Morse Code Earrings Set with Pewter Charms, Seed Beads and Bugle Beads
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Design Idea PG24
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bugle bead, Preciosa Ornela, Czech glass, opaque satin metallic copper, 6x2mm
- Charm, antique silver-plated pewter (tin-based alloy), 13.5x11mm double-sided paw print
- Component, silver-plated steel, 20mm double-sided hammered open round
- Ear wire, silver-plated brass, 18mm perfect balance angular fishhook with 3mm ball and open loop, 22 gauge
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 5mm round, 3.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Memory wire cutter, steel and rubber, blue and black, 5-1/2 inches
- Memory wire, Beadalon®, silver-plated carbon steel, 2.25-2.63 inch round bracelet, 1-1.2mm wide flat wire, 0.5-0.6mm thick
- Memory wire, silver-plated stainless steel, 1-3/4 inch bracelet, 0.65-0.75mm thick
- Pliers, Beadalon®, memory wire finisher, stainless steel and rubber, black, 4-1/4 inches
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque copper-plated, (RR187), #11 rocaille
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque silver-plated, (RR961), #11 rocaille
Instructions
Step 1
On paper, write out a message in Morse code.
Step 2
Cut one loop of 1-3/4 inch and one loop of 2-1/2 inch memory wire so the ends of each loop overlap by 1/4 inch. Using the 4mm jaw on the memory wire finishing pliers, create a perpendicular loop on one end of each loop.
Step 3
Using one color of seed and bugle beads for the code and a contrasting color for the spaces between letters, string the beads onto the memory wire. In the design above, the phrase "Best Friend Forever" is written with the first word strung onto the smaller loop and the other two words onto the larger loop:
-... . ... - / ..-. .-. .. . -. -.. / ..-. --- .-. . ...- . .-.
Add contrasting spacer beads to each end to ensure the words are centered on the loops.
Note: In the Morse code above, forward slashes indicate where one word ends and another begins. Seed beads are used for dots, bugle beads are used for dashes. One of the contrasting color is used for spaces and three for forward slashes.
Step 4
Use the 4mm jaw on the memory wire finishing pliers to create perpendicular loops on the opposite ends of the memory wire.
Step 5
Attach the memory wire loops to one 20mm hammered round component.
Pass one jump ring through a paw print charm and the hammered component on the inside of the memory wire then close.
Step 6
Pass a jump ring through the hammered component on the outside of the memory wire then close. Pass a second jump ring through the first jump ring and through the loop on an ear wire then close.
Step 7
Repeat Steps 1 - 6 to create a second earring.
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