Earrings with Delica® Seed Beads and Gold-Plated Steel Earstud
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Design Idea MJ2H
-- Designer --
LauraLynn, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, Duracoat® opaque jujube, (DB2119), #11 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, opaque 24Kt gold-plated, (DBS0031), #15 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, translucent matte dyed berry, (DB0773), #11 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, translucent matte red, (DB0745), #11 round
- Component, gold-plated brass, 12mm perforated disc
- Earnut, acrylic and gold-plated aluminum, clear, 11x6mm comfort clutch
- Earstud, gold-plated steel and stainless steel, 13mm round flat pad with 12mm 4-prong round setting
- Thread, Berkley® FireLine®, gel-spun polyethylene, smoke, 0.13mm diameter 4-fiber braid, 4-pound test
Instructions
Step 1
Cut two 1-1/2 foot lengths of smoke FireLine® thread.
Step 2
Thread a beading needle onto one length of thread. Tie the tail to one 12mm perforated disc using the center hole and one of the middle holes but so the working thread is exiting the center hole.
Step 3
Pick up two jujube #15 rounds, one matte light red #15 round and one bright 24Kt gold-finished #15 round.
Pass the needle back through the matte light red #15 round, the two jujube #15 rounds and the hole of the perforated disc. Pull tight.
Pass the needle down through an adjacent hole in the perforated disc.
Step 4
Repeat Step 3 to string two sets of seed beads per hole of the perforated disc, working from the center and spiraling outward so you end with one of the outer holes of the perforated disc.
Step 5
Pick up:
- Seven jujube #15 rounds
- One matte light red #15 round
- Two jujube #15 rounds
- Two matte light red #15 rounds
- One jujube #15 round
- Seven matte light red #15 rounds
- One matte salmon #15 round
- Two matte light red #15 rounds
- Two matte light red #15 rounds
- Two matte salmon #15 rounds
- Seven matte salmon #15 rounds
Pick up one bright 14Kt gold-finished #15 round then pass the needle back through the seed beads above. Pull tight.
Step 6
Pass the needle back through the same hole of the perforated disc from Step 5 then repeat Step 5 to string a second drop.
Step 7
Repeat Steps 5 and 6 three more times using the outer holes of the perforated disc so there are two "drops" per hole.
Step 8
Tie the thread to the perforated disc then trim excess.
Step 9
Place the perforated disc into prong setting of an earstud then close the prongs.
Step 10
Repeat Steps 2 - 9 to create a second earring.
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