Celebrate this Christmas by making our lovely Cardinal bird stocking, the newest addition to our beaded stocking collection.
The cardinal is often a symbol of hope and joy, especially around the holiday season. On this stocking a cardinal is sitting on a branch against a subtle snowy background making a striking festive image, accented with a silver border design.
The stocking is finished off with a simple loop comprising of sparkly fire polished beads and a sprig of festive foliage to add detail. Note the foliage can be moved on the loop so it can be displayed correctly whichever way the stocking is displayed.
This stocking is made using Round Peyote and uses only delica beads. The shaping of the stocking is done as you go so there is no sewing two pieces of beadwork together and no awkward shaped edges to sew.
It’s big enough to hold a small present or two, so, what will you fit in your stocking?
As usual with ThreadABead featured patterns we give full detailed instructions and, in this pattern, there are 35 detailed steps, making this pattern even suitable for beginners to beading.
This bead pattern is made using Japanese Miyuki size 11 Delica. A form of Round Peyote stitch is used but full detailed instructions are given, and no previous knowledge of the stitch is required. Please note the pattern may not work with any other size and type of beads.
There are 15 delica colours in total for the stocking and the finished beadwork is approximately 7.75cm (w) x 9.25cm (h) (not including loop).
19 x 3mm, 1 x 4mm, 2 x 6mm, 2 x 10mm Crystal AB and 3 x 6mm Siam Round Fire Polish beads are also required.
The bead pattern supplied is 32 pages and includes 35 step by step photographic instructions. A colour word chart is provided where required.