Pin Poinsettia Beaded - Updated 9/12/25

September 12, 2025--Won a 1st Place Ribbon in the Beading category at Rehoboth Beach Museum's 13th Annual Needlework Exhibition in Rehoboth Beach, DE.  So pleased.

June 27, 2025--Done!  I was obsessed with working on this pin and got it done in no time.  Loved learning how this design was "built up" and shaped.   

I had some bar pins on hand (cannot remember why I purchased them and am surprised I was able to find them so easily), so stitched one to the back and it's now ready to wear as a pin.

Here's the result:

Pin Poinsettia Beaded Completed

Pin Poinsettia Beaded Side View

Pin Poinsettia Beaded Back View

Bar Pins for Poinsettia Pin

 Please see the post below for more information about this project. 

June 25, 2025--Yesterday I worked on the beaded poinsettia pin class taught by Kay Ackerman at the EGA MAR 2025 Seminar in Gettysburg, PA and got through Page 14.  Whew.  I've done some flat peyote beaded bracelets but never learned how to make 3D items, so this class was perfect.  Below is my progress to date as well as a project photo showing what the poinsettia should look like when I get it done (fingers crossed this will happen).

Pin Poinsettia Beaded Through Page 14

Pin Poinsettia Project Photo Size View

Bracelet Beaded Windows to the Past - Updated 3/27/25

March 27, 2025--This project has died on the vine.  I found that I'm too inexperienced to do this bracelet and was constantly undoing and redoing every step.  Then redoing it again.  This actually became a very "unfun" project and I decided enough was enough.  I took it all apart, stored the beads in their little bags, and put everything away.  Maybe I'll tackle this another day, or maybe I won't.

I feel much better now that I've made that decision and can move on to something new (and more wearable).

October 3, 2024--I'm working on a beautiful, beaded bracelet designed by Cynthia Rutledge called Windows to the Past.  I took this as a zoom class last month and even though I didn't learn much (the class was more of a stitch-in with participants who knew the instructor well), I'm managing to muddle through.  So far, I've redone the large CZ bezel twice and, for the second time, am beading up the large piece that goes around the CZ.  The band itself is odd count peyote with a very different method of "turning" using a step up, step down, process.  Directions have to be followed precisely.   This project is a serious challenge for me, but so far, I'm up to the task.  Here's what I've accomplished so far:

Bracelet Beaded Windows to the Past In Process

Like in needlepoint, there's lots of thread spaghetti when taking a class.

Star 3D Five-Pointed Peyote Beaded - Updated 5/20/24

May 20, 2024--And now there are two.  I loved the pattern to this 3D Peyote Beaded Star so much that I just had to make another one--this time in navy blue with white bicones.   I'm amazed at how different it looks even though everything except the colors is the same.  Same size beads, same pattern, same size bicones, etc.  I suspect it's because the gold Delica beads surrounding the bicones are so light and pale, they don't show up as much on the white star as the do on the blue one, making the triangles on the blue star look so much larger.  Interesting effect.

Star Beaded Peyote 3D - Strictly Beading in Blue - Finished

Star Beaded Peyote 3D - Strictly Beading, One in Blue, One in White - Finished

April 2, 2024--After working up the 3D 5-pointed mini beaded stars, I just knew this beauty would be next.  It's a larger 5-pointed 3D star designed by Phyllis Zunte and I found the pattern on Etsy.  You can see the back of the star through the center opening.   It has lots of dimension and sparkle.  As you can see in the photos below, the star is made up of five "warped" squares that are zipped together.  I'm discovering lots of patterns using this technique, but for now, I think I'll stitch this one again with dark blue seed beads and pearl colored bicones outlined in gold seed beads.

Star Beaded Peyote 3D - Strictly Beading - Finished

Star Beaded Peyote 3D - Strictly Beading - Finished Side View

Star Beaded Peyote 3D - Strictly Beading - 5 Sections

Star Beaded Peyote 3D - Strictly Beading - 1 Section

Star Beaded Peyote 3D - Strictly Beading - 4 Sections Stitched Together

Beaded Bracelet Peyote Silk Flowers - 9/19/23

September 19, 2023--Won 2nd Place Ribbon in the Beadwork category at Rehoboth Beach Museum's 11th Annual Needlework Exhibition in Rehoboth Beach, DE.  So pleased.

April 20, 2023--Another bracelet worked up.  This one is done in the peyote stitch with lots of color changes.  Learned so much with this one--how to organize lots of different bead colors on my beading tray, how to decrease the bracelet ends, how to make a "ruffled" side edge with beads, how to place a tubular clasp with decorative beading, etc.  Thank you to Beads Gone Wild for another excellent kit with easy to understand instructions.

Bracelet Peyote Silk Flowers Laid Flat

Bracelet Peyote Silk Flowers On Wrist

Bracelet Peyote Silk Flowers On Wrist

Peyote Beaded Needle Case - 4/23/22

April 23, 2022--While on a Rhine riverboat cruise a few weeks ago, I learned a new technique taught by Sandy Arthur, the trip's host, called peyote beading.  She designed this adorable needle case cover as a trip memento and taught us how to work up the peyote "stitch" and cover a wooden case.   I had always wanted to learn how to do peyote beading, but there are no local bead shops near me for classes in Delaware, so assumed it would never happen.   The results are far from perfect, but I'm pleased nonetheless.

Peyote Needle Case Finished Side 1

Peyote Needle Case Finished Side 2

Peyote Needle Case Finished Bottom

Peyote Needle Case Before Finishing