Backdrop Necklace with Cultured Freshwater Pearls, Sterling Silver Gossamer™ Chain and Sterling Silver Butterfly
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Design Idea RG2X
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead cap, sterling silver, 6mm cone
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, pearl, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter
- Chain, Gossamer™, sterling silver, 1mm triple rope
- Clasp, JBB Findings, magnetic, sterling silver, 12mm fancy round
- Component, Amoracast®, sterling silver, 13mm nimbus diamond
- Component, sterling silver, 29x17.5mm single-sided butterfly
- Crimp cover, sterling silver, 2.5mm
- Crimp, sterling silver, 1.6x1mm smooth round tube, 1.1mm inside diameter
- Eye pin, sterling silver, 2 inches, 24 gauge
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 6.5mm round, 5mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Pearl freshwater, 5-10mm mixed shape D grade, bleached white cultured
Instructions
Front of Necklace
Step 1
Cut two 10-inch strands of Accu-Flex® 49-strand 0.019-inch diameter professional-quality pearl beading wire. Place a bead stopper on one end of the beading wire.
Step 2
String 24 cultured freshwater mixed shape white pearls onto on strand of beading wire.
Step 3
String one 1.6x1mm sterling silver smooth round tube crimp onto the beading wire. Before passing the beading wire through the crimp, thread it through one of the holes in an Amoracast® 13mm sterling silver nimbus diamond component. Then pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp is snug, leaving approximately 1/4 inch of beading wire on the end. Crimp then trim the excess from the short end of the beading wire. Finish with a 3mm sterling silver crimp cover.
Step 4
Remove the bead stopper. Crimp the other end of the beading wire, but instead of threading on an Amoracast nimbus diamond component, thread on one end of a JBB Findings 12mm sterling silver fancy round clasp.
Step 5
Repeat Steps 2 - 4 to create the second half of the necklace.
Back of Necklace
Step 1
String a cultured freshwater white pearl onto a 2-inch 24-gauge sterling silver eye pin. Finish the drop with a simple loop in the end of the eye pin. Repeat six times for a total of seven pearl drops.
Step 2
Attach the seven pearl drops to each other in one long chain.
Step 3
Use a 6.5mm 20-gauge sterling silver round jump ring to attach one end of the pearl strand to the Amoracast 13mm sterling silver nimbus diamond component in the necklace.
Step 4
Use four 6.5mm 20-gauge sterling silver round jump rings to attach a 29x17.5mm sterling silver butterfly component to the other end of the pearl strand. Two of the jump rings will go through the butterfly wings.
Step 5
Cut eleven 2-inch strands of Gossamer™ sterling silver 1mm triple rope chain.
Step 6
String the eleven strands onto a 2-inch 24-gauge sterling silver eye pin. Then insert the eye pin into a 6mm sterling silver cone bead cap. Finish the eye pin with a wrapped loop.
Step 7
Using two 6.5mm 20-gauge sterling silver round jump rings, attach the wrapped loop you just made to the bottom of the butterfly.
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