Bracelet with DiamonDuo™ Czech Pressed Glass Beads, Miyuki Seed Beads and Crystal Passions® Bicones

Cut a 3-foot length of crystal FireLine® thread.

Note: It may be necessary to cut additional lengths of thread later in the design. If there are 6 inches or less of thread remaining in the previous length, simply weave the remainder through and start a new length of thread.

Thread a beading needle almost doubling the thread (to make it easier to work with) but leaving a tail so you are working with only one thread. String a stop bead onto the thread.

String six pastel dark coral red DiamonDuo™ beads onto the beading needle through the bottom hole of each bead. Pass the beading needle back through the bottom holes then pull tight so the beads come together to form the inside part of the flower.

String a light topaz shimmer 3mm bicone onto the beading needle then pass the needle through the bottom hole of the bead opposite, suspending the bicone in the center of the flower.

Pass the beading needle through the top hole of the current DiamonDuo bead in the opposite direction.

Pass the beading needle up through one hole of an opaque alabaster white airy pearl DiamonDuo bead then back down the second hole. Pass the beading needle through the top hole of the next pastel dark coral red bead then pull tight. Repeat to add alabaster white airy pearl beads around the outside of the inner flower.

Pass the beading needle through 3 - 4 adjacent beads then pull tight to secure. Trim excess thread. Remove the stop bead from the other end of thread, add a beading needle then pass the beading needle through 3 or 4 adjacent beads. Pull tight to secure then trim excess thread. Apply a small dab of E6000® Fray Lock™ to the back of the flower component to secure the thread.

Repeat Steps 1 - 3 to create a total of seven flower components.

Assembling the Bracelet

Cut a 10-foot length of crystal FireLine®.

Thread a beading needle onto the length of thread. Pass the beading needle through 3 or 4 beads of one flower component to secure the thread, exiting through one of the white beads.

Note: Orient the flower components so they are side-by-side in a line to visualize where the thread will go. Two white beads will be the top row, two will be the middle rows and two will be the bottom row.

Orient the component so the thread is exiting the white bead in the bottom row.

String eight seed beads onto the beading needle then pass the needle through one hole of one half of the clasp. Exit the opposite hole of the clasp then string six seed beads.

Pass the needle through the top hole of the center row white bead in the flower component then back through the bottom hole of the same white bead. String 5 more seed beads, then pass the needle through the last seed bead of the first set of eight, both holes of the clasp in the same direction, and the first seed bead of the first set of six. Pull tight to secure.

String seven more seed beads then pass the needle through the white bead in the top row of the first flower component.

Continue to pass the beading needle through the top row of beads in the first flower component then string eight seed beads onto the thread. Continue to string the top row of the next flower component then add eight seed beads until all flower components are strung.

Repeat Step 7 to add the second half of the clasp.

Repeat Step 8 to string the bottom row and connect the components. After stringing through the first white bead in the last flower component (same flower component from Step 7), pass the beading needle up though the outer hole of the pastel dark coral red bead just above it and out through the bottom hole of the alabaster white airy pearl bead (this will start the bottom middle row). Pull tight.

String three seed beads then pass the needle through the next flower component.

Using Steps 8 and 10 as a guide, continue to string the middle two rows of the bracelet, adding three seed beads between each component in both middle rows.