Jewelry-Making Techniques

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Bib-Style Necklace with Seed Beads and Crystal Beads

Courtesy of Fashion Magazine
E63R

Design by Juliya Tsiapenko

''Careless Fouette''

: : : Materials : : :

  • Bead, purple bicone crystals, 4mm (A)
  • Bead, olive bicone crystals, 4mm (B)
  • Seed bead, Bohemian faceted topaz color with silver coating (C)
  • Seed bead, transparent purple, size 10/0 (D)
  • Seed bead, transparent light green, size 10/0 (E)

  • Optional:

Necklace

STEP 1
Make a full-size design of the necklace, or photocopy picture 1, enlarging it to the desired size.
STEP 2
Work eight ropes of the desired length, using C.

ure 1
STEP 3
Connect rope #1 and rope #6 together, using picture 1 as a guide. Connect rope #4 and rope # 3 together. Then attach rope #5 and rope #1 to them.
STEP 4
Attach the ends of ropes #7, #8, #2 to rope #6 (pic.1).

Picture 1
STEP 5
Work the braid, using C (fig. 2). Place the braid around ropes #1, 5, 3, 4 and connect it into a ring and work 7 rows more on two middle seed beads (fig. 1). Fix the ring in a few stitches.

Figure 2
STEP 6
Work the flowers at the ends of the ropes, using A, B, D, E (fig. 3). You can work the flowers separate and then attach to the ropes.

Figure 3
STEP 7
Work the leaves, using C (fig. 4).

Figure 4
STEP 8
Sew the link elements together to fix the composition (pic.1).
STEP 9
Work the loop for a clasp, using C.

Figure 5
STEP 10
Work the clasp at the free end of the rope #2, using C.

Figure 6

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