Day

Lily
Beaded object project by Melissa Grakowsky Shippee
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Lily brooch

This day lily makes an excel-

lent brooch, but can alterna-
tively be stitched to a hair clip
and worn in the hair.

For this project, you will need:

LILY LEAF AND STEM

15/A size 15/o seed bead, matte bright yellow Cylinder/B size 11/o cylinder bead, yellow-green
Cylinder/A size 11/o cylinder bead, matte lemon AB
11/B size 8/o seed bead, grass-lined gold
11/A size 11/o cylinder bead, matte yellow
15/C size 15/o seed bead, transparent olive
15/B size 15/o seed bead, ceylon cream
sterling silver or gold pinback (optional)
11/C size 11/o seed bead, bronze
beading thread (nylon recommended)
11/D size 11/o seed bead, bronze-lined crystal AB

Youll use these stitches:

Peyote stitch

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Step 1: Construct 6 Petals
The petals are made using flat peyote stitch. Youll start by stringing on the beads in the midline of the petal, then work rows in peyote stitch
on each side off of the middle to grow the petal from the middle outwards. Youll shorten each row slightly to create a tapered tip and base.
The following diagrams show the intial row of beads and four subsequent pairs of rows (rows A-H) stitched off of the initial line of beads. The
remaining rows are not shown with thread paths, but you should continue to add rows I-V in the same manner. Youll need about 24 inches of
thread for each petal.
SYMBOLS
TIP
a a b a b a b a b 15/B
a a c a d c a d c a d 15/A
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
c g c Cylinder/A
a a a d c a d a d h
a a b a b e a b e a b f 11/A
a a c a d c a d g c a d h
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a a c a d c a d g c a d h
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a a c a d c a d g c a d h
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a a c a d c a d g c a d h
a a a b e a e a b f
b b f
a a c a d c a d g c a d h
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a a c a d c a d g c a d h
a a a b e a b f e a b f
b
a a c a d c a g c a d h
d
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a c a d c a d g c a d h
a
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a a c a d c a g c a d h
d
a a b a b e a b e a b f
f
a c a d c a d g c a d h
a
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a c a d c a d g c a d h
a
a a a b e a b f e a b f
b
a a c a d c a g c a d h
d
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
c a d g c a d h
a a c a d
a a a b e a f e a b f
b b
a a c a d c a g c a d h
d
a a a b a b e a b f
b e f
c a d c g c a d h
a a a d
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a c a c a g c a h
a d d d
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
c a d c g c a d h
a a a d
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a a c a d c a d c a d
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
c a d c d c a d
a a a
a a b a b e a b f e a b f
a a c a d c a d c a d
BASE
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Full Petal Diagram
Use this diagram to stitch the
remaining rows. a b SYMBOLS
c a d 15/B
NOTE: You may have a hard
time passing through the beads e a b f
g c 15/A
at the very tip and base of the a d h
petal after the first few rows. e a b f j
i Cylinder/A
Get creative and find a wind- g
ing thread path across the tip or
k c a d h l
m i e a b f j n 11/A
base to the other side. All that
matters is that your thread ends o k g c a d h l p
up in the right spot for the next q
row. m i e a b f j n r
s o k g c a d h l p t
u q m i e a b f j n r v
s o k g c a d h l p t
u q m i e a b f j n r v
s o k g c a d h l p t
u q m i e a b f j n r v
s o k g c a d h l p t
u q m i e a b f j n r v
s o k g c a d h l p t
u q m i e a b f j n r v
s o k g c a d h l p t
q m i e a b f j n r
o k g c a d h l p
q m i e a b f j n r
o k g c a d h l p
m i e a b f j n
o k g c a d h l p
m i e a b f j n
k g c a d h l
m i e a b f j n
g c a d h l
k
m i e a b f j n
k g c a d h l
i e a b f j
k g c a d h l
i e a b f j
g c a h
d
i e a b f j
g c a d
e a b f
c a d
e a b f
c a d
e a b f
LILY PETAL c a d

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 STEP 2 Join the petals together into two groups of three.

Start a new thread close to the bottom of one petal. Bring the thread out of a
Cylinder/A on the edge of the petal, one bead from the bottom. Line up a second
petal oriented in the same direction as the first and stitch down into the Cylinder/A
one bead from the bottom on the edge closest to the first petal. Weave up into the
closest bottom bead on the first petal, completing a circular thread path. Repeat the
thread path as many times as the bead holes will allow.

Weave through to the other side of the second petal. Join a third petal to the second
petal in the same manner that you joined the first two. Then weave through to the
other side of the third petal.

Join the first and third petals in the same location, so you have a ring of three petals.
Secure your thread within the beadwork and trim it.

Join the three remaining petals into a ring using the same technique. Leave your
thread hanging for STEP 3.

STEP 3 Join the two groups of petals.

Place one of the groups of petals within

the other so that the petals in each group
alternate. Stitch between the petal groups
however you can, hiding your thread by
stitching through beads whenever you
can. To have a more open, star-shaped
flower, stitch only close to the bottoms of
the petals. For a trumpet-shaped flower,
make the outer petals slightly overlap the
inner petals and stitch as high as twelve
beads up from the bottom.

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STEP 4 Create the leaf and stem. SYMBOLS
a b
c a d
The leaf is stitched just like a petal, following 15/C
e a b f
the diagram on this page. g c a d h Cylinder/B
i e a b f j
11/B
k g c a d h l
m i e a b f j n
o k g c a d h l p
q m i e a b f j n r
s o k g c a d h l p t
u q m i e a b f j n r v
s o k g c a d h l p t
u q m i e a b f j n r v
w s o k g c a d h l p t x
u q m i e a b f j n r v
w s o k g c a d h l p t x
u q m i e a b f j n r v
w s o k g c a d h l p t x
u q m i e a b f j n r v
w s o k g c a d h l p t x
u q m i e a b f j n r v
w s o k g c a d h l p t x
u q m i e a b f j n r v
w s o k g c a d h l p t x
u q m i e a b f j n r v
w s o k g c a d h l p t x
u q m i e a b f j n r v
w s o k g c a d h l p t x
u q m i e a b f j n r v
s o g c a d h l p t
k
q m i e a b f j n r
s o k g c a d h l p t
q m i e a b f j n r
s o k g c a d h l p t
q m i e a b f j n r
o k g c a h p
d l
q m i e a b f j n r
LILY LEAF o k g c a d h l p
q m i e a b f j n r
o k g c a d h l p
m i e a b f j n
o k g c a d h l p
m i e a b f j n
o k g c a d h l p
m i e a b f j n
k g c a d h l
m i e a b f j n
k g c a d h l
i e a b f j
g c a d h
e a b f
c a d

p
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 To make the stem, do a strip of flat Peyote forty-two beads wide by twelve rows
long (six edge beads) with Cylinder/Bs. At the end of row 3, use 11/Bs for the last
five beads, and at the end of row 7 use 11/Bs for the last four beads. This will give
the stem the slightest curvature when zipped. These 11/Bs will mark the bottom of
the stem.

Zip the Peyote strip into a tube by running your thread alternately through beads in
the first row and last row.

Place the leaf base about 1/2 from the bottom of the stem.

Weave back and forth from beads in the stem to beads near the bottom of the leaf,
hiding the thread in the beadwork. Make enough stitches so that the leaf is securely
held against the stem.

Weave through the stem and bring your thread out of the top.

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STEP 5 Assemble the flower

Line up the bottom of the flower with the top of the stem.

Stitch between the bottom beads in the flower and the top row of beads in the
stem, pulling the thread tight as you work. Stitch all around as many times as you
can so the connection between the flower and stem is strong.

STEP 6 Create the pistil and stamen.

Create the pistil first. On two feet of thread, string twenty-four 11/Cs and one
11/D. Skip the 11/D and go back through the 11/Cs.

Reverse direction, skip the last 11/C and go back through the line of 11/Cs.

Pick up one 11/D and go through the line of 11/Cs.

Reverse direction, skip the last 11/C and go back through the line of 11/Cs. Pick
up a third 11/D and go back down through the line of 11/Cs.

Stitch into the bottom of the flower and back up and out.

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 Go through the bottom 11/C on the pistil.

Go down into the bottom of

the flower and pull the slack
out of the pistil so it lodges
down in the base of the flower.

To create the stamens, bring your thread out of the base of the flower and pick up
twenty-four 15/Cs and one 11/C. Pick up one 11/C and go back through the last
11/C. Pick up one 11/C and go back through the last 11/C, then down through the
line of 15/Cs and into the base of the flower.

Repeat five more times for a total of six stamens. Then secure your thread within the
beadwork and trim it.

To wear the lily as a brooch, stitch and/or glue a thin pinback to the stem, close to
the flower base. Alternatively, to wear as a hair clip, stitch and/or glue a thin hair
clip to the same spot.

I hope you enjoyed stitching this design!

For more fun patterns, go to www.mgsdesigns.net.

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