Materials & Beads Needed:
162 - #3 Gold Pins (2")
135" - 20 Gauge Gold Wire
1 String Miniature Lights
2 - 2" Doves (#5072)
1 - 12" Wire Wreath
1272 - 12mm Star Beads-Xmas Green
36 - Tri Beads-Ruby Red
36 - 6mm Faceted Beads-Ruby Red
426 - Rondell Beads-Xmas Green
12 - 18mm Star Beads-Xmas Green
102 - 8mm Faceted Beads-Xmas Green
Directions:
There are 6 inside sections on wire wreath and 6 outside sections on wire wreath.
Starting with inside section: Make pins first for inside section. Pins needed for inside section – total of 72 pins. 18 "A Pins" will be made as follows: 4-12mm Star Beads, 1-Tri Bead, 1-6mm Faceted Bead, 2-12mm Star Beads, & 1-Rondell on pin. Also needed for inside section are 54 "B Pins" made as follows:
3-12mm Star Beads, 1-Rondell Bead, 3-12mm Star Beads, 1-Rondell Bead, 2-12mm Star Beads on a pin.
Attaching pins to Wreath:
On each of the six inside sections there will be 3 pins with the red beads and 9 pins with only green beads. Attach in following order: 1-"A" Pin , 3- "B" Pins, 1- "A" Pin, 3- "B" Pins, 1- "A" Pin, & 3- "B" Pins.
Inside section has 2 rungs. Open pin and attach with head of pin facing inside of wreath. Attach all 72 pins. There will be 12 pins in each of the 6 sections.
Next will be outside section. There are 2 outer rungs on wreath. There will be a total of 90 pins.
6 "A" Pins will be made as follows: 1-Rondell Bead, 3-12mm Star Beads, 2-18mm Star Beads, & 2-12mm Star Beads on a pin.
18 "B" Pins will be made as follows: 4-12mm Star Beads, 1-Tri Bead, 1-6mm Faceted Bead, 2-12mm Star Bead, & 1-Rondell Bead on pin.
66 "C" Pins will be made as follows: 5-12mm Star Beads, 1-Rondell Bead, 3-12mm Star Beads, & 1-Rondell Bead.
Attaching Beads to outside section of Wreath.
One each of the 6 outside sections there will be 3 pins with red beads on each section and 11 pins with all green beads, and 1 pin with 18mm Star Beads. Attach in following order: 2- "C" Pins, 1- "B" Pin, 3- "C" Pins, 1- "B" Pin, 1- "A" Pin, 4- "C" Pins, 1- "B" Pin, & 2- "C" Pins.
When pins are completed, open pin and attach with head of pin facing outside. Attach all 90 pins. There will be 15 pins in each of the 6 sections.
To wire inside & outside pins together, cut 6– 8" lengths of wire. You will need 144 Rondell Beads. Start by putting wire through bottom loop of 2 pins (outside section) add one Rondell Bead, then put through bottom loop of 1 inside section Pin add 1 Rondell Bead, then put through loop of 1 outside section Pin add 1 Rondell Bead. Repeat on all 15 outside pins & 12 inside pins. The last 2 outside section pin will not have a Rondell between them.
Bend wire underneath wreath. Leave excess wire to tie sections together. Also will be used to secure lights.
On inside section you need 6– 6" lengths of wire and 66-12mm Star Beads. Put wire through head of pin, add 1– 12mm Star Bead, put wire through next head of pin, add 1– 12mm Star Bead until all 6 sections are completed. Bead wire underneath wreath. Excess wire will be used to secure lights.
On outside section you will need 6– 8" lengths of wire and 102– 8mm Faceted Beads. Starting with one outside section *Put wire through head of pin add 1– 8mm Faceted Bead, repeat 5 times. Put wire through next head of pin, add 2– 8mm Faceted Beads, put wire through head of pin, add 2– 8mm Faceted Beads, put wire through head of pin, add 1– 8mm Faceted Bead, repeat 6 times. Repeat from * until all 6 sections have been completed. Bead wire underneath wreath. Excess wire will be used to secure lights.
Lay lights on back of wreath using wire to attach.