French Beaded Clematis Part 3 - Flower Petals | Basic Frame and Lacing techniques

In this lesson we are making the Flower Petals for the French Beaded Clematis class.
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Standard 6-petaled 11/0 Materials List:
11/0 Seed Beads (rocailles):
A: 36 grams Dynamites frosted translucent rainbow blue (main petal)
B: 12 grams Preciosa 2-cut satin sol gel blue satin (petal edging)*
C: 2 grams Dynamites translucent matte light green (inner stamen color)
D: 9 grams Preciosa opaque alabaster white (outer stamen color)
E: 7 grams Toho 15F transparent matte citrus (bud petals)
F: 26 grams Preciosa transparent rainbow light green (leaves)
G: 22 grams Preciosa transparent rainbow green (leaves)
Colored Copper Wire:
• 55 ft (16.8 m) 24 gauge (0.5 mm) light blue (petals)
• 18 ft (5.5 m) 30 gauge (0.25 mm) light blue (petal lacing)
• 16 ft (4.9 m) 28 gauge (0.3 mm) white or gold (stamen)
• 60 ft (18.3 m) 24 gauge (0.5 mm) green (leaves, bud)
Other:
• 3x 16 gauge florist stem wire (for flower stems) - get the longest length you can find.
• 8x 18 gauge florist stem wire (for leaf stems, bud stems) - same on length
• 1-2x 20 gauge florist stem wire (optional, for tendrils)
• Light green floral tape
• 1-2 skeins Light green embroidery floss - DMC 3347 - (optional, for stem finishing)
Display:
• vase ~ 9 inches tall (choose one with a small opening to hold the skinny stem steady, and wide base for good balance)
• small vase filler marbles or pebbles (need to fit in the vase opening)
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[@lisaharner3720]

Thanks, Lauren. These tutorials are so intriguing. The clematis flowers are lovely! ❤

[@BeadBlossom]

You are very welcome. And thank you!

[@yomama8873]

Thank you 🤩🤩🤩💖💖

[@lisaemery6599]

You are an amazing teacher! Every single detail that affects the overall loom of the piece is covered in your tutorials! Do you ever link to where you purchase your beads? Also, what is the best wire cutter? I bought one through Amazon and the thing got nicks in it on the very first cut!! So frustrating.

[@BeadBlossom]

Thank you so much! I purchase most of my beads from FireMountainGems.com and ShipwreckBeads.com. I've been using a Xuron brand wire cutter. I don't know if they are the best since I haven't tried many others, but they've been working well for me. You'll want a flush type cutter so you can get in close to the wires. But, don't use those to cut stem wires or the blades will break and chip. You want a separate cutter for the steel stem wires. I have some heavy duty ones by Knipex, but they also sell stem wire cutters in the floral department of craft stores.