beadwork

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Hey, everyone. This is a peyote-stitch beaded amulet bag I'm working on... I'm about 4 hours into it, and I think I've completed 1/4 to 1/3 of the pattern. It's smaller than it looks in this picture (I also hope it's prettier). It's made with Japanese seed beads and the new PowerPro thread. I made up the first few rows I did, with the little flower border, but the lower part depicted is from Carol Taylor's book Creative Bead Jewelry, where it is shown in green/black/white; someone else did the same bag in different colors here, for reference.
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(the cardboard tube is for support, if you aren't familiar with tubular peyote beadweaving, and the threads are of course ends that I need to weave into what's already there.)