Daisy

With help from Jane, who patiently looked through my pattern writing I can now give you the ............................

DAISY
PATTERN ©
Sally Kerson 2013

Abbreviations:

R
ring 

Ch
chain

Cl
close 

p picot

LBP
long bead picot 

vsp very small picot

SR
split ring 

RW reverse work

+
join B bead

MB
move bead from core
thread 

Cl
close

Btn
button 

T & C   tie and cut

Materials
required: 1 four hole shirt button 11 mm, No 20 thread in two
colours, size 11 seed beads

Wind
two shuttles: shuttle 1 yellow and shuttle 2 white (or any colour
which will suit the petals of your daisy)

Round
1 -
(there will be two LBP in each hole of btn)

Using
shuttle 1

SR1: 4
attach to 1^st
hole of btn with LBP (2B) 4/2
vsp
4 vsp 2 Cl

SR2: 4
attach to 1^st
hole of btn with LBP (2B) 4/2 vsp 4 vsp 2 Cl

SR3: 4
attach to 2^nd
hole of btn with LBP (2B) 4/2 vsp 4 vsp 2 Cl

repeat
until 7 SR have been worked

SR8: 4
attach to 4^th
hole of btn with LBP (2B) 4/2 vsp 4 vsp 2 Cl T
& C to
base of SR1

Round
2

Shuttle
and ball thread

Add
64 beads to shuttle thread 16 more are needed to add to picots.

(3
B at back of hand before starting)

R1: 3
p 8 BBB MB 8 p 3 Cl RW

Ch: 4
(with wrong side facing of Round 1 + any
vsp on round 1)
4 RW

(3
B at back of hand before starting)

R2: 3
+ B (R1)
8 BBB MB 8 p 3 Cl RW

Ch: 4
+ (next vsp round
1) 4
RW

(3
B at back of hand before starting)

*R3: 3
+ B (R2)
8 BBB MB 8 p
3 Cl RW

Ch: 4
+ (next
vsp round 1)
4 RW*

repeat
from * to * until R16

R16:
3 + B (R15) 8 BBB MB 8 + B (R1) 3 Cl RW

Ch: 4
+ (next vsp round 1) 4 to base of R1 T
& C

See
this link
for diagram of adding beads onto top of buttons

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By missing out a bead on the BBB you can make room for a jewellery finding or stem/leaf, but the daisy will look just as good as an embellishment on clothes or bags etc. 

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