Decorated Champagne Flutes

This project uses even count tubular peyote stitch decreasing as you go up as the glass thins and increasing as it gets wider. The amount of rocailles you use will depend on the width of the glass.

This project first featured in Beads And Beyond, Issue 9, June 2008 - published 8th May 2008.

FINISHING OFF AND ADDING NEW THREAD When you start running out of thread simply weave the remaining thread back through the piece knotting at various points until you run out. Trim any excess. To add a piece of thread, prepare your needle with another length of thread. Weave through the piece in the same way, again, knotting as you go. Weave through until you reach the point where you left off.

Buy all the materials for this project for £8.20:

Materials

• 1 x 100g silver lined rocailles silver (S831J)
• A selection of 55 - 60 glass and/or plastic beads clear, white and iridescent. We used:
• 7 x AB moon stars clear (12E05)
• 14 x 8mm faceted AB moon beads clear (12F05)
• 11 x 4mm round AB moon beads clear (12A05)
• 12 x 6mm iridescent (67A05)
• 10 x 4mm one colour miracle pearl (67E02)
• 1 x 8mm pearly moon white (66H02)
• 1 reel nymo loom thread white (NMD02)
• 1 packet beading needles (ND13)
• 1 x free project sheet (WEB05P)
• 2 champagne flutes - available from any good household store

Stage 1 - STARTING OFF PEYOTE STITCH

Prepare your needle with about 300cm of nymo loom thread doubled up to make 150cm length. Pick up enough beads (an even number) to go round the base of your champagne flute. Tie in a double knot around the glass leaving a tiny gap between the first and last bead in the circle. Take the needle back through the first bead once more.

Stage 2 - PEYOTE STITCH CONTINUED

Pick up one bead and let it sit above the next bead along. Then take the needle through the third bead along from the start of the initial row of beads. Continue along the row in this way until you arrive back at the first bead added.

Stage 3 - PEYOTE STITCH CONTINUED

To step up, take the needle through both the first bead of the initial row and the first bead of this row to move up to the next row to be added. Continue adding rows in this way until you need to decrease to fit with the thinning stem.

Stage 4 - DECREASING

To decrease simply take the needle across the gap without adding a bead and thread into the next bead along. Pull firmly to close the gap.

Stage 5 - DECREASING CONTINUED

On the next row, when you reach the decrease, place one bead over the gap where the decrease occurred. Pull tightly. Continue up the flute, decreasing when you need to.

Stage 6 - INCREASING

When you reach the point where the glass begins to widen, you will need to start increasing. Work the peyote stitch as normal but, where you want the increase, pick up two beads instead of one.

Stage 7 - INCREASING CONTINUED

On the next row, take the thread through the first of the two beads added. Thread on another bead and then take the needle through the second bead added. Continue up the flute, increasing as you need to, until you reach the top.

Stage 8 - TOP TASSELS

To add the top tassels pick up one glass bead and one rocaille. Pass the bead back through the glass bead and then through the rocaille to the right of the tassel on the top row. Continue adding beads all the way round the top. Finish off as described by weaving through the completed peyote tube, knotting as you go.

Stage 9 - BOTTOM TASSELS

To add the bottom tassels prepare your needle with 300cm of thread doubled up. Weave the thread down through a few rows of the completed peyote tube, knotting as you go, until you come out of a bottom rocaille. Add the tassels as you did the top ones but on each tassel add 5 rocailles before you pick up your glass bead and final rocaille. When you have gone all the way round finish off as before.

Stage 10 - FINISHED FLUTES

This is what your finished champagne flutes should look like

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