Stretch Bracelet Set with Taiwanese Cheesewood Beads and Powercord® Elastic Cord
Design Idea SM23
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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Bracelet #1
- Bead, gold-plated brass, 8x4mm smooth rondelle
- Bead, Taiwanese cheesewood (dyed / waxed), dark pink, 8x4mm rondelle
- Bead, Taiwanese cheesewood (dyed / waxed), light pink, 8x4mm rondelle
- Bead, Taiwanese cheesewood (dyed / waxed), red, 8x4mm rondelle
- Charm, antique gold-finished "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 11x10mm single-sided fancy puffed heart
- Jump ring, gold-plated, 8mm round, 18 gauge / 6mm inside diameter / brass
Bracelet #2
- Bead mix, acrylic, opaque gold and black, 7mm double-sided flat round with alphabet letters
- Bead, gold-plated, 6mm corrugated round, brass
- Bead, Taiwanese cheesewood (dyed / waxed), dark pink, 5-6mm round
- Bead, Taiwanese cheesewood (dyed / waxed), light pink, 5-6mm round
Bracelet #3
- Bead mix, acrylic, translucent mixed rainbow colors AB, 7mm double-sided flat round with alphabet letters
- Bead, gold-finished "pewter", 6x4mm scalloped rondelle
- Bead, Taiwanese cheesewood (dyed / waxed), red, 8x4mm rondelle
- Bead, Taiwanese cheesewood (dyed / waxed), white, 8x4mm rondelle
Common Materials
- Cord, Powercord®, elastic, clear, 0.8mm, 8.5 pound test
Tools
- Adhesive E6000® PREMIUM™, clear
Instructions
Bracelet #1
Cut a 10-inch length of Powercord® 0.8mm clear elastic and place a bead stopper on one end.
String your choice of beads onto the elastic. To replicate the bracelet shown, use the following pattern:
- One 8x4mm red Taiwanese cheesewood rondelle bead
- One 8x4mm light pink Taiwanese cheesewood rondelle bead
- One 8x4mm dark pink Taiwanese cheesewood rondelle bead
- One 8x4mm gold-plated smooth rondelle bead
Repeat the pattern twelve times or to your desired length.
Tie the ends of the elastic in a secure surgeon’s knot and apply a dab of E6000® PREMIUM™ clear adhesive. Pull the knot through a bead. Let the adhesive dry completely and then trim any excess cord.
Using an 8mm 18-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach a fancy puffed heart charm to the bracelet.
Bracelet #2
Cut a 10-inch length of Powercord 0.8mm clear elastic and place a bead stopper on one end.
String your desired beads onto the elastic. To replicate the pattern shown, use the following pattern:
- Five 5-6mm light pink Taiwanese cheesewood round beads
- One 6mm gold-plated corrugated round bead
- Five 5-6mm dark pink Taiwanese cheesewood round beads
- One 6mm gold-plated corrugated round bead
- Five 5-6mm light pink Taiwanese cheesewood round beads
- One 6mm gold-plated corrugated round bead
- Five 5-6mm dark pink Taiwanese cheesewood round beads
- One 6mm gold-plated corrugated round bead
- Three 6mm gold-plated corrugated round beads
- Four 7mm acrylic alphabet beads to spell LOVE
- Three 6mm gold-plated corrugated round beads
Tie the ends of the elastic in a secure surgeon’s knot and apply a dab of E6000® PREMIUM™ clear adhesive. Pull the knot through a bead. Let the adhesive dry completely and then trim any excess cord.
Bracelet #3
Cut a 10-inch length of Powercord 0.8mm clear elastic and place a bead stopper on one end.
String your desired beads onto the elastic. To replicate the pattern shown, string on the beads in the following order:
- One 6x4mm gold-finished scalloped rondelle bead
- One 7mm acrylic “X” alphabet bead
- One 6x4mm gold-finished scalloped rondelle bead
- One 7mm acrylic “O” alphabet bead
- One 6x4mm gold-finished scalloped rondelle bead
- One 7mm acrylic “X” alphabet bead
- One 6x4mm gold-finished scalloped rondelle bead
- One 7mm acrylic “O” alphabet bead
- One 6x4mm gold-finished scalloped rondelle bead
Then string on a pattern of two white and then two red 8x4mm Taiwanese cheesewood rondelle beads for a total of eight sets of four beads. Finish with two additional white beads.
Tie the ends of the elastic in a secure surgeon’s knot and apply a dab of E6000® PREMIUM™ clear adhesive. Pull the knot through a bead. Let the adhesive dry completely and then trim any excess cord.
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