Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings with Crystal Passions® Beads and Components and Wirework
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Design Idea NF2M
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Patti Miller, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Ear wire, sterling silver, 20.5mm twisted square wire fishhook with 1.5mm ball and open loop, 19 gauge
- Focal, Crystal Passions®, crystal Bermuda blue P, 30x28mm faceted starfish pendant (6721)
- Drop, Crystal Passions®, crystal Bermuda blue P, 21x20mm faceted starfish pendant (6721)
- Head pin, sterling silver, 1/2 inch with 1.5mm ball, 24 gauge
- Bead, Crystal Passions®, erinite, 6mm faceted round (5000)
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 6.5mm round, 4.7mm inside diameter, 19 gauge
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 4.5mm round, 2.6mm inside diameter, 19 gauge
- Bead, Crystal Passions®, Capri blue, 6mm faceted round (5000)
- Chain, sterling silver, 1.8mm Venetian box, 18 inches
- Bead, Crystal Passions®, aquamarine, 6mm faceted round (5000)
- Wire, sterling silver, dead-soft, twisted square, 18 gauge
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Cut one 7-inch length of twisted square wire.
Step 2
Form a teardrop-shaped wrapped loop on one end of the wire approximately 1/4 x 1-3/8 inches by forming the wire into a teardrop shape then finishing the wrapped loop like standard.
Tip: View our ''Making a Wrapped Loop and Double-Wrapped Loop'' how-to video and illustrated instructions for more information.
Step 3
Pass the working end of the wire through a 28mm starfish drop from the foil side. Bend the loop up and over the top of the starfish so the loop is perpendicular to the hole of the drop.
Step 4
Wrap the working wire down and around one arm of the starfish, then behind the next arm below the first.
Repeat Step 2 to form a similarly sized teardrop wrapped loop perpendicular to the first.
Step 5
String one aquamarine 6mm round onto a head pin then form a simple loop. Repeat to create a total of seven drops: two aquamarine, two erinite and three Capri blue.
Step 6
Connect five 4.5mm jump rings together forming a 1-1 chain then connect the chain to the bottom loop of the wire-wrapped starfish.
Attach one 6mm drop to each jump ring of the chain then add a 6mm drop to the teardrop loop on either side of the embellished chain.
Step 7
String a chain through the teardrop bail to complete the necklace.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
String one aquamarine 6mm round onto a head pin then form a simple loop. Repeat to create a total of six drops: two aquamarine, two Capri blue and two erinite.
Step 2
Pass one 6.5mm round jump ring through one 20mm starfish drop then close.
Pass one 4.5mm jump ring through the 6.5mm jump ring and one erinite drop then close.
Pass a second 4.5mm jump ring through the previous jump ring and one aquamarine drop then close.
Pass a third 4.5mm jump ring through the previous 4.5mm jump ring, a Capri blue drop and an ear wire then close.
Step 3
Repeat Step 2 to create a second earring.
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