Featured New Shape: CzechMates™ Brick

Making its debut at the Tucson Gem and Bead shows in February, the CzechMates™ Brick has reinvigorated the beading industry. With such popularity, we presently offer over 50 colors with more on the way. 

The CzechMates™ Brick maintains the same uniform bead spacing as the Tile, the original CzechMates™ shape, and is shared by its beading relatives: the CzechMates™ Lentil and Two Hole Dagger. When combined with the various elements of the CzechMates™ system, the Brick becomes a true building block of modern beading.

The exceptionally versatile CzechMates™ Brick works splendidly in traditional stringing and bead weaving. It is also a perfect complement to our extensive line of TOHO Seed Beads.

Create this necklace with your customers! This necklace was patterned to as a tool for your bead store become Patterned-to-Sell™. Go to http://patterns.beadindex.com/ for this and other FREE patterns by our 2013 TrendSetters.

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Two-Hole Beads CzechMates Brick, Tile, Lentil, Dagger; SuperDuo, Rulla, Bars, Flowers and More!

Starman is proud to carry the largest selection of Two-Hole Beads. Our Exclusive Starman brand of CzechMates Two-Hole Beading System is defined by uniform placement of two equidistant-holes across the four defining shapes, Tile, Lentil, Brick and Dagger. This revolutionary uniform hole placement adds an element of versatility never seen before in beading.

More Two-Hole Beads

Starman is also excited to bring you other two-hole beads such as the SuperDuo, Rulla, Bars, Flowers, Dime and more. Click the links below to be directed to our online catalog and to link to our free classroom pattern site.

CzechMates Two-Hole Beading System 

Tile • Lentil • Brick • Dagger

More Two-Hole Beads:

 SuperDuo •  Rulla •  Bars  • Sunflowers • Leaves

All Two-Hole Beads

Free Classroom Patterns

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November's Free Pattern: Corner-to-Corner

Here's my version of the Free Pattern from our TrendSetter, EmLee Young as advertised in Beadwork Magazine.

The Corner-to-Corner bracelet is really fun and easy to bead! It is the 3rd place winner of the 2012 Starman Design Contest.

Please, send us pictures of your versions, we'd like to see what you created.

Click here to get the pattern: http://patterns.beadindex.com/Portals/5/Corner2Corner_Pattern_150dpi.jpg

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[Free Pattern] Corner-to-Corner • CzechMates Tile Beads

We are excited to offer this FREE PATTERN of our 2012 Design Contest's 3rd Place winning design:

Corner-to-Corner, by EmLee Young

This pattern uses the new CzechMates Tile beads along with TOHO Seed beads (bugles and treasures) as well as Czech machine cut bi-cone crystals. This bracelet is really simple to create.

Please, feel free to utilize this pattern for your beadstore and personal use.

This is the pattern that is mentioned in the BeadWork magazine for the December 2012 issue. We would love to see your completed pieces. Please, post them to our facebook or email them to jnicholson@starmaninc.com.

Happy Beading!

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2012 Design Contest Finalists

 

The contest is running on Facebook right now. Click on the pictures below to be linked to the

Facebook page. Click LIKE on your favorite design. Design with the most votes will win.

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