These pages are just here to help out! The instructions show you how to do
different types of stitches.
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Information about beads types and sizes!
This first set of pictures is for getting an idea of what the size of each bead is.
This next part is about the different types of seed beads,
and how the difference between Czech, Japanese and Delica beads
can effect the piece you are working on.
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Outside size of seed beads!
The 1st bead is a
3mm dangle bead.
It is just here to show size relevance.
The 2nd bead is a
#11 Czech bead.
It is about the same width as the Japanese bead but a little shorter.
It is not a wide as the Delica bead, but about the same height
The 3rd bead is a
#11 Japanese bead.
It is the biggest of the 3 in both direction
The 4th bead is a
# 11 Delica bead.
It is narrower than both of the others.
It is about the same height as the Czech bead.
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Inside and outside size of seed beads!
The 1st bead is a
3mm dangle bead.
It is just here to show size relevance.
The 2nd bead is a
#11 Czech bead.
This one has a square hole, some Czech beads come with round holes. But
the hole is still the same size.
You can see that the outside of the bead is about the same as the
Japanese bead.
The 3rd bead is a
#11 Japanese bead.
The hole size is the same on all 3 of these beads. That is what makes
them # ll's is the inside hole size.
The 4th bead is a
# 11 Delica bead.
Looking from this direction you can easily tell that it is narrower than both of the others.
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Weave Example!
I beaded the 1st one in delicas and the
2nd one in Czech and Japanese beads.
The color difference is just the difference in the colors I choose to use.
The example is about the size. They are both the same height and length,
but I had to add 13 more rows and about 400 more beads to the Delica pattern to make it long enough to match the length of the Czech.
So 48 beads high, or a strand of 48 beads in delicas and Czech beads came out to
be the same, but when the beads are side by side, the delicas are a smaller.
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Referring to the
Dragonfly Weave necklaces in the above picture.
The top one is the pattern I used to do the delicas and the bottom is the Czech.
You can see how much more I had to add to the delicas to make it the same length.
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Here are 2 of the 3D Hummingbirds that I did in different beads.
The first one is done in Delicas.
The second one is done in Czech beads.
It is the same exact pattern just in different beads.
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