Lisa Yang Jewelry – Free Projects and Patterns: Star of David Brick Stitch Beading Pattern

 At a beading engage in date earlier this yr, my close friend outlined that there is a really serious deficiency of jewelry that signifies Judaism – primarily at vacation time. I quite considerably promised myself that I would make some layouts to make up for that.

This is the initial just one, a Star of David pattern done in brick stitch.

The Star of David is a hexagram or 6 pointed star – and depending on the shades you use, it can be a sturdy image of Judaism, or just a six pointed star.  As a image of Judaism, it is most usually in shades of blue since that is how it appears on the Israeli flag.  Metallic beads like gold or silver also strengthen the religious symbolism of the structure. 

Nevertheless, I have observed some illustrations of hexagrams that define only the outside the house condition of the star – and it just appears to be like like a 6 pointed star, not a image of Judaism, so I imagine this layout has some adaptability.

I produced two separate star layouts. I have been striving out new (to me) bead structure computer software referred to as Beadographer to style these. It has a absolutely free selection, but the compensated model is only $6.99 for every calendar year, so I splurged. Previously, I was employing BeadTool 4, which I still like, but I just desired to attempt one thing else.

The to start with layout is a brick sew diamond shape with a two tone blue star. The two tone component was a little trickier to bead than I considered it would be, so that led me to consider a next variation. I also was not thrilled with the diamond condition, but I like it extra now than when I originally made it.

I made use of 6 lb FireLine in Crystal and the bead shades are duracoat opaque azure blue (DB2134), opaque capri (DB0659), matte rainbow white (DB0851V), and galvanized silver lower (3594SB).  

Right here is the brick stitch bead pattern.  The pattern does not consist of the hanging loop at the prime. I use a 5 bead loop for that.

The 2nd model makes use of the exact same colors minus the DB0659.  

Or I could’ve just gotten fortunate. That occurs as well.

Below is the bead diagram for the next version.  this a person features the 5 bead hanging loop at the major.

The issue slash off the diamond shape at the bottom might appear to be a very little random, but I don’t forget liking the style at that stage when beading the very first design. 

If you at any time wonder how very long it usually takes to bead one thing, this solitary earring (or pendant?) took me about 45 minutes. 

One more factor I adore about this structure is the silver slash beads. They are so sparkly! Even while there are only 6 of the beads in the factors of the star, they actually add to the style and design.

A new trick I have acquired is to use bee’s wax on my FireLine. It looks weird mainly because FireLine isn’t going to really need to have wax, but I’ve located it is practical to ‘stick’ the two sides of the thread coming by the needle collectively. I’ve seen a lot less tangles and a lot easier stitching. Goes to demonstrate that you hardly ever cease discovering if you keep hoping new factors.

I wax the thread soon after I have threaded the needle and am all set to start out stitching. I wax starting off at the needle and pull the thread by way of the wax bar to the finish.

A several in-method stitching pictures due to the fact I appreciated these shapes and layouts. This is just just after finishing the first position of the star.

This is a few rows later on.  It truly is a fairly awesome geometric layout that could be utilized in a fringe earring.

I hope you uncovered this project valuable and will think about sharing it with a pal who may possibly love making it OR make some jewellery for someone like my buddy who has difficulty finding Judaism oriented jewellery.

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