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Workshop Description:

Fiona Hammond will teach you how to make your own Spring Bling Beaded Blossom Brooch featuring a dichroic glass cabochon with peyote-beaded bezel in the centre of the flower. The fabric petals will be provided in the workshop kit, but instructions on how to make your own petals at home are included in the workshop notes.

Topics covered in the workshop:

• Beaded backstitch
• Creating a beaded bezel using peyote stitch (including decreasing, and varying the bead size)
• General construction techniques for the brooch
• Beadweaving basics: starting and finishing your threads; keeping good tension in the work; conditioning beading threads