I must preface this by saying that I haven't worked too much with the two hole beads. I made a couple of snowflake earrings for the last Fusion Beads challenge in October, but admittedly didn't really get into them.
With that said, I dug out the remainder of the the Super Duo beads that I had left from the snowflakes and started working on this bracelet.
I wanted to freshen up the color palette, so I used a bright green. I really didn't know what I was going to make... so, I sort of took the needle and thread for a walk and played around. I also have to admit that a lot of the decisions I made in designing this piece came from laziness.
Originally, I was going to do a cuff bracelet with these little squares all linked together, but it was taking too long and I decided to instead turn the squares on their sides and connect them. It took a little figuring out how exactly I was going to do it. I tried doing little swatches of peyote stitch, but they didn't lay right and it didn't look very good. So, instead I used two rows. It doesn't look very sturdy, but I went through several times and anchored the thread throughout the piece. I think it turned out all right. Especially for not knowing what I was going to do. It sort of has a vintage vibe and the "panels" remind me of stained glass or filigree.
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