Bracelet with Morganite Beads, Crystal Passions® beads and Miyuki Seed Beads
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Design Idea RJ3A
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead, crystal, Crystal Passions® 3mm round 5000
- Bead tip, silver-plated brass, 6x3mm side clamp-on with closed loop
- Clasp magnetic, 12x6mm double ball, silver-finished brass
- Cord, waxed cotton, white, 0.5mm
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Morganite, round bead natural 6mm
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, #15 rocaille, translucent cinnamon-lined luster pink (RR-337)
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, #11 rocaille, opaque silver-plated, (RR-961)
- Thread, Berkley® FireLine®, high-modulus polyethylene, 8-fiber braid, crystal, 0.15mm diameter, 6-pound test
Instructions
Bracelet Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 24-inch length of FireLine® crystal polyethylene thread.
Step 2
Fold the thread in half. String on a Miyuki #11 silver-plated rocaille seed bead and pull it to the center of the thread. Then tie off the thread with a surgeon’s knot followed by an overhand knot.
Step 3
Add a 6x3mm silver-plated side clamp-on bead tip. Cut off the extra thread.
Step 4
Separate the thread into right and left sides. Thread on four Miyuki #15 cinnamon-lined luster pink rocaille seed beads and one Crystal Passions® crystal 3mm round bead onto the right thread.
Step 5
String on one 6mm morganite bead and two Miyuki #15 cinnamon-lined luster pink rocaille seed beads onto the left strand of thread.
Step 6
Take the thread on the right, and string it through the second seed bead you strung on in Step 5. Pull tight.
Step 7
Repeat Steps 4 - 6, using only three Miyuki #15 cinnamon-lined luster pink rocaille seed beads instead of four. Do this until you have strung twenty 6mm morganite beads. Make sure to pull the thread tightly as you go.
Tip: Tape down the finished parts of the bracelet as you work in order to keep the beads in place.
Step 8
Add a Miyuki #11 silver-plated rocaille seed bead to one thread. Tie it off with a surgeon’s knot followed by an overhand knot. Secure the end with a 6x3mm silver-plated side clamp-on bead tip.
Step 9
Using a 4mm 20-gauge silver-plated round jump ring, attach one half of a 12x6mm silver-finished magnetic clasp to one end of the bracelet. Repeat for the other end of the bracelet.
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