Learn Brickstich - Demo with Large Beads
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Check out my supply video to see what you'll need for seed bead brick stitching.
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Start by stringing four beads onto your thread.
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Take your needle back up through the last two beads, a square will form when you tighten them.
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Finish the square by taking your needle back down through the outside set of beads.
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Add two beads to your thread and go back down through the outside set of beads, and up through the new set of beads.
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Here it is in slow motion.
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Continue until you add your last set of beads.
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To add beads to the remaining rows we are going to be using these "bridges" of thread linking the sets of beads from the row below.
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Start every row stringing two sets of beads. In this case, four beads.
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Thread your needle under the second bridge from the row below.
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Now thread your needle back up through the second set of beads.
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To tighten up the first two sets go back down through the outermost set and back up through the inner set.
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Add two beads to your needle and thread it under the next bridge from the row below.
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Continue adding sets of two by going under each bridge and back up through the set of beads you just added.
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Start the next row, again, with two sets of beads (four beads) and threading under the second bridge.
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Dont forget to square up your first two sets by going back through them.
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Finish your pyramid by adding the last four beads and threading all the way down the opposite pyramid side.
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You now have the skills needed to start brick stitch beading! Apply this skill to size 11/0 seed beads and patterns and the world is your oyster.
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