Beaded Trillium

This craft can be done with seed beads or the larger size “E” beads. Trilliums can be hung on a camp hat,
made into a tack pin or a pair of earrings. A craft for older Guides, Pathfinders and Senior Branches.

Materials per trillium:

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3 yellow or gold beads

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1 pair ear wires and plyers for earrings

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18 white beads

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flat tack pin and super glue (or jewellers

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15 green beads

cement or 2-part epoxy) for tack pin

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white beading thread and beading needle or

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4" piece thin green ribbon and safety pin for

fine craft wire

camp hat craft

Instructions for Basic Trillium:
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cut 18" of beading thread or fine (26ga) craft
wire

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Diagram A

Diagram A: string on 6 beads in order 1 white,

To make a tack pin:

1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold; go

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separate the front and back of the pin; stick

through all the beads again to make a circle of

the sharp end of the pin in floral foam, foam

the 6 beads, leaving a 6" thread tail

rubber, etc.

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go through the next white bead and snug the

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clean the flat gluing surface of the tack pin

beads together

with rubbing alcohol

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Diagram B

Diagram B: string 5 white beads, go through

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apply a coat of super glue to the flat surface

the next white bead in the center circle; repeat

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center the trillium on top of the glue

until you have 3 white bead petals

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set sit in the floral foam to dry (let dry for a

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go through the next 4 white petal beads

few hours or overnight)

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Diagram C

Diagram C: string 5 green leaf beads, go
through the white petal bead before the next

To make a hat craft:

top petal bead; snug the beads to form the

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string the

first leaf

ribbon

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repeat to form 3 leaves

through one

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go through the leaf beads again to reinforce,

of the leaves

clip off the remaining thread

and tie the

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thread the needle with the tail thread (the

ends in an

thread at the beginning of your trillium) and

overhand

weave into your trillium to secure; clip off the

knot

remaining thread

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attach a

To make earrings:

through the

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make a second trillium

knot

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carefully open the bottom loop in the ear wire
with the plyers, hook the beaded trillium on
through the white beads of one petal

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close the loop with the plyers

Prepared by Mary Meredith

safety pin

White Oaks Area Arts Team