French beaded flowers pattern: prairie sunflower PDF
Level: Intermediate
This project uses intermediate techniques. For the basics of French beading techniques, you can learn via free pdfs and videos on my website at beadflora.com
About this project:
Prairie sunflowers are wild flowers commonly found in North America. These daisy like-flowers are small compared with the sunflowers we are used to. This prairie sunflower project uses a combination of size 11 and size 15 seed beads.
Materials:
* 30 grams 15/0 Color A dark yellow seed beads- Miyuki opaque luster yellow
* 5 grams 15/0 Color B light yellow seed beads- Miyuki opaque luster lemon ice
* 1 gram 15/0 brown seed beads - Miyuki transparent rainboow rootbeer
* 60 grams 11/0 green seed beads - Matsuno dynamite transparent rainbow emerald green
* 26 gauge copper-core gold wire
* 28 gauge copper-core green wire
* 24 gauge copper-core green wire
* 30 gauge copper-core green wire
* 5 lengths of 18 gauge stem wire - about 16 inch (40 cm) lengths
1 length of 16 gauge stem wire - 18 inch (45.7 cm) lengths
1 skein green embroidery Floss
Green floral tape