is very straightforward.

     Yay!!! Finally I finished my Cellini spiral design,  I eventually made it into a bracelet,  "biko no be everything we dey put for neck" ...lol... our hands need to do the talking too.

    For this particular pattern you will need:

1. Size 1 seed bead (pink)                          A
2. Size 2 seed bead (light blue & deep blue) B &C
3. Size 3 seed bead (light blue)                        D
4. 0.25 fishing line.
5. Beading needle.

Procedure:

1. Attach a needle to a comfortable length of fish line.
2. Pick up the beads in this sequence:
6A + 4B + 2D + 4C.
3. Tie them in a circular shape at the end of the fish line leaving about a 6 inch tail, tie it three times.
4. Stitch through two of the A beads, you must begin your spiral here.
like any other peyote stitch technique, you pick up a bead, skip a bead in the base row, and stitch through the next bead,  you need to do this round the base row, skipping the next bead till the end.
There’s no need to count bead or stitches, just remember to always pick up the same type of bead your fishing line is exiting through.
     After you have added the last bead of that first peyote row, you will need to step up, stitch through the first raised bead, which is also the first bead you picked up in the last round.
   Gently push your beadwork into a tube shape, after the third round, also, do not try to bend your beadwork to get a curve, any tubular beadwork will appear very rigid when it is short,  but it will become more flexible as you add length, when it's long enough,  you will be able to bend it easily.

Here are some other combinations you might like to try:
6A + 2B + 2D + 2B + 2D
6A + 4B + 2D4 + 2B


While surfing the net, I saw some really beautiful designs of cellini spiral,  see them after the cut:

AM THE BADDEST PHOTOGRAPHER

*****The normal saying is "a picture is worth a thousand words", but now in this social media age " a picture is worth a few hundred likes, a couple of comments, and a handful of retweets and shares"****




      Good morning guys, how was the Easter celebration, mine was fantastic, although I spent the holiday at home working on a beadwork "beaded curly fur", except for the fact that I went to church on Sunday morning, I was home for the rest of the day and also on Easter Monday.

HAPPY EASTER

***May the good lord bless you on this day and may it be a new beginning of greater prosperity, success and happiness, I wish you all a happy Easter celebration.***

At the cross I bow my knee
Where your blood was shed for me
There’s no greater love than this 
You have overcome the grave
Glory fills the highest place
What can separate me now?
                       These are lyrics from a song by Hillsong.

        The celebration of Easter marks the cultural idea of remembering our redemption from sins, it’s the day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death, a time in a Christian life to remember Christ’s eternal  gift.

       As a way to celebrate and remember all that Christ did for me, I made this beaded crosses, using cubic RAW beading. This beaded cross is a special craft for the Easter season, you can use them as charms, pendants or earrings, key chain ornaments ,and  it can also be worn all year long as a proclamation of faith, you can also give it to a friend as a gift for the season. 
     Happy Easter,
            Stay creative,
    Tomisin .

BEADED EASTER EGG

  As a catholic that grew up in the western part of Nigeria, Easter period is like a mourning period in our church, and also in our house.  We celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, beginning with the season of  lent, a forty- day period of abstinence and mourning, then end it on Easter Monday, which is the accession of Christ into heaven, it has been the same ritual every year.  Then I noticed the use of Easter bunnies and colorful decorated Easters eggs to celebrate Easter in some certain culture in the world, I was very confuse about the significance of Easter bunnies and Easter eggs but am more enlightened now and I really wish we can incorporate that in our culture.

The practice of decorating Easter eggs is a tradition shared by many cultures around the world, from children using vegetable dye to decorate eggs, to professional artists creating beautiful designs.  The egg is a symbol of creation, spring and fertility in many cultures and religions, its seen as a source of new life, for just as a hard shell of the egg is broken open so that new life can emerge, so was the rock- hewn tomb of jesus broke open when he rose from the dead on the third day.

  According to Wikipedia, Easter eggs, are also called Paschal eggs, they are decorated eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide (Easter season). The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans. Eggs, in general, were a traditional symbol of fertility, and rebirth In Christianity, for the celebration of Eastertide, Easter eggs symbolize the empty tomb of Jesus, though an egg appears to be like the stone of a tomb, a bird hatches from it with life; similarly, the Easter egg, for Christians, is a reminder that Jesus rose from the grave, and that those who believe will also experience eternal life.
  While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described above, among followers of Eastern Christianity the legend says that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned bright red when she saw the risen Christ. The egg represents the boulder of the tomb of Jesus.

As a way of celebrating Easter this year I made these lovely beaded eggs, I even made them into a necklace.

Have a fun filled Easter with lot of colours to brighten your day. 

Click here,here,here, and here for my gift to you this day. 

                            Tomisin.

AM SO LAZY

I  don't know if it's me, or it happens to everybody, I just realize I have so many unfinished projects, this is caused by a lot of factors, ranging from lack of time, difficulty in the techniques involved, and this thing of having to keep repeating one step over and over again…very boring.

TUBULAR PEYOTE:

This one is tubular peyote, which I started like two weeks ago, I plan to make it into a necklace, the design is made with size 2 seed bead, I so much love the way I use the multicolour beads to make a rhombus shape around the beadwork.

AFICAN HELIX:

This traditional African stitch closely resemble a DNA , one characteristic of the African  helix are the raised beads called "piping", the piping creates the design for the African Helix stitch, you use a different colour of bead for the piping and it will create that spiraling effect on the beadwork.

You can either use seed beads throughout or you use seed bead and bugle bead. For this particular one I use size 1 seed bead and bugle bead, I use the seed bead for the piping.

click here for African Helix tutorial

CELLINI SPIRAL:

Cellini spiral is a variation of tubular peyote, where different size and colour of beads are used to create the spiral effect, for this particular one,  I use two different shades of blue and pink colour, I so much love  the colours and the spiral effect, it looks like a snail shell.

It's taking me eternity to finish my Cellini spiral, have abandoned it for more than six months, I just can't wait to finish it.

RAW CHAIN LINKS:

Am seriously tired of this design, and I really want to finish, so I can show off my hard work, have abandoned it for like three months now, I don't mind if someone can help me out on this.

I made multicoloured tubular right angle weave (RAW), and stitched the ends together to form a ring, I have eleven (11) rings right now, I think I need like seven (7) more. I hope to make a bracelet out of this particular stitch, but I have to finish this one first.





I know I may not be an expert, but I like to share what I can do.

What's that stitch that's been giving you tough time?

Tutorial: African Helix

Hi Friends:
I prepared this tutorial based on a request. You really have to forgive me, I won’t be posting any pictures,  I hope you will make do with only the written instructions, trust me, it’s very simple if you follow it closely.
You can either use seed bead and bugle beads, or you use seed beads throughout, if you want to use seed beads only, you will need two colours of seed bead,  all you just have to do is to substitute the bugle bead for seed beads,  like 3-4 seed beads.

Materials: 
1. Size 1 seed bead. 
2. Bugle bead.
3. 0.25 fish line.
4.  Bead needle.


Procedure:
1. Insert a needle to a comfortable length of fish line.
2. Insert one seed bead and one bugle bead, three times simultaneously, slide them down to the end of the fishing line, leaving about six inch tail.
3. Stitch through all the beads to form a triangle shape, your fishing line should exit from a seed bead.
4. Pick a seed bead and a bugle bead.
5. Pass the needle into the nearest seed bead in the triangle.
6. Repeat from step four (4).
Note: You can gently push the beadwork into a tubular shape, make sure you are stitching your needle through the raised seed bead.


Feel free to share your finished project on my facebook page, @beadglitz ng.



                                Happy beading,
                                     Tomisin. 

WISH UPON A STAR (TUTORIAL)

"When you wish upon a star your dreams come true"
The saying comes from the belief, when you see a shooting star in the sky at night, any wish you make would be granted. Sounds very  funny,  lol....

"When you wish upon a star
 Make no difference who you are
 anything your heart desires
 Will come to you.

 If your heart is in your dream 
 No request is too extreme
 When you wish upon a star
 As dreamers do."
                    Leighton Harline,  Ned Washington. 

Fellow beaders, 
       A dream is a wish your heart makes, and every wish is a prayer and a direct flash of positive thinking. So don't hesitate to wish and pray for something positive today, because that shooting star might just be your lucky star.

Back to business, lol.....

today I wish to make a beaded star.

Beaded stars are fun to make and it's very easy,  you can use them as earrings, pendants,  charms, key chain ornament, you can even string them together to make a bracelet or necklace. 

Bellow are the materials we will need to make a beaded star.

1.  Size 3 seed bead.
2.  0.30/0.35 fishing line.
3.  Beading needle.
4.  Scissor

Procedure:
1. Thread a needle to a comfortable length of fishing line.
2. Pick up 10 seed beads
3. Stitch through them to form a circular shape at the end of the fishing line, leaving about a 6 inch tail. 

4. pick up 5 seed beads, skip a bead in the ring, then stitch your needle through the next bead, it will form a loop.


5. Repeat step 4 all the way round.

6.  Stitch up through 2 beads At the first loop.

7.  skip the third bead in that loop and go through the remaining 2, this will make Your star tip stand out more sharply.

8. Go through the bead in the main ring, and repeat step 6 and 7 for the remaining loops.
9. secure both fishing line and cut.

hope you've enjoyed this, Do come back to see more from me.

Make your's today and share with me. 
                                                    Tomisin.