Month: September 2021

FREE beading pattern for Halloween Spider Pendant

September 27, 2021 / admin / 1 Comment

Enjoy a free video tutorial to accompany the PDF download for this pendant! This is my first ever Halloween-themed design, and I am happy with the result. I wanted to create a piece for Halloween, but something that still looked like elegant jewelry. My design started with an oval bezel pattern that was the base for my Netted Bezel, Victorian Pendant, and Enchanted Tree necklace designs, and ended with a spider on top. For further inspiration, you can review those previous designs for different ideas on how you might further embellish this pendant, or incorporate it into a beaded necklace. I added my Custom Beaded Bail to the purple Spider Pendant below, to show another option. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

For this pendant, you will need a 25x18mm Cabochon (flat-back). I ordered both acrylic and resin ones online at Fire Mountain Gems several years ago. Their selection has changed a bit since then, but they still have a pretty good selection of affordable 25x18mm resin and acrylic Cabochons. You will also need

Two rondelle crystals (one 4x6mm and one 6x8mm) for the spider body
15/0 seed beads
11/0 TOHO seed beads (one color the same as the 15/0 seed beads, and another color matching the spider body). I think other 11/0 seed beads (smaller than TOHO) could possibly also work, but I haven’t officially tried that.
Twelve 4mm crystals (bicone or round)

Video Tutorial

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FREE beading pattern for Brianna Necklace

September 21, 2021 / admin / 2 Comments

Enjoy a free video tutorial to accompany the PDF diagram for this design! This is an elegant necklace designed to coordinate with the Brianna Bracelet from my last post. It only requires seed and bugle beads. Like the Brianna Bracelet, this design looks great with classic jewelry colors (gold, silver, etc.), with bugles that pop against that (bright color, reflective). I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

This necklace requires 11/0 TOHO seed beads and bugle beads, plus two 6/0 or 8/0 seed beads to connect the clasp with jump rings. The bugles can be 7mm long (as shown in blue/silver and pink/hematite examples) or 12mm long, like the red/gold example. Technically you can use any size bugle 7mm or longer, as long as you use the same size for the entire necklace. When using metallic seed beads, I prefer Permafinish TOHO seed beads, which do not tarnish over time.

Video Tutorial

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FREE beading pattern for Brianna Bracelet

September 13, 2021 / admin / 3 Comments

Enjoy a free video tutorial to accompany the PDF diagram download for this design! This is a light-weight and elegant lacy cuff bracelet made only from seed and bugle beads. This classic design looks great with classic jewelry colors (gold, silver, etc.), with bugles that pop against that (bright color, reflective). I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

This bracelet requires 11/0 TOHO seed beads and bugle beads, plus two 6/0 or 8/0 seed beads to connect the clasp with jump rings. The bugles can be 7mm long (as shown in blue/silver and pink/hematite examples) or 12mm long, like the red/gold example, which makes the bracelet slightly wider. Technically you can use any size bugle 7mm or longer, as long as you use the same size for the whole bracelet. When using metallic seed beads, I prefer Permafinish TOHO seed beads, which do not tarnish over time.

Video Tutorial

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FREE beading pattern for Sabela Earrings

September 2, 2021 / admin / 1 Comment

Enjoy a free video tutorial to accompany the PDF diagram of this design! These dazzling earrings are designed to coordinate with the Sabela Necklace from my last post – simple, yet glamorous. Classic colors suit this design well. These earrings are very quick and easy to make. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

For these earrings, you will need twelve 6mm bicone crystals, twenty-six 4mm round beads or pearls, 11/0 TOHO seed beads, and two 6/0 or 8/0 seed beads to connect the ear hooks with jump rings.