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Brooch: Approach

This document provides instructions for creating two types of gemstone flower brooches. The first uses yellow turquoise beads and copper leaf stampings to form the flower, which is then attached to a pin back with a mesh dome. Beads, crystals, and head pins are used to decorate the center of the pin. The second version substitutes synthetic aquamarine for the yellow turquoise. Materials needed and step-by-step directions with diagrams are provided to make both brooches.

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Brooch: Approach

This document provides instructions for creating two types of gemstone flower brooches. The first uses yellow turquoise beads and copper leaf stampings to form the flower, which is then attached to a pin back with a mesh dome. Beads, crystals, and head pins are used to decorate the center of the pin. The second version substitutes synthetic aquamarine for the yellow turquoise. Materials needed and step-by-step directions with diagrams are provided to make both brooches.

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by Brenda Schweder

Youve seen them


everywhere on sweaters,
jackets, scarves, and
handbags. So dont be shy
about brooching the
subject; make the seasons
hottest accessory your
own. The key finding, an
ingenious pin back with a
mesh dome, awaits
adornment with teardropshaped gemstones. Add
copper leaf stampings
for a beautiful backdrop,
bejewel the center of the
pin, and the resulting
look is anything but a
fragile flower.

Brooch
approach
Create a lovely gemstone flower pin

1. Cut an 18-in. (46cm) piece of craft


wire. Center five teardrop-shaped
beads on the wire.

4. Remove the mesh dome from a pin


back; set aside the pin back. Center the
flower on the curved side of the dome.
Pass the wires through one of the holes.

2. Pass one end of the wire through the


beads once more. Pull each wire end to
form a flower shape.

5. Separate the wires. Bring each end


through a hole in the dome between
two gemstones.

3. Twist the wires together three or


four times.

6. Pass each wire through another hole


in the dome. Weave the wire between
each gemstone.

7. Twist the wire ends together three


or four times and trim the excess wire.

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8. Cut a 16-in. (41cm) piece of craft


wire. String a leaf 1 in. (2.5cm) from the
end and twist the shorter wire around
the stem. Trim the excess wire.

SupplyList
both projects
28-gauge copper craft wire
chainnose pliers
diagonal wire cutters
yellow turquoise brooch
5 18 x 23mm top-drilled
teardrop-shaped gemstone
beads, yellow turquoise
5 13 x 18mm copper leaf
stampings (Eclectica,
262-641-0910)
5-10 4mm rutilated quartz
rondelles
10-15 3mm round onyx beads
114-in. (3cm) pin back with mesh
dome (Designers Findings,
262-574-1324)
5-10 112-in. (3.8cm) brass
ball-end head pins (Rio Grande,
800-545-6566)
aquamarine brooch
5 13 x 18mm top-drilled
briolettes, synthetic aquamarine
5 13 x 18mm copper leaf
stampings
5-10 4mm glass rondelles
10-15 3mm beads (gemstone
rounds and bicone crystals)
114-in. pin back with mesh dome
5-10 112-in. brass plain or ball-end
head pins

BEADSTYLE JANUARY 2005

9. Place the leaf between two


gemstones and pass the wire through
a hole in the dome. Bring the wire up
and through the dome once more.

11. String two or three rounds, bicones,


or rondelles on a head pin. String the
head pin through the center of the
dome. String beads on another head
pin and go through another hole in the
dome. Twist the head pins together,
bend the wire against the dome, and
trim the excess. Repeat with pairs of
head pins, until the center is covered.

10. Bring the wire up through an


adjacent pair of gemstones. String a
leaf and tack down as before. Repeat to
attach the three remaining leaves. Wrap
the end around the core of wires on the
back of the dome and trim the excess.

12. Place the dome in the pin back,


positioning it as desired. Gently bend
the prongs down around the dome.
Brenda offers the yellow turquoise
brooch as a kit. Contact her at
Miss Cellany Jewelry Kits,
[email protected], or
visit brendaschweder.com.

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