Enjoy a step-by-step video tutorial to accompany the free PDF with instructional diagrams for this design. The original inspiration for this pendant was a peacock feather, but the design lends itself to colors outside of that. Now that Spring is here, I wanted to share a design that explodes with color, and this is it! Be brave and have fun experimenting with wild color combinations. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!
Materials
For this pendant, you will need these materials:
- 14mm Rivoli crystal (also known as Chaton crystal)
- 11/0 TOHO seed beads (or 11/0 Dynamite seed beads) in up to three colors
- 15/0 seed beads
- superduos (two colors)
- one 6/0 or 8/0 seed bead
- Jump ring
- Bail (or use a few larger jump rings as a bail)
- Size 11 or 12 beading needle
- 2 meters of 6lb Fireline (or stringing material of your choice)
I used Rivoli crystals of varying quality – the cheaper ones (from Amazon.com) tend be thicker around the edge, but the pattern worked with both types. Below is a list of colors I used. (HL = Hobby Lobby, JWD = Jill Wiseman Designs, FMG = Fire Mountain Gems, AZ = Amazon.com, BB = Bobby Bead).
| 14mm Rivoli Crystal |
Superduos 2.5x5mm |
Seed Beads |
AZ sapphire blue |
Inner: JWD Tropical Rainforest Outer: JWD Metalust Apple Green |
15/0: FMG Gold 11/0 Color 1: BB TOHO Electric Blue galvanized Permafinish 11/0 Color 2: FMG TOHO Starlight (gold) galvanized Permafinish 11/0 Color 3: FMG Dyna-Mites translucent rainbow light green |
AZ Fushia (hot pink) |
Inner: HL Jet Outer: HL Tropical Blue Grape |
15/0: FMG Gold 11/0 Color 1 and 3: FMG TOHO Starlight (gold) galvanized Permafinish 11/0 Color 2: FMG TOHO opaque higher metallic grape |
AZ sapphire blue |
Inner: JWD Bondeli Matte Coral Outer: JWD Tropical Rainforest |
15/0: FMG Gold 11/0 Color 1: FMG TOHO transparent silver-lined dark aqua 11/0 Color 3: FMG Dyna-Mites translucent rainbow light green 11/0 Color 3: FMG TOHO Starlight (gold) galvanized Permafinish |
FMG light Colorado topaz |
Inner: JWD Metalust Apple Green Outer: JWD Tropical Rainforest |
15/0: FMG Gold 11/0 Color 1: FMG Dyna-Mites translucent rainbow light green 11/0 Color 2: FMG TOHO transparent frosted teal 11/0 Color 3: FMG TOHO Starlight (gold) galvanized Permafinish |
AZ sapphire blue |
Inner: JWD Satin Metallic Magenta Outer: HL silver |
15/0: FMG silver 11/0 Color 1, 2, and 3: FMG TOHO opaque metallic polaris Permafinish |
AZ Teal |
Inner: JWD Metalust Apple Green Outer: JWD Lemon |
15/0: FMG Gold 11/0 Color 1: FMG Dyna-Mites translucent silver-lined aqua 11/0 Color 2 and 3: FMG Dyna-Mites silver-lined translucent matte light green |
FMG Crystal Passions Ocean DeLite |
Inner: HL Pastel Light Azure Outer: JWD Tropical Blue Raspberry |
15/0: FMG Silver 11/0 Color 1 and 3: BB TOHO Light Sapphire Transparent Rainbow Matte 11/0 Color 2: FMG TOHO opaque aluminum (silver) galvanized Permafinish |
FMG Crystal Passions Siam |
Inner: HL Pastel Cream/Off White Outer: HL Metalust Red |
15/0: FMG Bronze 11/0 Color 1 and 2: FMG TOHO opaque bronze 11/0 Color 3: BB TOHO Cabernet Galvanized PermaFinish |
More Photos and Demo Video
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Video Tutorial
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