I love tropical flowers and as I am taking part in a fun Miyuki bead weaving Instagram contest #dontbeadalone for which we need to design around the “tropical” theme, I have made two frangipani (or plumeria) flower patterns for this occasion. This wonderful contest is organized by @monpetitbazar, @coeur__citron, @lili_azalee and @perlesandco. Just look for #dontbeadalone on Instagram to discover all the participants’ beautiful creations.Frangipani flowers are everywhere in Hong Kong in this season and this was an easy and inspiring topic for me to pick as a theme for this contest. I love these flowers for their beautiful shape and stunning bright colours.
I hope you will like these patterns. If you do, do not hesitate to like my contest picture on Instagram and follow me 😉
I am using the brick stitch technique that you can discover here if you don’t know it already.
Here is my first pattern: the original white frangipani
You can find the corresponding beads list below:- DB 0031 gold plated 24k
- DB 2101 Opaque Lemon Ice
- DB 2103 Opaque Light Squash
- DB 1572 Opaque Canary AB
- DB 0635 Crystal Silk Satin
And my second pattern: the pink frangipani flower
You can find the corresponding beads list below:
- DB 0031 gold plated 24k
- DB 1132 Opaque Canary
- DB 2035 Neon Hot Pink
- DB 1133 Opaque Mandarin
- DB 0624 Silver lined light pink
- DB 1742 Rose lined opal AB
As usual, my patterns and models are registered under Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 and are not for commercial use.
You can refer to my article about Miyuki beadwork uses (in French) to find some ideas on how you can transform these beadworks to make jewellery, accessories, or home decors.
I have used the white flower to create a beaded barrette using simple hair snap clips and some jewellery glue.
I hope you liked these freebies and they inspired you some awesome tropical designs!
You may also like the following tutorials:
- my little owls in brick stitch
- my Chinese New Year rooster and lanterns in brick stitch
- my Ginko leaf in brick stitch
- my origami elephant in brick stitch
- my fringes earrings
4 Comments
So cute! Plumeria are one of my absolute favorite flowers.
Thank you Natasha. They are one of mine too. For me they really are the symbol of South-East Asia and will always remind me of my travels in this wonderful part of the world.
Love these Estelle! I think if the pattern were adapted to be a little bigger, they would make wonderful coasters! I remember playing with frangipani flowers when I was growing up in South East Asia!
Thank you Pearl! Yes indeed, they would make nice coasters. I love frangipani flowers so much too, they remind me of Laos.