Waltz of the Flowers Bracelet
©2026 by Cynthia Rutledge 

November is the time of year that I start to think about the up-and-coming holidays. Meeting up with friends and family, sharing great food, and watching The Nutcracker. This classic ballet was composed by Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky in 1892. This two-act ballet was set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child’s imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. The first performance of the ballet was in 1892 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. To this day, The Nutcracker is a beloved ballet that really brings to heart the holiday season.

One of the last scenes in the second act, The Land of Sweets, is the Waltz of the Flowers. This piece serves as the final dance, bringing together the characters of the Land of Sweets in a grand finale to perform for Clara and the Nutcracker Prince. While the music and choreography mimics the gentle swaying of flowers dancing in the wind, the costumes usually are pastel with flower motifs to reinforce the connection to nature and a beautiful blooming garden.

Waltz of the Flowers Bracelet is a dance of three netting variation flowers across a bracelet band. Each flower has a different colored center of crystals and seed beads, with natural pearl centers. The band is a combination of netting and peyote stitch bringing the style of the flower petals into the bracelet. This lovely bracelet ends in a high-quality bar clasp.

Skill level: Intermediate to advanced.

Workshop length: This is a 1-day workshop.

Dimensions: 6” but can be made to desired length.

Techniques:

• Edge-stitching

• Embellishing techniques

• Flat circular peyote stitch

• Netting and netting variations, with increasing

• Step-up/step-down flat peyote stitch