Bracelet with Crystal Passions® Bicone Beads, Celestial Crystal® Pearls and Czech Glass Druk Beads
Design Idea SM2G
Purple Reign
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead & charm mix, gold-finished "pewter", 9x9mm-23x23mm flower / insect / single-sided / 2 sided, antique
- Bead, crystal metallic sunshine 2X, Crystal Passions® 4mm bicone 5328 featuring Swarovski® Crystals
- Bead, Czech glass druk, translucent lilac luster, 8mm round
- Bead, violet AB, Crystal Passions® 4mm bicone 5328 featuring Swarovski® Crystals
- Pearl, violet, Celestial Crystal® 8mm round
- Crimp, 14Kt gold-filled, 2x1mm round tube / 1.25mm inside diameter
- Crimp cover, gold-plated brass, 4mm round
- Wire guard, gold-plated, 4mm tube / approx 0.5mm inside diameter, brass / Accu-Guard™
- Jump ring, gold-plated, 4mm round, 20 gauge / 2.4mm inside diameter / brass
- Jump ring, gold-plated, 7mm round, 18 gauge / 5.1mm inside diameter / brass
- Head pin, gold-plated, 2 inch / 1.5mm ball tip, 23 gauge brass
- Clasp lobster claw, gold-plated, 10x6mm, brass
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, Dijon gold, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter
Instructions
Cut a 10-inch length of Accu-Flex® 49-strand 0.019-inch diameter Dijon gold professional-quality beading wire.
String onto the beading wire: one 2x1mm 14Kt gold-filled crimp and one Accu-Guard™ 4mm gold-plated tube wire guard. Pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp rests snug against the Accu-Guard, 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 4mm gold-plated round crimp cover.
String your desired pattern of beads onto the beading wire. To replicate the design shown, string the beads on in the following order, stringing on first Pattern A, then Pattern B, then Pattern A again.
Pattern A:
- One Celestial Crystal® 8mm violet round pearl
- One Crystal Passions® 4mm crystal metallic sunshine 2X bicone bead
- One Celestial Crystal 8mm violet round pearl
- One Crystal Passions 4mm violet AB bicone bead
- One Celestial Crystal 8mm violet round pearl
- One Crystal Passions 4mm crystal metallic sunshine 2X bicone bead
- One Celestial Crystal 8mm violet round pearl
- One Crystal Passions 4mm violet AB bicone bead
- One Celestial Crystal 8mm violet round pearl
Pattern B:
- One Crystal Passions 4mm crystal metallic sunshine 2X bicone bead
- One 8mm lilac luster Czech glass round druk bead
- One Crystal Passions 4mm violet AB bicone bead
- One 8mm lilac luster Czech glass round druk bead
- One Crystal Passions 4mm crystal metallic sunshine 2X bicone bead
- One 8mm lilac luster Czech glass round druk bead
- One Crystal Passions 4mm violet AB bicone bead
Finish the end of the beading wire by crimping as you did in Step 2.
Thread one Crystal Passions 4mm crystal metallic sunshine 2X bicone bead and one Crystal Passions 4mm violet AB bicone bead onto a 2-inch 23-gauge ball head pin.
Finish the head pin with a wrapped loop.
Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to create a second drop.
Attach a 4mm 20-gauge round jump ring to one end of the bracelet.
Using a 4mm 20-gauge round jump ring, attach a 10x6mm gold-plated lobster claw clasp to the other end of the bracelet.
Attach the charm of your choice and the two bicone drops from Step 5 - 7 to a 7mm 18-gauge gold-plated round jump ring.
Attach the 7mm jump ring with the charm and drops to the jump ring at one end of the bracelet.
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