Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set with Quartz Crystal Gemstone Beads and Miyuki and Dyna-Mites™ Seed Beads
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Design Idea MJ27
I Dream of Crystal
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Patti Miller, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, translucent matte inside color blue/fuchsia, #11 round
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, translucent matte inside color lilac, #11 round
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque cobalt, (RR414), #15 rocaille
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque glazed luster salmon, (RR429), #15 rocaille
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque matte rainbow cyan blue, (RR417FR), #8 rocaille
- Bail, ice-pick, gold-plated brass, 6x2.5mm with 3.5mm grip length
- Bead, quartz crystal (coated), blue and purple, 15x4mm-34x12mm hand-cut top-drilled point, B grade, Mohs hardness 7
- Beading hoop, gold-plated brass, 40x22mm teardrop with closed loop
- Chain, gold-finished brass, 0.9mm twisted cable, 18 inches with 1-inch extender chain and lobster claw clasp
- Ear wire, gold-plated brass, 17.5mm leverback with open loop
- Wire, ParaWire™, gold-finished and silver-plated copper, round, 24 gauge
- Needle, brass, #10 medium-heavy, 2-1/2 to 3-inch twisted wire
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 6-foot length of C-Lon® thread.
Step 2
Tie a knot around the bottom-left portion of a beading hoop. Leave an approximately 2-inch tail. Add a beading needle to the working end.
Step 3
Pick up a cyan blue #8. Pass the beading needle around the beading hoop twice then back through the seed bead. Pick up another cyan blue #8.
Repeat this process to add a total of ten cyan blue #8 seed beads to the beading hoop. Pass through the last seed bead.
Step 4
Pick up a fuchsia and a lilac and treat them as a single bead. Pick up a lilac and a fuchsia and treat them as a single bead. Pass through the same beads again in the same order, then pass the beading needle over the thread between the 9th and 10th cyan blue seed beads. Pick up a fuchsia and lilac, go back up through the previous row and down through the new row. Pick up a lilac and a fuchsia.
Continue this process to add a total of 15 rows. Pass through the last seed bead.
Step 5
Repeat Step 4 alternating between fuchsia #11s and pink #15s.
Step 6
Pick up five cobalt #15s. Pass through the third fuchsia bead of the previous row. Repeat to add a total of seven sets of cobalt seed beads, passing through every other fuchsia bead. Pass back through beads in the design to secure. Tie a knot and trim excess thread.
Step 7
Cut a 6-inch length of wire.
Step 8
Wrap one end of the wire three times around one side of the beading hoop approximately 10mm from the top. Pass onto the wire two fuchsia seed beads, a quartz crystal bead and two fuchsia seed beads. Wrap the wire around the opposite side, trim any excess and tuck in the tails.
Step 9
Attach a bail to the top of the beading hoop. Pass the chain through the bail to complete the necklace.
Earrings Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 6-foot length of C-Lon thread.
Step 2
Tie a knot around the bottom-left portion of a beading hoop. Leave an approximately 2-inch tail. Add a beading needle to the working end.
Step 3
Pick up a cyan blue #8. Pass the beading needle around the beading hoop twice then back through the seed bead. Pick up another cyan blue #8.
Repeat this process to add a total of ten cyan blue #8 seed beads to the beading hoop. Pass through the last seed bead.
Step 4
Pick up a fuchsia and a lilac and treat them as a single bead. Pick up a lilac and a fuchsia and treat them as a single bead. Pass through the same beads again in the same order, then pass the beading needle over the thread between the 9th and 10th cyan blue seed beads. Pick up a fuchsia and lilac, go back up through the previous row and down through the new row. Pick up a lilac and a fuchsia.
Continue this process to add a total of 15 rows. Pass through the last seed bead.
Step 5
Repeat Step 4 alternating between fuchsia #11s and pink #15s.
Step 6
Pick up five cobalt #15s. Pass through the third fuchsia bead of the previous row. Repeat to add a total of seven sets of cobalt seed beads, passing through every other fuchsia bead. Pass back through beads in the design to secure. Tie a knot and trim excess thread.
Step 7
Cut a 6-inch length of wire.
Step 8
Wrap one end of the wire three times around one side of the beading hoop approximately 10mm from the top. Pass onto the wire two fuchsia seed beads, a quartz crystal bead and two fuchsia seed beads. Wrap the wire around the opposite side, trim any excess and tuck in the tails.
Step 9
Attach an ear wire to the top of the beading hoop to complete the earring. Repeat to create a second earring.
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