Description

French beaded flowers: bead and wire pattern pdf

Mostly known to be in white, these woodland Spring flowers also bloom in red, yellow, purple, pink, and green. Once the flower is picked, it may take years to recover. Make these special flowers in beads instead!

I’ve paired the trilliums with wood violets and snow drops. Both patterns are available in my pattern shop.

Level:

This is an intermediate project. Follow the links below to learn the basics via free pdfs and videos:

• Basic Frame
• Lacing

As a convenience, you can also purchase the Bead Set from my kit store for the beads I used in my arrangement.

Materials: 

· 15 grams 11/0 main color seed beads
· 40 grams 11/0 green seed beads
· <1 gram 11/0 Color A yellow seed beads
· < 1 gram 11/0 Color B yellow orange seed beads
· 24 gauge green copper-core wire
· 28 gauge gold copper core wire
· 30 gauge main color copper core wire
· 30 gauge green color copper core wire
· 1 length of 16 gauge stem wire
· Green floral tape
· Embroidery Floss (DMC 910)
· 1 length of 16 gauge stem wire

Beads: I used size 11/0 seed beads for this project. You’re welcome to use color choices of your own but if you like my
color schemes, below are the specific beads I used:
I used several beads for the main color in the various samples.

• 11/0 Matsuno Dynamite Opaque Rainbow White
• 11/0 Matsuno Dynamite Matte Fuchsia
• 11/0 Matsuno Dynamite Dusty Rose
• 11/0 Matsuno Dynamite Ceylon Pastel Cream
• 11/0 Matsuno Dynamite Rainbow Iris Blue
• 11/0 transparent light green (Czech, Matsuno Dynamites, or Venetian)
• 11/0 Matsuno Dynamite transparent yellow
• 11/0 Venetian vintage transparent orange