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butterfly_metallic.gif (14438 bytes)Safety Pin Butterfly
Make beautiful metallic butterflies to clip to your backpack or your key ring.

You need:

Our project prepack makes 12 butterflies.

Instructions:

butterfly_diagram.gif (13040 bytes)Cut cord to 30". Stiffen ends with white glue. Let dry.

Choose your bead colors.. Open ten size 2 safety pins and string on the beads. Six safety pins should have four beads each. Four safety pins should have three beads each. See diagram at right. Close the pins. (Due to manufacturing differences you may only be able to fit 3 beads on all your size 2  pins. The butterflies will come out just as good.)

String the cord through the coil of the size 4 pin. Center the pin in the middle of the string. Open the pin. String one pony bead on both ends and onto the size 4 pin. This will be the head. String the six upper wing safety pins onto the size 4 pin, alternating the pins for the left and right wing. String the right hand cord through the bead on the top right wing safety pin. String on a bead then
string through the head of that safety pin. String on a bead then string through the head of the second safety pin. String on a bead then string through the head of the third safety pin and through the beads of the third safety pin. Repeat with the other cord.

String one bead on both ends and onto the size 4 pin. String the  four lower wing safety pins onto the size 4 pin, alternating the pins for the left and right wing. String the right hand cord through the beads on the first safety pin of the lower wing then through the head of that pin. String on a bead then string through the head of that second pin. String on a three metallic beads then string through the beads of the last safety pin. Repeat with the other cord.

String a bead on both cord ends and on to the size 4 pin. Close the pin. String two beads on each string. Tie off with a double knot and trim.

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