Author: Diána Balogh

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Let’s make the last days of the year bright together!

My gift to you this year, my dear newsletter subscriber, will be different than usual.

This year didn’t turn out exactly as I wanted. Although I started the new year with big plans in January, a family tragedy changed everything. I didn’t even take out my beads for a long time, I simply wasn’t able to create.

I don’t want to end this year the way I did the whole year, so I decided that in December I will create something every day. Something very simple beadwork.

In the coming days – according to my plans, until Christmas – I will make a Christmas star every day. And on December 24th I will put together a Christmas decoration from my stars. These little stars are made very quickly, and all you need is leftover beads and a 10 cm wire star base.

I invite you to join me and make the stars with me. Let’s make the last days of the year bright together.

If you’re following along, post photos of your finished stars in the Facebook group Beading Tutorials by Diána Balogh.

You can find the tutorial of the stars here >>

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Don’t forget to post photos of your finished stars here! I would like to see your creations!

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Win a beading kit!

win a beading kit with diana balogh

Happy Holidays!

Celebrate the last month of this year with me!

I would like to thank you all for the many purchases and for the positive reviews in my stores; for the many likes and kind comments I received on my posts on Facebook and Instagram and the kind messages and emails you sent me during the year. These are very-very important things in my life, these are the “driving forces” of my work to create new designs and to write tutorials from them.

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Toho – Miyuki seed beads comparison

toho - miyuki seed beads comparison by Diana Balogh

“You use Toho seed beads in your design. Can I bead it with Miyuki seed beads?” – this is one of the most frequently asked questions I get about my patterns.

My answer is sometimes “yes”, sometimes “no”, and it also happens, that the answer is “I don’t know”. And this answer doesn’t depend on my mood, or the beading skills of the questioner. It depends on the beadwork itself, it depends on how much the different sizes of the beads with the same size marking affect the final result.

It is possible that you already know from your personal experience, that seed beads with the same size marking from different brands in the reality don’t have the same size. My short study explains how is it possible…

You can download it for free from here >>

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Flat Chenille 101

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This bracelet will be guaranteed one of your favourites: it is simple, delicate and elegant with tiny colourful accents.

I teach you in this video tutorial how to do the Flat Chenille stitch. I teach a new bracelet design, which I created for this year’s International Beading Week (IBW).

You don’t need any special beads, you can use seed beads from your beadstash!
Don’t worry, if you are an absolute beginner, I hold your hand and lead you step by step through the whole process.

Learn the Flat Chenille Stitch from me, the developer of the design and create your own Geneviève Bracelet!

You can learn from this lesson:

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Genevieve bracelet

Genevieve bracelet part 1
Genevieve bracelet part 4
Genevieve bracelet part 2
Genevieve bracelet part 5
Genevieve bracelet Part 3
Genevieve bracelet part 6

The Flat Chenille design is a simple and beautiful pattern. This tutorial teaches you a new Flat Chenille Stitch bracelet, which I designed for this year’s International Beading Week (IBW).
You can learn from this lesson:

  • The story of the Chenille Spiral and its inventor,
  • Why I developed the Flat Chenille design,
  • How to do the Flat Chenille Stitch and how to make the Geveviève bracelet,
  • How to end your thread, and add a new thread if you are working with the Flat Chenille design,
  • How to add the clasp to your bracelet.

The tutorial leads you step by step throughout the whole process with high quality sharp video footage, explanatory figures of each step, english narration and english subtitles but without any music. If you would like to listen to the music while beading, you can turn on your favourite music. If the narration is distributing, turn down the volume, and read the subtitles.

This is NOT A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!

You can watch the videos through the whole IBW (from 24th July to the 1st August  [UK time]) for free at any times you want.

Please note, this is a free tutorial for you to learn how to do the Flat Chenille design, but this is for your personal use only. You can create it for yourself, or you can give the finished piece as a gift. If you would like to sell the bracelet you make with this tutorial, please buy the pdf version of this tutorial from my shop, it gives permission for you to sell the jewellery.

If you are happy with your bracelet, you can post photos from it and please mention me as the designer of the beadwork, but please don’t post phase photos or video footage about the process and the semifinished design. Thank you for your understanding.

If you like this design, you can join the Flat Chenille Stitch Facebook group >>

or like the Facebook page Flat Chenille Stitch >>

The video contains 6 parts:

  • PART 1 contains the basic information and the basic instructions about the beads, the thread and the other materials you need for this project.
  • In PART 2 I will show you how you can start the work.
  • There is a part in the beading which we will repeat. You will find this section in PART 3.
  • PART 4 shows how to end your beadwork.
  • In PART 5 I will show you how to add the clasp to your beadwork.
  • If you are out of the thread PART 6 shows how you can end your old thread and add a new one.

With this structure you can watch for example the repeating part again and again if you are a beginner, or if you need me to guide you throughout the whole process. If you have gained practice in this part, you can stop the video and do it yourself, and when you are ready with this part you can go to the next section and continue the beading.

LIST OF MATERIALS

For this bracelet you can use seed beads size 11/0 and 15/0 together, or seed beads size 8/0 and 11/0 together.

Materials for the black-rainbow bracelet with 12 colours:

  • AA – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 1 – Opaque-Frosted Jet (49F)
  • BB – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0 – Opaque-Frosted Jet (49F)
  • CC – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 2 – Silver-Lined Amethyst (26C)
  • DD – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 3 – Silver-Lined Purple (2224)
  • EE – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 4 – Silver-Lined Sapphire (35)
  • FF – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 5 – Silver-Lined Aquamarine (23)
  • GG – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 6 – Silver-Lined Dk Peridot (24B)
  • HH – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 7 – Silver-Lined Peridot (27)
  • CC2 – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 8 – Silver-Lined Lime Green (24)
  • DD2 – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 9 – Silver-Lined Lemon (32)
  • EE2 – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 10 – Silver-Lined Lt Topaz (22)
  • FF2 – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 11 – Silver-Lined Hyacinth (30B)
  • GG2 – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 12 – Silver-Lined Lt Siam Ruby (25)
  • HH2 – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 13 – Silver-Lined Ruby (25C)
  • Toho One-G thread – Black

Materials for the matte-silver-rainbow bracelet with 6 colours:

  • AA – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0, colour 1 – PermaFinish – Matte Galvanized Aluminum (PF 557F)
  • BB – Japanese Toho seed beads size 8/0 – PermaFinish – Matte Galvanized Aluminum (PF 557F)
  • CC – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0, colour 2 – Transparent-Rainbow-Frosted Amethyst (166CF)
  • DD – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0, colour 3 – Transparent-Rainbow-Frosted Dk Aquamarine (163BF)
  • EE – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0, colour 4 – Transparent-Rainbow-Frosted Peridot (167F)
  • FF – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0, colour 5 – Transparent-Rainbow-Frosted Lemon (175F)
  • GG – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0, colour 6 – Transparent-Rainbow-Frosted Hyacinth (174BF)
  • HH – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0, colour 7 – Transparent-Frosted Lt Siam Ruby (5F)
  • Thread: fishing line, clear, size 0.16 mm

Materials for the white-rainbow bracelet with 6 colours:

  • AA – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 1 – Opaque-Frosted White (41F)
  • BB – Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0 – Opaque-Frosted White (41F)
  • CC – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 2 – Silver-Lined Purple (2224)
  • DD – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 3 – Silver-Lined Aquamarine (23)
  • EE – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 4 – Silver-Lined Peridot (27)
  • FF – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 5 – Silver-Lined Lemon (32)
  • GG – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 6 – Silver-Lined Hyacinth (30B)
  • HH – Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0, colour 7 – Silver-Lined Lt Siam Ruby (25)
  • Toho One-G thread – White

Other materials:

  • Beading needle (e.g. Pony Size 10)
  • Clasp – 1 pc
  • Jump rings (2-4 pcs)