Sunday, November 24, 2013

new pattern: Maru Bracelet and Earrings

New pattern for sale: the Maru Bracelet and Earrings pattern, $4.25 at AroundTheBeadingTable.com and Bead-Patterns.com:


http://www.aroundthebeadingtable.com/Patterns/Maru.html
 
Use any type 3mm and 4mm beads (round beads, fire-polished beads, glass pearls, bicone crystals, gemstones etc.), SuperDuo beads and size 11/0 seed beads to create this bracelet and matching earrings.

Friday, November 15, 2013

New crystal and SuperDuo bead pattern up: the Flutter Bracelet and Earrings

New pattern for sale: the Flutter Bracelet and Earrings pattern, $5.00 at AroundTheBeadingTable.com and Bead-Patterns.com:

http://www.aroundthebeadingtable.com/Patterns/Flutter.html
 
Use any type 3mm and 4mm beads (round beads, fire-polished beads, glass pearls, bicone crystals, gemstones etc.), SuperDuo beads and size 11/0 seed beads to create this bracelet and matching earrings.

Chandelier Earrings, now a free pattern!


http://www.aroundthebeadingtable.com/Tutorials/Chandelier.html
 
(copyright 2009 Deborah Roberti)

Materials:
  • 2 yards waxed Nymo or C-Lon thread, size D, or 6 lb. FireLine
  • Approximately 60 size 11/0 seed beads: Miyuki Bronze 11-0457. Can be purchased online at Charlene's Beads, RedPandaBeads.com and WhimBeads.com.
  • 16 size 3mm fire-polished beads: Czech Bronze on Topaz Base. Can be purchased at ShipwreckBeads.com.
  • 18 size 4mm bicone crystals: Swarovski Crystal Copper. Can be purchased online at FireMountainGems.com.
  • two small (2-4mm) jump rings
  • a pair of ear wires, or whichever type of earring finding you prefer




Step 1: Thread your needle with a yard of Fireline.

String a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a bicone crystal, three seed beads, a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead.
Leaving about a 6-inch tail, tie the beads in a circle with a double knot:


Step 2: Go back around through the beads that you strung in the last step—through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the three seed beads, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the bicone crystal:


Step 3: Go back up through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal and the seed bead:


Step 4: String two seed beads. Go through the jump ring and then go back through the second seed bead that you just strung:


Step 5: String a seed bead. Go all the way back around through the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, and the bicone crystal (all beads highlighted in RED):


Step 6: For extra reinforcement, go back up through the three seed beads, through the jump ring and back down through the three seed beads (all beads highlighted in RED):


Step 7: Go back down through the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the bicone crystal (all beads highlighted in RED):


Step 8: String a bicone crystal, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, three seed beads, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead and a bicone crystal.
Go around and across through the fire-polished bead, across through the seed bead and down through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:


Step 9: To make the earring less floppy, go back around through the beads that you added in the last step (the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the three seed beads, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the bicone crystal) and then go back across through the bicone crystal that you exited at the end of the last step (all beads highlighted in RED):


Step 10: Go back down through the bicone crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead (all beads highlighted in RED):


Step 11: String three seed beads. Go back up and around through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the three bicone crystals highlighted in RED:


Step 12: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a bicone crystal and a seed bead. Go around and down through the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, and the two bicone crystals highlighted in RED:


Step 13: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a bicone crystal and a seed bead. Go around and down through the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the bicone crystal highlighted in RED:


Weave your way back into the earring, knot and cut your thread. Thread your needle with the tail from Step 1, weave your way into your earring, knot and cut your thread. Attach your earring finding to the jump ring.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

New free crystal beaded pattern: Victorian Earrings


http://www.aroundthebeadingtable.com/Tutorials/VictorianEarrings.html

(copyright 2008 Deborah Roberti)


Materials:
• 2 yards waxed Nymo or C-Lon thread, size D, or 6 lb. FireLine
• About 50 size 11/0 seed beads
• 12 size 4mm fire-polished beads
• 16 size 4mm bicone crystals
• two small (2-4mm) jump rings
• a pair of ear wires, or whichever type of earring finding you prefer



Step 1: Thread your needle with one yard of Nymo, C-Lon or Fireline. String six seed beads. Leaving about a 6-inch tail, tie the beads in a circle with a double knot:


Step 2: Go through the next three seed beads on this circle of six seed beads:


Step 3: String a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a crystal, a seed bead and a fire-polished bead. Go around and back through the seed bead on the circle of six seed beads that you exited at the end of the last step:


Step 4: Go through the next seed bead on the circle of six seed beads:


Step 5: String a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a crystal and a seed bead. Go around and across through the fire-polished bead that you added in Step 3 (highlighted in RED), and then through the seed bead on the circle of six seed beads that you exited at the end of the last step (also highlighted in RED):


Step 6: Go through the next seed bead on the circle of six seed beads:


Step 7: String a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a crystal, a seed bead, a crystal and a seed bead. Go around and up through the fire-polished bead that you added in Step 5 (highlighted in RED), and then through the seed bead on the circle of six seed beads that you exited at the end of the last step (also highlighted in RED):


Step 8: Go back down through the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the crystal and the seed bead that you added in the last step:


Step 9: String three seed beads. Go around and back through the seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step, forming a picot:


Step 10: Go back up through the crystal, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead on the circle of six seed beads (highlighted in RED):


Step 11: Go through the next seed bead on the circle of six seed beads:


Step 12: String a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a crystal and a seed bead. Go around and up through the fire-polished bead that you added in Step 7 (highlighted in RED), and then through the seed bead on the circle of six seed beads that you exited at the end of the last step (also highlighted in RED):


Step 13: Go through the next seed bead on the circle of six seed beads:


Step 14: String a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a crystal and a seed bead. Go around and across through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED and then through the seed bead on the circle of six seed beads that you exited at the end of the last step (also highlighted in RED):


Step 15: Go through the seed bead on the circle of six seed beads and up through the fire-polished bead (both beads highlighted in RED):


Step 16: String a seed bead, a 4mm crystal and two seed beads. Go through the jump ring and then back through the last seed bead that you just strung:



Step 17: String a seed bead, a 4mm bicone crystal and a seed bead. Go down through the fire-polished bead, across through the seed bead on the circle of six seed beads and up through the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:


Step 18: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and the jump ring again to reinforce your attachment to the jump ring:


Weave your way back into the earring, knot in and cut your thread. Thread your needle with the tail from Step 1, weave your way into the earring, knot and cut your thread. Attach your earring finding to the jump ring.

Snowflake Ornament

Designer Michelle Skobel has made a beautiful ornament cover from my Snowflake Earrings pattern. For a free PDF of the design, click HERE or on the picture below. Michelle has many more beaded ornament and jewelry patterns, both for free and for sale, on her website at www.michelleskobel.com


For my free Snowflake Earrings pattern, just click on the picture below.

Monday, November 4, 2013

New matching earring patterns


http://www.aroundthebeadingtable.com/Patterns/CoinEarrings.html

This pattern is fully illustrated with detailed step-by-step instructions for three earring designs, plus instructions for one more variation not shown, and matches my Coin Bands pattern.


http://www.aroundthebeadingtable.com/Patterns/CoinEarrings.html

This pattern is fully illustrated with detailed step-by-step instructions for three earring designs, plus instructions for one more variation not shown, and matches my Any Bead Bracelet pattern. As with the bracelet, I call this pattern the "Any Bead Earrings" because you can use any 4mm beads (round beads, druks, glass pearls or gemstones, bicone crystals or fire-polished beads) and any two-hole beads (Twins, SuperDuos, Czechmates, Czechmate Bricks, Rulla or Tila beads) to create many different earrings from just one pattern design. And when you have exhausted all possible combinations, substitute 3mm beads or size 6/0 seed beads for the 4mm beads for even more variations.