Cooktown Orchid Brooch
Sep 24, 2017
4 minutes
MATERIALS
24ga copper coloured artistic wire
30ga artistic wire
Florist tape
Silk ribbon
Brooch pin or hair clasp
BEADS
50 gram bottle ‘Pink Berry’
11/0' Japanese Toho
TOOLS
Craft glue
Wire side-cutters
Round nose pliers
Scissors
Finished size: 9 cm x 17 cm
STEP ONE
Creating the Basic Frame Cut 65 cm x 24ga wire, measure 13cm from the top of the wire, make a loop and twist together in the middle three to four times. See Diagram 1. This will create a Basic Wire (BW), the Stem Wire (SW) and the Feed Wire (FW).
STEP TWO
Thread 22 x seed beads onto the BW. See Diagram 1. Form a small loop at the top
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