Tutorial FREE- Love Locket designed by Catriona Starpins PDF Download with 11 Videos

Tutorial FREE- Love Locket designed by Catriona Starpins PDF Download with 11 Videos

Learn how to add dimension to your bead embroidery Love Locket. In this tutorial you will learn how to transfer a design onto foundation, basic bead embroidery stitches and some ways to add depth and colour shading into your beadwork. Also covered are back stitch, square stitch, couching stitch and edging your work with a brick stitch edging.

Then you have the choice of making your love locket into either a brooch or pendant. Basic instructions for a spiral rope to hang your Love Locket from are also included.
Throughout this PDF tutorial, you can click on the video icons to be linked to the video and watch Catriona explaining in detail how to do the next step.

This project was designed especially for IBW International beading week 2023

Materials Required:

• Lacy's Stiff Stuff White 5.5cm x 6cm with template already heat pressed on.
• Black Stiffened Felt x 2 (6 x 8cm)
• 38mm OD Metal D ring or O Ring x 1
• 2-hole Kheops bead Jet Black x 1
• 2-hole Cabochon Jet Black x 1
• Size 15 Seed Bead Gold 10 grams
• Size 15 Seed Bead Transparent Teaberry 1 gram (or Bronze)
• Size 15 Seed Bead Black 1 gram
• Size 15 Seed Bead White 1 gram
• Size 15 Seed Bead Silverlined Fuchsia 1 gram (or Colourlined Fuchsia Crystal)
• Size 15 Seed Bead Matte Light Red AB 1 gram
• Size 15 Seed Bead Opaque Red Lustre 1 gram
• Size 15 Seed Bead Matte Transparent Red 1 gram (or Matte Brick Red)
• Size 11 Seed Bead Matte Black 2 grams
• Size 11 Delica Cylinder Bead Matte Black 2.5 grams
• Thin Template Plastic 6 x 8cm 
• Ultrasuede 6 x 8cm
• Toggle Clasp

Tools and other Materials Required

These are what I use in my bead kit.
• E6000 Glue
• Beading Thread, Fireline, One G, KO, or Hana
• Beading Needles, size 11 or 12 or Straw size 11. I prefer shorter beading needles.
• Lighter
• Thread Burner for cutting and burning ends of thread off.
• Sharp scissors for trimming thread, foundation and Ultrasuede.
• Beading Mat/tray, I like the soft fuzzy foam ones.
• Good Beading Light and Magnification if required.

Kits sold separately here.

• Tutorial is supplied to you after checkout via PDF download. No physical item will be sent.