Beaded Spiky Ball tutorial!

[beadangel]

Just finished drawing the tutorial for a Beaded Spiky Ball, I used silver seed beads and long bugles. The finished piece in the picture is around 1 inch but you can always differ the size of the finished spiky ball by changing the bead size, use bigger beads for bigger beaded ornament, I am using this current one as a charm on my bag, friends says it looks a little like silver fireworks.

See the tutorial at: http://beadjewelrymaking.com/2011/project/january.html

Happy Beading!

[kaycee]

That's a cute little piece. Your friends are actually correct.

[daverobertson]

  Great one! Thanks for sharing your fun design here! 

[beadangel]

Thanks, glad you all liked it!

Happy Beading!

[excitubesmith]

Step 1:    Cut a piece string around one meter long.
Add four size 11/0 seed beads on the exact center of the string, add crisscross the other end through the last added bead.
Make sure this 4 bead ring is centralized at the center of the string.
Step 2:     Continue to:
Add one size 11/0 seed bead on each side of the string, add one more seed bead to crisscross both strings through.
 Repeat the above in this step exactly again.
Step 3:    Continue to:
Add one size 11/0 seed bead on each side of the string, crisscross both strings back down through one old bead from step 1.
You should have a beaded cube by now.
Step 4:      Continue to (work only on one side of the string):
Add one long bugle, one size 12/0 seed bead and one more long bugle on the right (red) string, continue to pass the same string back through the same bead it exited.
Step 5:    Continue to (work only on one side of the string):
Add one long bugle, one size 12/0 seed bead and one more long bugle on the left (black) string, continue to pass the same string back through the same bead it exited from (marked A).
Step 6:    Continue to (work only on one side of the string):
Add one long bugle, one size 12/0 seed bead and one more long bugle on the top left (black) string, continue to pass the same string back through the same bead it exited.
Step 7:    Continue to (repeat step 6):
Add one long bugle, one size 12/0 seed bead and one more long bugle on the top left (black) string, continue to pass the same string back through the same bead it exited.
Now that you get the idea, you have to do the long bugle step twice on each of the size 11/0 bead that you used to create the beaded cube.
      Go around passing the thread and beading the spikes all round the cube.
      When you reached the last spike, simply add on a hook or jump ring to for hanging purpose and tie off.

Thanks,

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[xandrille]

So cute! Thanks for sharing such beautiful projects!