Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set with Rose Quartz Gemstone Beads and Cabochon, Celestial Crystal® Beads and Seed Beads
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Design Idea MJ23
-- Designer --
Rose, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Rose Wingenbach, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Bead, Celestial Crystal®, 16-facet, translucent clear AB, 3mm faceted bicone
- Bead, gold-plated brass, 3mm round
- Bead, gold-plated brass, 5x2mm heishi
- Bead, rose quartz (natural), 4mm tumbled faceted round, B grade, Mohs hardness 7
- Bead, rose quartz (natural), 6mm tumbled faceted round, B grade, Mohs hardness 7
- Cabochon, rose quartz (natural), 40x30mm calibrated oval, B- grade, Mohs hardness 7
- Cord end, JBB Findings, gold-plated pewter (tin-based alloy), 11mm textured round tube, 9mm inside diameter
- Earnut, gold-plated brass, 4.5mm round
- Earstud, gold-finished brass and stainless steel, 4mm ball with closed loop
- Eye pin, gold-plated brass, 1 inch, 21 gauge
- Eye pin, gold-plated brass, 3 inches, 21 gauge
- Head pin, gold-plated brass, 1-1/2 inches, 21 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 6x4mm oval, 4.3x2.5mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, opaque iris dark bronze, #11 round
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, opaque rainbow orange, #11 round
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, opaque rainbow orange, #8 round
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque 24Kt gold-plated (RR191), #15 rocaille
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque luster orange, (RR424), #15 rocaille
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, transparent silver-lined root beer, (RR5D), #15 rocaille
- Thread, Berkley® FireLine®, gel-spun polyethylene, smoke, 0.15mm diameter 4-fiber braid, 6-pound test
- Needle, Tulip, nickel- and gold-plated steel, #11 with 0.52mm eye width, 2 inches
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 6-foot length of Berkley® FireLine® thread.
Thread a beading needle, leaving a tail.
Russian Spiral Stitch
Step 2
Pick up three groups of one color A seed bead and two color B seed beads. Move the seed beads to the end of the thread, leaving a 6-inch tail.
Notes:
- Any combination of two bead sizes can be used to create this spiral, so long as the larger bead is color A
- The diameter of the finished weave can be altered by starting with more groups of seed beads on the first row
Step 3
Pass through all the seed beads again, pull tight to create a circle then create a knot.
Step 4
Pass through the next color A and color B, exiting between two color Bs.
Step 5
Pick up one A seed bead and one B seed bead. Skip over the next two seed beads of the first row and pass through the third (a color B).
Repeat.
Step 6
Repeat Step 5, pulling tightly after each stitch, until the Russian spiral reaches the desired length.
The weave will begin to cup and then become a tube as length is added.
Step 7
Pass the thread through the end beads and an eye pin several times to secure the eye pin to the end of the necklace, like sewing a button. Pass onto the eye pin a heishi bead, a cord end and a 3mm round bead. Create a wrapped loop on the end of the eye pin.
Add a beading needle to the tail from Step 2 then repeat to secure the thread.
Tip: Not all cord ends are created equal. Pick one with a small enough hole that the 3mm round bead doesn't fall through.
Step 8
Create a circle of alternating orange and bronze #11 seed beads slightly larger than the circumference of the cabochon. It must be an even number of seed beads. For this cabochon, 78 seed beads were used. Tie the seed beads into a circle. This will be rows one and two of a peyote pattern.
Step 9
Create a tubular peyote stitch with a row of bronze #11 seed beads above orange #11 seed beads.
Tip: View ''How to make a Tubular Peyote Stitch'' for how-to video and illustrated instructions.
Step 10
Add two rows of bronze #15 seed beads. Do not make this too tight. Frequently check the fit over the cabochon. The smaller beads will start to cinch in the design.
Add one row of orange #15 seed beads and two rows of gold #15 seed beads.
Step 11
Add one more row of gold #15 seed beads but skip every other "up" bead. Don't worry about the thread showing.
Step 12
Skittle around to the back side of the setting. Add one row of orange #11 seed beads and two rows of bronze #11 seed beads.
Note: "Skittle" refers to weaving thread through adjacent seed beads to secure the thread.
Step 13
Add two rows of bronze #15 seed beads. This will start cinching in the pattern, so position the cabochon in place during this step.
Add two rows of orange #15 seed beads.
Step 14
Add two rows of gold #15 seed beads.
Add one more row of gold #15 seed beads but skip every other "up" bead.
Step 15
Skittle to the edge of the mount and begin a peyote stitched bail working directly off the first row of orange #11 seed beads that were stitched.
Step 16
Stitch a peyote strip approximately 1-1/2 inches long with four beads per row--one orange #11, two bronze #11 and one orange #11. It needs to be long enough to wrap around the necklace and allow the necklace to slide freely through it.
Confirm that the last row of beads stitched will fit into the orange row opposite the row you started from on the cabochon. It may be necessary to add an additional row to make everything line up properly.
Step 17
Wrap the bail around the necklace and stitch onto the orange seed beads adjacent to the row where the bail strip was started.
Step 18
Create the picot edge on the bail by going through an edge bead, adding three gold #15 seed beads then going through the adjacent edge bead.
Continue until the entire side is stitched, skittle across and repeat on the other side.
Step 19
Skittle approximately one third of the way around the cabochon and start creating the fringe. Go through an orange #11 seed bead from the second row of orange #11 seed beads.
Add the first strand of fringe by picking up a 3mm bicone, a bronze #15 seed bead and a gold #15 seed bead. Pass back through all but the last bead then through the orange #11 seed bead adjacent to the orange #11 seed bead where the strand was started.
Repeat to add strands of fringe as desired, using the image above as reference. Once complete, skittle through the cabochon setting and trim any excess thread.
Step 20
Attach half of a toggle clasp to the loop at the end of the necklace with two jump rings. Repeat on the other end to complete the necklace.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Pass the following onto a head pin:
- One bronze #11 seed bead
- One orange #8 seed bead
- One 3mm bicone
- One gold #15 seed bead
- One 4mm rose quartz round
- One bronze #11 seed bead
Create a simple loop.
Step 2
Pass the following onto an eye pin:
- One bronze #11 seed bead
- One orange #8 seed bead
- One 6mm rose quartz round
Create a simple loop.
Step 3
Attach the head pin to the eye pin. Attach the eye pin and an earstud with a jump ring. Attach an earnut.
Repeat to create a second earring.
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