Small flower petal tutorial is for everyone who loves tiny beads!
A jeweler is usually associated with a person who has a good eye for little details and can work with tiny subjects and tools. So why not try your beading skills using see beads size 15?
In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a flower petal similar to the regular size Flower Petal. I will also show you how I attach it to the beaded center and make an earring. If you would like to make a pendant, check my Flower Pendant tutorial for ideas, tips and techniques.
Beads
To create a small flower petal, you will need two colors of beads size 15.
I used Miyuki Matte Red Orange AB. I will call it color A in this tutorial.
For the contour color, I used silver-tone metal raspberry pink. I will call it a color B here.
If you are interested in making the whole flower, you might need a 6 mm glass pearl for the center of the flower. I used Czech glass pears in pink.
Materials and Tools
You will need a beading thread. I used Fireline 4 lb – size 0.006 of a Crystal color. The thread is very visible in between the beads, which is good for the tutorial, but I suggest using thread that matches your beads.
The size of a beading needle is essential when compared with a beading thread. You will pass the same bead several times, and that means you might benefit from a thinner needle if you don’t want to bread a bead. I used a needle size 12, and, occasionally, it wasn’t easy to pass some beads.
Skills
If you need help understanding Peyote stitch, feel free to check this basic peyote stitch tutorial.
Small Flower Petal Tutorial
Part 1
Video Time 3:25
Thread your needle with a 14-16 inch beading thread.
Place a stop bead in the middle of the thread.
Pick up eight seed beads of color A
Pick up a bead of color B and stitch through the second bead of color A (counting from the last bead before the end)
Using peyote stitch, end this row using seed beads color A.
Part 2
Video Time 4:48
Add a row using seed beads color A
String three beads of color B and stitch through the last bead of the color A
Finish this row using seed beads of color A
Part 3
Video Time 5:51
Stitch through the last seed bead you have added.
Add two more beads of color A following the peyote technique.
Pick up three seed bead of color B and stitch through the last bead of color A.
Pick up a bead of color B and finish this row stitching through the bead of color A.
The first half of the petal is completed.
Part 4
Video Time 6:44
Remove the stop bead and thread the needle using the remaining half of the thread.
Add four seed beads of color A using the Peyote stitch technique.
Pick up three beads of color B and stitch through the last bead of color A.
Finish the row using beads of color A
Part 5
Video Time 8:03
Stitch through the last bead of the previous row.
Add two bead of color A
Pick up three beads of color B and stitch through the last bead of color A.
Add one bead of color B
The petal is ready.
Weave through the bottom beads of color A to prepare your thread for the next part of the tutorial.
Part 6
Video Time 9:10
For the flower center, I used a 6 mm glass pearl. I beaded around it also using a Peyote stitch technique. I didn’t make a detailed tutorial for this part of the earring because I already showed how to make it in my Beaded Flower Center Tutorial.
Attach the petals to beaded pearl and weave in the thread ends into the petals to hide the thread.
Part 7
Video Time 10:59
I chose to use a silver-plated chain for the earrings and stitched one side of it to the flower center. Then I attached the chain to the push-pin ear wire.
Have you created beaded flowers before? What color of a beaded flower is your favorite?
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