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   Assemble your beads. I chose to use pink beads to match the shawl, but you can use whatever you like.

   
   
2. 2
   

   Take a length of wire and thread on a crimp bead, a seed bead, a round bead and another seed bead. Thread the wire through the round bead, seed bead and crimp bead again. Pull tight and squeeze the crimp.

   
   
3. 3
   

   A little further down, thread the same combination of beads and crimp, continue down the wire. You'll need about 13 of them. I used 2 smaller wires as I find long lengths of wire tricky to handle.

   
   
4. 4
   

   Between the beads, bend the excess wire down and give a little squeeze with the pliers.

   
   
5. 5
   

   Roll the first set of beads up, with the bent tails at the bottom.

   
   
6. 6
   

   Wrap the second set of beads around it, twisting the end of the wire tightly around the "stub" at the bottom.

   
   
7. 7
   

   On a new piece of wire, thread on a crimp bead, a seed bead, an oval bead and another seed bead. Take the wire back down the beads, ignoring the seed bead at the fold of the wire. Crimp.

   
   
8. 8
   

   Add a second set of beads in the same way.

   
   
9. 9
   

   Continue adding until you have 6. The first two should be close gogether, but then have a gap between the others.

   
   
10. 10
    

    wrap the starting end of the wire tightly around the stub, position the petals. wrap the wire round, tugging the petals into place. I left a gap between the petals so I could wrap the wire round once before placing the petal, then wrap again. This photo is taken from the back of the brooch.

    
    
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    Use the end of the wire to firmly attach a brooch back and you're done.

    
    

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