Multi-Strand Bracelet with Seed Beads and Gunmetal-Plated Pewter Spacer Bars
Instructions by Maura Buckner, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
D827
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites, glass, matte opaque white, #6 round (160 seed beads)
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites, glass, matte opaque black, #6 round (160 seed beads)
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites, gold-finished glass, #6 round small hex (300 seed beads)
- Spacer bar, gunmetal-plated pewter (tin-based alloy), 58x6mm 10-strand rondelle (4 spacer bars)
- Powercord, elastic, clear, 0.8mm
- Adhesive, Vigor Super Glue
- Bead Stoppers
- Scissors
-- Designer --
Jamie, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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STEP 1
Using scissors cut ten 10-inch lengths of 0.8mm clear Powercord®.
STEP 2
Give the first length of cord several stretches to condition it.
STEP 3
Place a Bead Stopper™ on the end of the cord. String fifteen #6 gold-finished hex seed beads and the first hole on one gunmetal-plated 10-strand spacer bar onto the cord.
STEP 4
Continue to string the following components onto the Powercord:
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Four sets of two #6 opaque black seed beads and two #6 opaque white seed beads
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One gunmetal-plated 10-hole spacer bar (first hole)
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Fifteen #6 gold-finished hex seed beads
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One gunmetal-plated 10-strand spacer bar (first hole)
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Four sets of two #6 opaque black seed beads and two #6 opaque white seed beads
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One gunmetal-plated 10-hole spacer bar (first hole)
STEP 5
Remove the bead stopper. Tie the ends of the cord in the first part of a surgeon's knot. Pull the cord until the gold-finished hex seed bead is next to the last spacer bar forming a circle in the cord. Finish the surgeon's knot. Place a small amount of adhesive (Vigor® Super Glue) on the knot to secure it in place.
STEP 6
Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to attach the second length of Powercord to the second hole on the first gunmetal-plated 10-strand spacer bar.
STEP 7
Continue to string the following components onto the Powercord:
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Four sets of two #6 opaque white seed beads and two #6 opaque black seed beads
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One gunmetal-plated 10-strand spacer bar (second hole)
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Fifteen #6 gold-finished hex seed beads
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One gunmetal-plated 10-strand spacer bar (second hole)
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Four sets of two #6 opaque white seed beads and two #6 opaque black seed beads
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One gunmetal-plated 10-strand spacer bar (second hole)
STEP 8
Repeat Step 5 to finish the strand.
STEP 9
Repeat Steps 2 - 8 to attach the remaining strands to the bracelet in an alternating black and white pattern on every other strand.
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