Key to My Heart Ornament Pattern

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A = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, 72 beads  

B = Miyuki 11° SEED bead, 80 beads 

C = 4 mm Fire-Polished crystals, 8 beads

Nymo D, C-Lon Thread or Fireline (4 or 6 pound), #11 or #12 beading needle

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Start by waxing and stretching your thread. Tie in a “stopper” bead, leaving about a 8-10” tail and begin at step #1.

1. Pick up 3B, 1C, 1A, 1C, 1A, 1C, 1A, 1C, 7A, go with thread forward through the 1st C bead and the 1st A bead.

2. a) Pick up 4B, go with thread forward through the 2nd A bead, step #1.
b) Pick up 5B, go with thread forward through the 3rd A bead, step #1.
c) Pick up 5B, go with thread forward through the 1st through 5th A beads (of the 7A), step #1.

3. Pick up 2A, 1C, 1A, 1C, 1A, 1C, 1A, 1C, 2A, go with thread down through the 3rd through 5th A beads (of the 7A), step #1, and forward through 2 A, 1st C and 1st A bead just added in this step.

4. a) Pick up 4B, go with thread forward through the 4th A bead, step #3.
b) Pick up 5B, go with thread forward through the 5th A bead, step #3.
c) Pick up 5B, go with thread forward through the last 2 A beads, step #3, down through the 3rd through 5th A beads (of the 7A), step #1, the frist 2 A beads, step #3, and left to right through the 1st B bead, step #1.

5. a) Pick up 3B, go with thread left to right through the 3rd B bead, step #1.
b) Pick up 4B, go with thread up through 1 A, 1 C, and 1 A beads, as shown, added in step #1 and the 1st and 2nd B beads, step #2b.
c) Pick up 3B, go with thread forward through the 4th B bead, step #2b.
d) Pick up 5B, go with thread forward through the 2nd B bead, step #2c.
e) Pick up 3B, go with thread forward through the 4th B bead, step #2c.

6. a) Pick up 1A, go with thread up through the 1st A bead (of the 2A), step #3, and the 5th and 6th B beads, step #4c.
b) Pick up 3B, go with thread forward through the 2nd B beads, step #4c.
c) Pick up 5B, go with thread forward through the 4th B beads, step #4b.
d) Pick up 3B, go with thread forward through the 1st and 2nd B beads, step #4b. Continue down with thread through 1 A, 1 C, and 1 A bead, as shown, in step #3.
e) Pick up 4B, go with thread left to right through the 1st and 2nd B beads, step #5a.

7. Pick up 6B, go with thread left to right through the 2nd B bead, step #5a, and the 1st and 2nd B beads just added in this step.

8. a) Pick up 1A, go with thread forward through the 2nd and 3rd B beads, step #7.
b) Pick up 1A, go with thread forward through the 4th and 5th B beads, step #7.
c) Pick up 1A, go with thread forward through the 5th and 6th B beads, step #7, left to right through the 2nd B bead, step #5a, forward through the 1st, 2nd, 3rd B beads, step #7 and the 1 A bead added at (b).

9. Repeat steps #7 and #8a, #8b and #8c, 4 more times in the same manner. Sometimes working clockwise and sometimes counter clockwise.

10. Pick up 12B, go with thread right to left through the 1 A bead, step #8b, down through the 1st, 2nd and 3rd B beads, up through the 10th B bead, down through the 3rd, 4th and 5th B beads, up through the 8th B bead and down through the 5th and 6th B beads just added in this step.

11. a) Pick up 1A, go with thread up through the 7th A bead, step #10.
b) Pick up 3A, go with thread up through the 7th A bead, step #10, and forward through the 1st and 2nd A beads just added in this step.
c) Pick up 1A, go with thread forward through the 2nd and 3rd A beads added at (b) and up through the 7th, 8th and 9th A beads, step #10.

12. a) Pick up 2A, go with right to left through the 1st A bead, step #11b, and up through the 9th A bead, step #10, and forward through the 1st and 2nd A beads just added in this step.
b) Pick up 1A, go with thread forward through the 2nd A bead added at (a) right to left through the 1st A bead, step #11b, and up through the 9th, 10th and 11th A beads, step #10.

13. a) Pick up 2A, go with right to left through the 1st A bead, step #12a, and up through the 11th A bead, step #10, and forward through the 1st and 2nd A beads just added in this step.
b) Pick up 1A, go with thread forward through the 2nd A bead added at (a) right to left through the 1st A bead, step #12a, and up through the 11th and 12th A beads, step #10. Continue with working thread up through the key and end.

After the heart is complete, you can stiffen it. Test first if you use seed beads with dyed or lined colors to make sure this mix to make sure it doesn’t remove the colors.

Gather your Supplies
1 TBSP Corn Starch
1 Cup cold water
1 TBSP White Glue
Wax Paper or plastic Wrap
Paper Towel
Old Pan
Tablespoon
Whisk
Something to swish your beadwork around ( I used a plastic fork)

Start by whisking together 1 Tablespoon of corn starch with 1 cup of cold water in your pan. Heat just to boiling while whisking in 1 TBSP of white glue. Continue whisking until the mixture starts to boil. Take off of the burner and let cool.

Float your heart ornament in the mixture and push it around a bit with your plastic spoon (mine is a fork). Leave for a couple of minutes and then stir around one more time before taking it out to dry.

Take the ornament out and blot both sides with a paper towel. Be especially mindful of your crystals that you rub the mixture off.

Put the ornament on a piece of wax paper, shape and flatten it and let it remain on the wax paper to dry. (If you use plastic wrap, the beads can stick a bit to the wrap, so it needs to be moved around a bit to prevent this from happening.) If your ornament needs a little extra flattening, use two pieces of wax paper and sandwich your ornament in between; put a book on top of the wax paper for about an hour. Take the book and the top piece of wax paper off the ornament and let dry overnight on the bottom piece of wax paper.

Repeat the dip and dry again, if you want your piece stiffer.

That's it!

Clean up is easy too and no lasting odor.

Key to My Heart Ornament Pattern, Heart06
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This pattern may not be copied or distributed in any way without the express written permission of the author. The purchaser of this pattern may use the finished piece for personal use and for selling at arts and crafts shows, etc. No mass production of this design is permitted without permission from the author. Patterns tested by: Julia Wentz

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