How to Bead a Heart-Shaped Wallet
(Written Pattern)
Materials: Nylon Monoline String 050mm, Acrylic Rough Beads or Chalk Beads 6mm., Scissors, Pin & Zippers
Dimension: Approximately
Suggested String Length: 1st Cheek (1 meter + 1/2 an arm length), 2nd Cheek: 2 meters
Symbols:
R = Right string
L = Left String
Adj = Adjacent
B or Bs = Bead or Beads
S = Salikop
This project is composed of two cheeks that will be connected on the side and bottom part.
First we're gonna work on the first cheek so cut a string with a length of 1 meter and half an arm.
Hold your string so that one tip is on your left hand and the other tip is on your right.
Both cheeks have 9 rows to them
1. (1st row) Starting from the right side of the 1st cheek create a cluster of 5 by putting 4 Bs on the R and S or Salikop w 1B.
(Salikop is a tagalog term I frequently use for the project which means you need to insert your R going to the left and your L going to the right in just one bead aligning both ends of the string then sliding that one bead going to the rest of the beads, making sure both ends are of equal length completing the needed cluster)
Then put 2B on the R, 2B on the L & S w/ 1B. Next put 2B on the R, 1B on the L & S w/ 1B (Total of 3 Clusters)
2. (2nd Row) Turn your work. Put 4B on R & S w/ 1B. Insert L to 2 adj. Bs & put 2B on the R & S w/ 1B. Next, insert L to 2 adj. B, put 2B on the R & S w/ 1B. Then insert L to 1 adj. B, turn your work. Put 2B on R & 1B on L & S w/ 1B. (Total of 4 Clusters)
3. (3rd Row) Put 3B on R & S w/ 1B. Insert L to 2 adj. Bs, put 2B on R & S w/ 1B (Repeat 2 more times). Next insert L on 1 adj. B & turn your work. Put 2B on R, 1B on L & S w/ 1B. (Total of 5 Clusters)
4. (4th Row) Put 4B on R then S w/ 1B. Next, insert L on 2 adj. Bs, put 2B on R & S w/ 1B (Repeat 2x). Next, insert L on 2 adj Bs, then turn your work. Put 2B on R & S w/ 1B. (Total of 5 Clusters)
5. (5th Row) Insert L on 1 adj. B. Put 3B on R & S w/ 1B. Next, insert L to 2 adj. Bs. Put 2B on R & S w/ 1B (Repeat 2x). Next, insert L to 1 adj. B. Turn your work. Put 2B on R & S w/ 1B. (Total of 5 Clusters)
6. (6th Row) Insert L on 1 adj. B. Put 3B on R & S w/ 1B. Next, insert L on 2 adj. Bs. Put 2B on R & S w/ 1B. (Repeat 2x). Insert L on 1 adj. B & Turn your work. Put 2B on R, 1B. (Total of 5 clusters)
7. (7th Row) Put 3B on L & S w/ 1B. Insert L on 2 adj. Bs. Put 2B on L & S w/ 1B. (Repeat 2x). Next, insert L on 2 adj. Bs & turn your work. Put 2B on the R & S w/ 1B. (Total of 5 Clusters)
8. (8th Row) Insert L on 1 adj. B, put 3B on R & S w/ 1B. Next, insert L to 2 adj. Bs. Put 2B on R & S w/ 1B (Repeat 1 more time). Next insert L to 2 adj Bs & turn your work. Put 2B on R & S w/ 1B (Total of 4 Clusters)
9. (9th Row) Insert L to 1 adj. B. Put 2B on R & S w/ 1B. Next, insert L to 2 adj. Bs, put 2B on R & S w/ 1B. Insert L to 2 adj. Bs & S w/ 2Bs.
Make another cheek using a string that is 2 meters long.
Insert both strings so that it will go to the spot on the side in between the upper cluster of 5 & cluster of 6 as shown in the diagram:
So now we are ready to connect both cheeks together. Take the R & insert 1B then connect it to the other cheek in between the upper cluster of 5 and cluster of 6 making sure both cheeks are aligned. Then S w/ 1B. Secure it by taking 1 string and running it along the made cluster of 6 in between the 2 cheeks in order to make it sturdy.
And then connect both cheeks by inserting the lower string to 2 adj. Bs on the 1st cheek and the upper string to 2 adj. Bs and then S with 1B. Continue this until you reach the other side of the wallet in between the upper cluster of 5 and 6.
So for the handle we are just going to salikop with 10Bs. After this to fasten off take the first string and pass it along consecutive beads within the wallet piece for atleast 2-3 inches and do this with the other string and then cut the string.
Now that the wallet is done the only thing left to do is sew in a zipper. Choose one with the closest color to the beads you used. And now it is ready to be used or to sell.
I hope you guys enjoy working on this project as much as I enjoy teaching them to you.
There's a Youtube tutorial for this wallet that I will link below.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4P8-9_KIDJPqwt_Qr4Q0rXgR10BDRl_W
- Rose from the Philippines
