Beaded Cabochon Tutorial Part 2 Loading time: approx 1 minutes on 56K

7. Work your thread towards the first row of peyote, and then lay your cab on top of the beadwork that you've done so far. From this point on, you will be working towards the top of the cab.

8. Holding the cab in the "nest" of beads, design side up, put in another 2 or 3 rows of the size 13 beads [color B] to secure the cab in place. Your goal should be to use the fewest number of rows that you can to secure the cabochon in place and not cover too much of the design on the front of the cab.

9. Then do 2 rows using the size 15 beads [color C]. You can also do a picot/netting stitch to scallop the edges of cab, such as a picot of threading 3 size 15 beads, go through 2 peyote stitches of the last round and repeat all the way around. (If you need to cover more of the cab, you can also use a 5 bead picot or a double 3 bead picot.) Work remaining thread into the existing peyote.

10. If you want to add fringe, work your way to the center bottom of the cab. I find that it is easier to work from the center out to the right side, and then return to the center and work the other side to insure symmetry.  Decide on a simple pattern using an odd number of rows and repeat it, but vary the number of the first color of beads to make it longer in the middle. For example, in the hummingbird cab, I added 9 strands of fringe. Working from the center column (marked "Start Here"), top to bottom,  the pattern would be as pictured:

In this example, color A was 10/0 silver lined pink seeds, color B was 11/0 pink luster seeds, color C was 13/0 burgundy luster seeds, and H was 6mm rose quartz hearts. The formula for this type of fringe is to keep everything constant but to vary the number of initial color A beads. In this example, there are nine rows of fringe. To create a cab with 7 rows of fringe, start with a middle row with 5 beads of color A.

After completing this pattern, work your thread back to the center and repeat in reverse order. You could also incorporate crystals or other types of beads [such as the color D 11/0's] into the pattern as shown below.

11. When you have finished with the fringe, you can then glue a pin back on your cab to make a brooch, or incorporate it into a necklace or bracelet design.

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Many thanks to Red Ventling for introducing me to beaded cabs and for the basics for these instructions. You can buy her cabs and cab kits here: http://www.angelfire.com/wa/kristicomowa/vcab.html

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