DIY Seed Bead Sunflower Earrings Tutorial

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It has been a very long time since I filmed a bead weaving tutorial. I am back with this tutorial on how to make these stunning seed bead sunflowers. We are having some lovely summer weather ( I am choosing to ignore all the rainfall we have also had!) and I am waiting for my sunflower seedlings to reach up to the sky and bloom. It seemed only fitting that I would be back with a bead weaving project to make bright yellow flower heads.

This is a video tutorial only which is just below all this waffle.

Beads and Supplies

For simplicity, all the beads I have used are size 11 Toho seed beads. I hoped that by using a single size of bead it would be possible for you to dive into you beading stash and just get stated without having to shop an extensive bead list.

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UK – For this tutorial I have used –

• Toho Size 11 – Metallic Iris Brown
• Toho Size 11 – Butter Lined Yellow
• Toho Size 11 – Permafinish Rose Gold
• Gold Miyuki Beading thread
• Size 12 beading needle

US – For this tutorial I have used –

• Toho Size 11 – Metallic Iris Brown
• Toho Size 11 – Butter Lined Yellow
• Toho Size 11 – Permafinish Rose Gold
• Gold Miyuki Beading thread
• Size 12 beading needle

Bead Weaving Techniques

These beaded sunflowers are made using two main beading techniques; right angle weave (RAW) and peyote. Don’t worry if you are not familiar with these as I show them several times through out the video. If you are familiar with these bead weaving techniques then the flowers will be very easy to follow.

Seed Bead Sunflowers Tutorial

Variations in Colours and Finishes

Obviously, nature provides us with a variety of flower colours so there is no need to feel restricted to yellow and rose gold for your petal colours. For a more fiery, these flowers would look amazing in hot pink, red and orange. For a softer look, they would look lovely made from pastel peach and light pink seed beads.

Different bead finishes can also add a playful element to your bead project so try combining metallic finishes with silver lined or opaque beads.

You could also try to vary the petal length, as long as you always pick up an even number of beads to start with. This would mean that the front petals could be shorter than the back ones. This change would give a more layered look to them.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. As ever, let me know if there is any tutorial in particular that you fancy seeing. I’m always happy to hear your thoughts.

Thanks for reading and watching,

Hannah x