Bracelet with Chainmaille and Seed Beads
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Rose, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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Instructions by Maura Buckner, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
- Seed bead, glass, silver-lined ruby red, square hole, #6 round with square hole (24 seed beads)
- Seed bead, Matsuno, silver-lined, gold, #6 round (24 seed beads)
- Seed bead, Matsuno, silver-lined, emerald green, #6 round (30 seed beads)
- Jumpring, aluminum, gunmetal, 8mm round, 16 gauge (50 jumprings)
- Jumpring, aluminum, bronze, 8mm round, 16 gauge (48 jumprings)
- Jumpring, aluminum, metallic grey, 8mm round, 16 gauge (60 jumprings)
- Pliers, chain-nose
- Pliers, bent-nose
- Pliers, flat-nose
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Clasp, hook-and-eye, antiqued pewter (tin-based alloy), 26x8mm with flowers
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- Optional:
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- Clasps, hook-and-eye
STEP 1
Using a pair of chain-nose pliers and flat-nose pliers, open a gunmetal jumpring. Pass it through the loop on the eye portion of the clasp. Close the jumpring. Add a second jumpring next to the first.
STEP 2
Open a gunmetal jumpring. Pass it through the two jumprings from Step 1. Close the jumpring. Repeat to attach a second gunmetal jumpring through the two jumprings from Step 1.
STEP 3
Add a second set of two jumprings to the set of jumprings added in Step 2 stringing one ruby red seed bead to each jumpring before closing the jumping, creating a chain of three sets of two jumprings.
STEP 4
Flip down the last two rings added so they hang as far down as possible with the jumprings on the outer edge of the strand. Separate the now, top two rings.
STEP 5
Open a gunmetal jumpring. Pass the open jumpring under the top two jumprings. Close the jumpring. Add a second jumpring next to the first.
STEP 6
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to attach two more sets of jumprings.
STEP 7
Repeat Steps 1 - 4 to create the following sets:
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Five metallic grey jumprings and emerald seed beads
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Five bronze jumprings and gold seed beads
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Five gunmetal jumprings and ruby red seed beads
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Five metallic grey jumprings and emerald seed beads
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Five bronze jumprings and gold seed beads
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Five gunmetal jumprings and ruby red seed beads
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Five metallic grey jumprings and emerald seed beads
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Two bronze jumprings and gold seed beads
STEP 8
Open a bronze jumpring. Pass the open jumpring under the top two jumprings and the loop on the hook portion of the clasp. Close the jumpring. Add a second jumpring next to the first.
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