Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I get so many ideas from looking at pictures on this board, I hope I can inspire others too.
Belfrybat - that is what I did - sewing the pieces into strips and staggered them to sew together.
The wristband had bands of five beads, so I figured 1"square per bead. The rows were staggered by two beads, so I staggered them by 2".
I was looking at different bargello needlepoint designs, and came across the beaded wristband. I would have liked to make it smaller, but the center strips are only 1" wide, so not a lot of "room" to go smaller.
Last edited by Macybaby; 10-10-2015 at 05:03 PM.