How to Make a Multi-Strand Crystal Bracelet
Follow along step-by-step as we show you how to craft a professional-quality bracelet using sparkling crystals and easy techniques. Whether you're growing your jewelry business or just love to design, this project will help you build your skills and confidence.
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Design Idea RA2G
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Elaine Young, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Bead crystal rose gold 18Kt gold plate, Crystal Passions® 3mm bicone 5328
- Bead crystal rose gold 18Kt gold plate, Crystal Passions® 4mm bicone 5328
- Bead, Czech pearl-coated glass druk, opaque light brown, 6mm round
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, rose gold, 49 strand, 0.024-inch diameter
- Crimp cover, antique copper-plated brass, 4mm smooth round
- End bar, antique copper-finished "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 32x13mm with 13x6mm 3-strand rectangle and 3-inch extender chain with lobster claw clasp
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, #15 rocaille, opaque copper-plated, (RR-187).
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, #8 rocaille, opaque matte metallic dark bronze, (RR-2006).
- Seed bead, Preciosa Ornela Czech glass, #11 rocaille, transparent terra intensive chocolate-lined clear, (08A19).
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, #11 round, transparent copper-lined crystal clear (TR-11-740).
- Sterling silver, cut tube crimp, 2mm / 1.3-1.4mm inside diameter
- Thread, Nymo®, nylon, white, size O
Instructions
Step 1
Cut three 12-inch pieces of 0.024-inch diameter rose gold Accu-Flex® beading wire. Take one of the 12-inch segments of Accu-Flex and string it through a 6mm pearl-coated druk bead and 2mm crimp tube. With crimping pliers, crimp the tube. Then cover it with a 4mm crimp cover.
Step 2
String seventy (70) #8 seed beads onto the Accu-Flex beading wire. When you reach the end of the wire, thread on another crimp tube and 6mm pearl-coated druk bead. Then thread it back into the druk bead and crimp tube. Crimp and cover it with a 4mm crimp cover. Then trim off the excess beading wire.
Step 3
Cut off 2 yards of size #O beading thread. Using a #11 needle, thread on the first #8 seed bead on the strand of beading wire. Leave a 4-inch length for tying off the strands. Add three #11 seed beads, followed by a #15 seed bead. Thread the needle through the three #11 seed beads, skipping the #15 bead. The #15 bead will be the stopper bead.
Thread your needle through the second #8 seed bead. Continue the pattern as above until you reach the end of the bracelet.
Step 4
Turn the bracelet around and start making fringe going in the other direction. Complete the fringe on the first two seed beads as above.
Starting on the third #8 seed bead, the pattern changes. Add three #11 seed beads, then a 3mm crystal bicone bead, and then the #15 seed bead. Thread the needle through the three #11 seed beads and the crystal bicone, skipping the #15 bead. As above, the #15 bead will be the stopper bead. Continue this pattern until you reach the end of the bracelet.
Step 5
When you finish the fringe, string the Accu-Flex beading thread through another crimp bead and pearl-coated druk bead. Thread the beading thread through the clasp. Then put it through the bead and crimp bead again. Using crimping pliers, crimp the crimp bead and add a crimp cover.
Step 6
Take another 12-inch piece of Accu-Flex and thread it through a hole in the clasp, then through a crimp bead. Using crimping pliers, crimp it and then add a crimp cover.
String on forty-one (41) 4mm bicone beads. Then add a crimp bead. Thread the beading wire through the other end of the clasp. Crimp the crimp bead and add a crimp cover.
Step 7
Repeat Step 6, using the third loop on the clasp.
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