How to Brick Stitch onto a Round, Circular, Ring, Connector

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

💜Hi everyone! Beading starts at 4:56, and prior to that I share with you some tips and hints about how to plan out your piece, and what materials you will need. I hope you enjoy checking out another fun application of brick stitch! Hope you and yours are staying safe, healthy, and creative! 💜

[@jeanene4498]

Thanks Gina! 👌😷

[@sue7777]

Good job explaining and demonstrating this fun technique. Thanks, Gina, for sharing all your hints and suggestions.

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

You're so welcome, Sue! Thank you!

[@suem.3651]

Gina, these were awesome tips I hadn’t heard before. You are the best teacher!

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Thank you so much, Sue!

[@renaeduran8049]

I would like to try this. You make it look easy! Thank you for sharing.

[@yolandavillegas4794]

So well explained, Thank you very much for taking your time 🥰

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Thank you so much, Yolanda! I appreciate you watching, and your comment! :)

[@francinereider7427]

Hi Gina. I have some plain links and tried to do brick stitch. It looked bad. Thank you for this video now i see what i was doing wrong. Now i can do it again. Thank you. Have a great night. Stay safe. You saved me again.

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

You are so welcome, Fran! I'm glad I could help!

[@lonestarladytyler1980]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and beautiful designs!

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Thank you for watching!

[@MichellesHandmadeCreations]

Thanks for this great tutorial. I've done brick stitch on it's own successfully, but not so successfully around a form. This video will be a big help. I'm thinking if I ladder stitch a few beads and then attach that bit onto the form, I might save myself a little confusion and frustration. Not sure, but I might try that cuz it looks like you ladder stitch the first 2 beads after attaching them to the ring. I saw some really cute red, white & blue earrings similar to these but with looped fringe. Now I know how to get those started. Thanks again!

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Yay! So glad I could help, Michelle! 💜💜💜

[@barbarawilliams9809]

Thank you, thank you for these tips and tricks.

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

You're so welcome! 💜💜💜

[@marykettler8455]

Thanks Gina for sharing this tutorial with us . I have .are some earr I g Thanks Gina for sharing this tutorial with us. I love brick stitch projects. Thanks again Stay Safe and Healthy.

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Hi Mary! My pleasure - thank you so much for watching!

[@escay8434]

Wonderful tutorial

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@sharonpiecharka1339]

wow very cool lady, and they r all such nice pieces. thank u for sharing. stay happy, stay safe.

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Thank you! You too, Sharon!

[@pmgreatorex]

I’ve learned so much from this video! Thanks for sharing. 😊

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

You're so very welcome!! 💜💜💜

[@dvcrztb]

This was very interesting and something I had never considered! Thanks!

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

So glad it was helpful, Doris! Thank you for watching!!

[@StitchesbySharonH]

I love this technique! And it’s funny that you did this video now - I’ll share the story. Before I found your channel, I was watching videos from stores that sold beading supplies. Beadaholique has a kit for earrings done this way, which I had bought and made. A few weeks ago, I was looking through your older videos and came across your lariat necklace video. You had used one of these large links which reminded me about them because I wanted to order more to make more earrings. In the comment section of that video, someone suggested that ordering links from Golden Age Beads. I clicked the link and they had a ton of them for great prices. I just got my order in the mail and then I see this video!!! Too funny, right?! And, this is most likely where I saw brick stitch and going through the bead underneath (remember my confusion from your brick stitch tutorial)! Thank you for sharing and thank you for giving me a little giggle for the timing of it all! 💜💜💜

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Hi Sharon!! That is sooo funny! It's so interesting how things work out sometimes! :)

[@gatheringmoss5726]

So pretty and fun!

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Thank you, Cece! 😊

[@barbaralyons3002]

Great tutorial, thank you...def going to make a bunch 👍😎

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

That's wonderful to hear! Thank you for watching! 💜💜💜

[@jenjen7594]

Thank you for the great video. Do you know if there is a source telling how many of the various sized beads it takes to go around various sizes of rings?

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

I don't have one yet, but will be on the lookout. Thanks for watching! 💜💜💜

[@lrad1439]

Did you post a video on brick stitch INSIDE a loop? Thank you

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Hi there! I don't have one yet for the inside, specifically. Thanks for asking, though! 💜😁

[@vanetedegaspari3769]

Lindos

[@reginahicks1769]

What size crimp cover do you use when you’re working with a 2 mm crimp tube.

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Hi Regina! You will want to go with at least a 3mm crimp cover. Hope that helps!

[@susanroberts]

Hi Gina. Thank you for another great video. I was wondering is there a way to hide the thread that is around the circle ring? I’d be very interested in seeing something, anything that could hide the thread. Thank you again for the code to get $2.00 off the bargain bead box. For us Canadians the $17.95 came to $28.00 Canadian funds with the coupon. I haven’t received it yet bc they are behind bc of the virus. They said I should get it this week. I’m so excited! 💥💝🥰🤗

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Hi Susan! You're so welcome for the coupon code! Glad you will still be able to get the box in Canada - I am excited to receive my box soon too. :) As far as hiding the threads, you can conceal them better with a thread color that better matches your findings, or with a more transparent thread. I used the smoke color more for tutorial purposes - easier for you all to see. It helps if the threads appear neater too, and things look a lot more obvious when so close up on the videos than they do in real life, so keep that in mind. Thanks so much for watching!

[@susanroberts]

Yes I appreciate the colours you use on camera. It really does make a difference for us to see better. Thank you! I was wondering, could we put a layer of beads on the inside of the finding? And if so how would we be able to do that? Maybe a new tutorial for the future if it’s doable? 😺💝🥰 thank you so much for all you do for us. I’ve learned so much from your tutorials. You really are great! 💝🥰

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

@@susanroberts Hi Susan! Thank you so much! Great question - you certainly can, I you can check out the follow up video I posted yesterday to check that out. :) Have a great day!

[@raffinataonline]

Who carries the rings?

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

Hi! Here's a few different links: ✔ Beebeecraft shrsl.com/28hk7 ✔ Eureka Crystal Beads bit.ly/ecblinks ✔ Potomac Beads bit.ly/PBconnectors Hope this helps!

[@raffinataonline]

@@ORCHIDandOPAL Thank you.

[@doloreslopez779]

Can I order from you?

[@annekellyrosemontana4648]

Gina Gina, is there anything you can't do??? I name you the Chief Chef of bead weaving. I am trying all the bead weaving items and this is now next on my list. I am doing great. I piling up merchandise to open my on line store by next Summer. Right now I am finding myself becoming slightly irritable when I pick a friend to help and I am constantly redoing their pieces. That is more time wasted. So now I doing it all myself. I see the slightest tiny tiny little error and I redo it. Hopefully, one day my name will be on my products and the designer's name is important. If the name gains a bad rap then that is not good for business. Thank you for all your teaching. Whoever gave that thumbs down needs a spanking, hehehehehe, just joking. I wrote down your stash of different fire line threads I asked about. I working on them now too. Here is a bit of news, I shopping around for two new kitties from the same litter. I want two females. I am going to give them human names. Hehehehehe. I will let you know when this happens and send pic through your e-mail. Awe, I love animals. Talk later dear friend.

[@ORCHIDandOPAL]

You are so sweet, Anne!! I love that you are jumping into these beadweaving tutorials, and are having fun - that's what it's all about! 💜 Errors are just part of the process, and I still make them all the time, but at least we can take these things apart and redo when we need to, and the beads are still mainly usable! 💜 I would love to see the pic of your new kitties. I love animals too! Thanks so much for your comment - hope you have a great day!