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From a childhood spent marveling at scores of beautiful beads in craft shops to launching her own beading tutorial YouTube channel, Gina of Orchid and Opal Jewelry & Beads has built a beading world that is as thoughtful as it is beautiful. Grounded in a deep love of color, nature, and structure, this Virginia-based designer brings an artist's eye and a teacher's heart to everything she creates. With a YouTube channel, her own website at orchidandopal.com, and a signature style that balances …

Learn one of the most fundamental stitches for beadweaving in this easy guide for beginning beaders!What is Peyote Stitch?Peyote beading stitch is a basic beading stitch, it usually comes in a flat form but not always. It is super versatile, can be used with many types of beads to create a huge variety of different effects and styles and it combines easily with other common stitches and techniques such as herringbone, brick stitch, netting, square stitch and countless embellishments like p …