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= Color1 seed bead
= Color2 seed bead Hilltop
Band
= Color1 Cali bead
= Color2 Cali bead
©2017 Deborah Roberti
MATERIALS
(for a 7-inch band,
not including clasp)
•4 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 400 size 11/0 Color1
seed beads
• About 120 size 11/0 Color2
seed beads
• About 20 Color1 Cali beads*
• About 20 Color2 Cali beads* STEP 4: Go around and across
• clasp through the middle hole of
*Cali beads are new Czech the Color1 Cali bead that you
3x8mm marquise-shaped exited at the end of the last step
beads with three holes!
(highlighted in RED):
STEP 1: Thread your needle STEP 2: Go back around through
with about 4 yards of FireLine the beads that you strung in the
(or start with a length that you last step, grab your tail thread
feel comfortable working with and tie another tight knot:
and add more later).
Leaving about a 10-inch tail
for attaching a clasp, string a
Color2 Cali bead, a Color1 STEP 5: Now you will add
seed bead, a Color1 Cali bead, a middle ring of seed beads
a Color1 seed bead, a Color2 between the middle holes of
Cali bead, Color1 seed bead, the Cali beads.
a Color1 Cali bead and Color1 STEP 3: Go back around through String three Color1 seed beads.
seed bead. the Color2 Cali bead, the Color1 Go down through the middle
Tie the beads together in a seed bead and the Color1 Cali hole of the Color2 Cali bead
circle with a tight double knot: bead highlighted in RED: highlighted in RED:
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STEP 6: String three STEP 9: Go back STEP 12: String five STEP 15: Go back
Color1 seed beads. around through the Color1 seed beads. around through the
Go across through beads highlighted in Go across through beads highlighted in
the middle hole of RED, pulling tight so the outside hole of RED, pulling tight to
the Color1 Cali bead that the motif continues the Color1 Cali bead keep the motif domed:
highlighted in RED: to dome: highlighted in RED:
You’ve just finished the
STEP 7: String three STEP 10: Go around STEP 13: String five first motif. Now you
Color1 seed beads. and across through Color1 seed beads. will repeat Steps 16-35
Go up through the the top hole of the Go up through the to add more Hilltop
middle hole of the same Color1 Cali bead outside hole of the motifs. When your
Color2 Cali bead that you exited at the Color2 Cali bead band is the length you
highlighted in RED: end of the last step highlighted in RED: want it, you will add
(highlighted in RED): Color2 seed beads in
between the motifs to
stabilized the “hills”
and keep them from
flopping around.
STEP 16: Go across
through the Color1
STEP 8: String three STEP 14: String five seed bead highlighted
Color1 seed beads. STEP 11: Now you will Color1 seed beads. in RED:
Go across through add an outer ring of Go across through
the middle hole of seed beads between the outside hole of
the Color1 Cali bead the outer holes of the the Color1 Cali bead
highlighted in RED: Cali beads. highlighted in RED to
String five Color1 finish the motif, pulling
seed beads. Go down tight so that the motif
through the outside hole continues to dome and
of the Color2 Cali bead form a hill:
highlighted in RED:
Pull tight and as you
do, the motif will begin
to dome slightly and
form a hill, of sorts.
You can, of course, use just one color of Cali beads and seed beads—instead of two—if you prefer.
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STEP 17: String two STEP 20: Go around STEP 22: Go back STEP 24: String three
Color2 seed beads, a and across through around through the Color1 seed beads.
Color1 seed bead, a the middle hole of the beads that you just Go up through the
Color1 Cali bead, a Color1 Cali bead that added (highlighted middle hole of the
Color1 seed bead and you just exited and in RED): Color2 Cali bead
two Color2 seed beads. then around and across highlighted in RED:
through the top hole
Go around and back
of this same Color1
across through the
Cali bead (highlighted
Color1 seed bead, the
in RED):
Color1 Cali bead and
the Color1 seed bead
highlighted in RED:
STEP 23: Go around
and across through STEP 25: String three
STEP 21: String a Color1 seed beads.
the middle hole of this
Color1 seed bead, a Go across through
same Color1 Cali bead
STEP 18: Go back Color2 Cali bead, a the middle hole of
(highlighted in RED):
around through the Color1 seed bead, a the Color1 Cali bead
beads that you just Color1 Cali bead, a highlighted in RED:
added (highlighted Color1 seed bead, a
in RED): Color2 Cali bead and
a Color1 seed bead.
Go around and back
across through the top
hole of the Color1 Cali
bead that you exited at
the end of the last step
(highlighted in RED):
Now you will add a
STEP 19: Go back middle ring of seed
through the seed beads between the
beads and the bottom middle holes of
hole of the Cali bead the Cali beads.
highlighted in RED:
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STEP 26: String three STEP 28: Go back Now you will add STEP 32: String five
Color1 seed beads. around through the an outer ring of seed Color1 seed beads.
Go down through beads highlighted in beads between the Go down through
the middle hole of RED, pulling tight so outer holes of the the outside hole of
the Color2 Cali bead that the motif continues Cali beads. the Color2 Cali bead
highlighted in RED: to dome: highlighted in RED:
STEP 30: String four
Color1 seed beads.
Go up through the
outside hole of the
Color2 Cali bead
highlighted in RED:
STEP 27: String three STEP 29: Go around STEP 33: String four
Color1 seed beads. and across through Color1 seed beads.
Go across through the bottom hole of the Go across through the
the middle hole of same Color1 Cali bead Color1 seed bead, the
the Color1 Cali bead that you exited at the outside hole of the
highlighted in RED: end of the last step Color1 Cali bead and
STEP 31: String five
(highlighted in RED). the Color1 seed bead
Color1 seed beads.
highlighted in RED to
Continue across Go across through
finish the motif, pulling
through the Color1 the outside hole of
tight so that the motif
seed bead, also the Color1 Cali bead
continues to dome and
highlighted in RED: highlighted in RED:
form a hill:
Pull tight and as you
do, the motif will begin
to dome slightly and
form another hill.
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STEP 34: Go back STEP 36: Repeat Step In the following steps, STEP 38: String four
around through the 16 to Step 35 until you will add Color2 Color2 seed beads. Go
beads highlighted in your bracelet is the seed beads in between down through the three
RED, pulling tight to length you want it, the motifs to stabilized Color1 seed beads
keep the motif domed: minus about a half- the “hills” and keep before the next Color2
inch and the length them from flopping Cali bead, the Color2
of your clasp: around. Cali bead and the three
Color1 seed beads after
STEP 37: Go down the Color2 Cali bead
through the five Color1 (highlighted in RED):
seed beads, the Color2
Cali bead and the three
Color1 seed beads
highlighted in RED:
You’ve just finished the
second motif.
STEP 35: Go back
up through beads
highlighted in RED:
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STEP 39: String four STEP 40: Repeat the STEP 41: To attach STEP 43: Go back
Color2 seed beads. Go last step all the way your clasp, weave your around through the
down through the three around the outer edge way out of the top hole beads highlighted in
Color1 seed beads of your band: of the last Color1 Cali RED and the clasp:
before the next Color2 bead (highlighted
Cali bead, the Color2 in RED):
Cali bead and the three
Color1 seed beads after
the Color2 Cali bead
(highlighted in RED):
STEP 42: String three
Use your extra tail
seed beads. Go through
thread to go back
your clasp and then
through the beads
back down through the
along the outer edges.
last seed bead that you
just strung. Knot in several places
String two more seed and then cut your
beads. Go across thread.
through the top hole of To attach the clasp to
the Color1 Cali bead the other end of your
that you exited at the band, thread your
end of the last step needle with the tail
(highlighted in RED): thread from Step 1.
Repeat Step 41 to 43.
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