Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set with Czech Fire-Polished Glass Beads and Dyna-Mites™ Seed Beads
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Design Idea JA1J
Note: Necklace is one continuous strand which can be worn as shown in picture.
-- Designer --
Jude, Jewelry Artist, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Jude Wroblewski, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Head pin, gold-plated brass, 2 inches with 1.5mm ball, 23 gauge
- Ear wire, gold-plated brass, 16mm leverback with 7x2mm shield and open loop
- Crimp, gold-plated brass, 2x1.5mm round, 1.3mm inside diameter
- Bead, Czech fire-polished glass, opaque iris green, 8mm faceted round
- Bead, Czech fire-polished glass, opaque iris green, 6mm faceted round
- Bead, Czech fire-polished glass, opaque iris green, 4mm faceted round
- Bead, Czech fire-polished glass, opaque iris green, 3mm faceted round
- Bead cap, gold-plated brass, 9x6mm basket, fits 9-11mm bead
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, silver-lined translucent rainbow emerald green, #11 round with square hole
- French wire, gold-plated copper, light, 0.85mm
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, clear, 49 strand, 0.012-inch diameter
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 5-1/2 foot length of Accu-Flex® professional-quality beading wire and two 1/2 inch lengths of French wire.
Step 2
String five iris green 3mm rounds onto a head pin then create a simple loop. Repeat to create a total of 16 drops.
Step 3
String the following onto a head pin then create a simple loop:
- Eight 3mm rounds
- An iris green 6mm round
- A 9x6mm basket bead cap
- An iris green 4mm round
Repeat to create a second bead cap drop.
Step 4
Use 4mm jump rings to attach the drops created in Step 2 to each of the ''petals'' of the bead cap drops.
Step 5
String a crimp and a length of French wire onto the beading wire. Pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp rests snug against the French wire, leaving approximately 1/4 inch of beading wire on the end. Crimp then trim the excess from the short end of the beading wire.
Step 6
String the following sections:
Note: Unless otherwise noted separate rounds with one seed bead.
- 1-1/4 inch of rainbow emerald seed beads
- Two 6mm rounds
- A 4mm round
- A 3mm round
- 1-1/8 inch of seed beads
- A 6mm round
- An iris green 8mm round
- A 6mm round
- Three seed beads
- A 3mm round
- 1 inch of seed beads
- A 4mm round
- 1-3/4 inches of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- A 4mm round
- An 8mm round
- A 6mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 3mm round
- 1 inch of seed beads
- A 6mm round
- 1-7/8 inches of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- Two 4mm rounds
- A 6mm round
- An 8mm round
- 1-1/8 inches of seed beads
- A 6mm round
- An 8mm round
- A 6mm round
- 2-1/2 inches of seed beads
- A 4mm round
- Two seed beads
- A 6mm round
- Two 8mm rounds
- A 6mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 3mm round
- 7/8 inches of seed beads
- An 8mm round
- 5/8 inches of seed beads
- An 8mm round
- A 4mm round
- 2-1/4 inches of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- 5/8 inches of seed beads
- A 4mm round
- 2 inches of seed beads
- An 8mm round
- A 6mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 3mm round
- Six seed beads
- A 6mm round
- 5/8 inches of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 6mm round
- An 8mm round
- 2 inches of seed beads
- An 8mm round
- 5/8 inches of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- A 4mm round
- 1-5/8 inches of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- An 8mm round
- A 6mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 3mm round
- 1 inch of seed beads
- A 6mm round
- Four seed beads
- A 3mm round
- A 4mm round
- 2 inches of seed beads
- An 8mm round
- Six seed beads
- A 4mm round
- A 3mm round
- 1-5/8 inches of seed beads
- An 8mm round
- A 3mm round
- An 8mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 6mm round
- An 8mm round
- 1 inch of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- A 4mm round
- 1-1/4 inches of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- 3/4 inches of seed beads
- A 6mm round
- A 4mm round
- 1 inch of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 6mm round
- Two 8mm rounds
- A 6mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 3mm round
- 5/8 inches of seed beads
- An 8mm round
- 1-3/8 inches of seed beads
- Two 3mm rounds
- A 4mm round
- 2-3/4 inches of seed beads
- A 4mm round
- A 6mm round
- A 4mm round
- A 3mm round
- 1-1/2 inches of seed beads
- A 3mm round
- 1-1/4 inches of seed beads
Step 7
Repeat Step 5 to secure the strand.
Step 8
Use a 4mm jump ring to attach a tassel created in Step 4 to the end of the beaded strand. Repeat to add the second tassel to the opposite end.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
String five iris green 3mm rounds onto a head pin then create a simple loop. Repeat to create a total of 16 drops.
Step 2
String the following onto a head pin then create a simple loop:
- Eight 3mm rounds
- An iris green 6mm round
- A 9x6mm basket bead cap
- An iris green 4mm round
Repeat to create a second bead cap drop.
Step 3
Use 4mm jump rings to attach the drops created in Step 1 to each of the ''petals'' of the bead cap drops.
Step 4
Pass the loop of an ear wire through the loop of a tassel then close.
Repeat to complete the second earring.
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