Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set with Seed Beads and Preciosa Czech Crystal Beads
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Design Idea NH5C
-- 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, Preciosa Czech crystal, peridot, 3mm faceted bicone
- Bead, Preciosa Czech crystal, peridot, 4mm faceted bicone
- Bead, Preciosa Czech crystal, peridot, 4mm faceted bicone
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, Duracoat® opaque azure blue, (DB2134), #11 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, opaque color-lined luster light aqua, (DB0239), #11 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, opaque cyan blue, (DB1138), #11 round
- Seed bead, Delica®, glass, translucent glazed luster shell pink, (DB0106), #11 round
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, opaque ceylon pastel pink, #11 round
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, opaque medium blue, #11 round
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, opaque medium blue, #8 round
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, translucent aqua mist-lined luster crystal clear, (RR220), #15 rocaille
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, opaque cornflower, (TR-11-43D), #11 round
- Ear wire, silver-plated brass, 15mm leverback with 6x3mm shell and open loop
- Head pin, silver-plated brass, 2 inches, 21 gauge
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 6x4mm oval, 4.3x2.5mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Thread, Berkley® FireLine®, gel-spun polyethylene, smoke, 0.13mm diameter 4-fiber braid, 4-pound test
- Thread burner, The Bead Buddy® Perfect Thread Sealer II™, acrylic / aluminum / steel, silver and black, 5-1/2 inches
- Needle, Tulip, nickel- and gold-plated steel, #11 with 0.52mm eye width, 2 inches
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Add a beading needle to an arm-length of Fireline® thread. Leaving a 6-inch tail, add a stop bead.
Step 2
Pick up approximately 5 1/2 of ceylon pastel pink #11 Dyna-Mites™ seed beads.
Step 3
Pick up five cornflower #11 Toho seed beads.
Step 4
Pick up:
- One aqua mist #15 seed bead
- One cornflower #11 Toho
- One medium blue #8 Dyna-Mites
- One 4mm peridot bicone
- One medium blue #8 Dyna-Mites
- One cornflower #11 Toho
- One aqua mist seed bead
Pass through the five cornflower seed beads picked up in Step 3. Pull snug to create a loop of beads over the cornflower seed beads.
Repeat to add a total of six bead loops around the cornflower seed beads.
Step 5
Pick up 15 ceylon pastel pink #11 Dyna-Mites.
Step 6
Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to create a total of 12 beaded “dots”, ending with Step 4.
Step 7
Pick up 5 1/2 inches of ceylon pastel pink #11 Dyna-Mites and a closed 6x4mm jump ring. Pass back through a few inches of seed beads then tie a small knot to secure. Trim the thread.
Step 8
Remove the stop bead at the beginning of the necklace. Add a seed bead to the tail thread. Pick up a jump ring. Pass back through a few inches of seed beads then tie a small knot to secure. Trim the thread.
Step 9
Create a seed beaded toggle clasp. Stitch jump rings onto each half of the clasp.
Step 10
Join the jump rings on the clasp to the jump rings at the end of the necklace.
Earrings Instructions
Step 1
Add a beading needle to an arm length of thread. Add a stop bead to the thread.
Step 2
Pick up five cornflower #11 Toho seed beads.
Step 3
Pick up:
- One aqua mist #15 seed bead
- One cornflower #11 Toho
- One medium blue #8 Dyna-Mites
- One 4mm peridot bicone
- One medium blue #8 Dyna-Mites
- One cornflower #11 Toho
- One aqua mist seed bead
Pass through the five cornflower seed beads picked up in Step 3. Pull snug to create a loop of beads over the cornflower seed beads.
Repeat to add a total of six bead loops around the cornflower seed beads.
Pass through various beads then tie a small knot to secure the thread. Trim the thread.
Step 4
String a 4mm bicone, the dot created in Step 3 and three ceylon pastel pink #11 Dyna-Mites on a head pin. Create a wrapped loop.
Add the drop to an ear wire.
Step 5
Repeat Steps 1 - 4 to create a second earring.
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