Brick Stitch Inside a Wire Frame

Trying Something New

I'm still playing with brick stitch, but tried something new this weekend.

I made a teardrop shaped wire frame following the same technique I used on the silver and gemstone mosaic earrings from a couple of weeks ago.

Then, I added brick stitch rows inside the frame.  

I've done plenty of brick stitching around the outside of objects.  

For example:

 I've done brick stitch around bead centers.

And brick stitch through spacer beads, where the spacers are turned sideways.

and also brick stitch around the outside of wire hoops.

And what I found out - is that it is much more tedious and time consuming to brick stitch around the inside of an object.  

Maybe making the second earring will be quicker, but it took a lot more thought to make sure the beads were spaced evenly and to pull the string through the hoop every stitch and avoid tangles.  

The frame I made is 1.5 inches long from the top of the hanging loop to the base.  They are about 3/4 inch wide.  I used 8/0 beads for the first round, 11/0 round for the second, and 11/0 cylinder beads for the inside.

I think they came out OK.  I wish my color selection was a little better - but I think these should look good on.  They remind me a little of the eye of a peacock feather, which makes me want to try to make a pair that looks like a peacock feather.  

I'll take step by step pictures when I make the next earring - or maybe make the peacock feather. 

P.S. One thing I really like about this post is that I feel like my brick stitch technique - spacing and tension - has improved considerably.  Look at the difference between the wonky pink rounds and the blue ones above them!  Patting myself on the back for that today...