Category: Earrings (Page 6 of 13)

FREE beading pattern: Christmas Diamond Earrings

November 19, 2020 / admin / 3 Comments

FREE beading pattern: Christmas Diamond Necklace — FREE beading pattern: Christmas Diamond Earrings

This is an earring design to coordinate with the Christmas Diamond Necklace from my last post. These earrings are much quicker to make than the necklace, which is a nice way to test different color schemes before committing to the necklace. Two sizes of bugle beads are required: #2 (5mm) green bugle beads, and #3 (7mm) red bugle beads. I made these in a different color scheme as well, using black and clear/irridescent bugles. 8/0 and 11/0 TOHO seed beads are also required, as are jump rings and ear hooks to finish them off. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Click on the photos below (or the free beading pattern) to zoom in.

If you wish to print the pattern, download it in PDF format:

Download FREE PDF now!

If you enjoy the free designs, tutorials, and downloads provided by BeadDiagrams.com, consider donating using Paypal!

FREE beading pattern: Rondelle Radiance Earrings

FREE beading pattern for Rondelle Radiance Earrings

October 12, 2020 / admin / 3 Comments

This is the 2nd post in my “Rondelle Radiance” series, where I challenged myself to design a matching bracelet, earrings, and necklace set using a single package of rondelle crystals of different sizes.

After the Rondelle Radiance Bracelet from my last post, I had 23 8x10mm, 9 6x8mm, 19 4x6mm, and 14 3x4mm rondelles left to work with.

I wanted to utilize all four rondelle sizes for the earrings, so this is the design I came up with. Making both earrings requires six 8x10mm, six 6x8mm, four 4x6mm, and ten 3x4mm rondelles, plus 11/0 TOHO seed beads and two 8/0 seed beads to connect ear hooks via jump rings. I hope you enjoy this design series, and this free beading pattern. Stay tuned for another upcoming free pattern for the Rondelle Radiance Necklace!

Click on the photos below (or the free beading pattern) to zoom in.

If you wish to print the pattern, download it in PDF format:

Download FREE PDF now!

If you enjoy the free designs, tutorials, and downloads provided by BeadDiagrams.com, consider donating using Paypal!

FREE Beading pattern: Caged Bead Earrings

FREE Beading Pattern for Caged Bead Earrings

June 11, 2020 / BeadDiagrams.com Administrator / 1 Comment

This is a simple geometric design, which encases a 10mm round bead or crystal inside a cage made of #5 (12mm) bugle beads, 8/0 seed beads, and 15/0 seed beads (plus a 6/0 or 8/0 seed bead for the jump ring to go through). I had played with this simple geometric shape in the past, but had never been satisfied with the exposed sharp edges of the bugle beads, or how visible the thread was. In addition, the bugles would shift around the joints (where the 4 bugle edges come together), making it uneven. I then came up with the idea of covering each joint with a 8/0 and 15/0 seed bead to both cover the sharp edges and hide the thread. At first, I struggled with finding a thread path that would not go through the 15/0 seed beads too many times. After many tries, I found the best solution was to construct the entire bead cage first, then cover the joints at the end (as opposed to trying to incorporate them while building the cage). The 8/0 seed beads also served to stabilize the joints from shifting around, which was a bonus. After I nailed down this method, I was able to quickly make many of them to try different color combinations. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Click on the photos below (or the free beading pattern) to zoom in.

If you wish to print the pattern, download it in PDF format:

Download FREE PDF now!

If you enjoy the free designs, tutorials, and downloads provided by BeadDiagrams.com, consider donating using Paypal!

FREE Beading Pattern for Jordana Earrings

February 2, 2020 / admin / 7 Comments

This is a stunning yet simple design, which encases a 14mm Rivoli crystal inside a cage made of #5 and #3 bugle beads, 11/0 TOHO seed beads (2 colors), and 15/0 seed beads (plus a 6/0 or 8/0 seed bead for the jump ring to go through). I probably made 10 different versions of this concept before arriving at the right geometry, that would hold the rivoli in place securely, and keep the cage from moving/skewing too much at the joints. All bugle beads used (#5 and #3) are from Hobby Lobby. The metalic TOHO beads are from FireMountan Gems (Permafinish galvanized, to resist tarnishing). The accent color TOHO beads are from Michaels (matte black for the purple/silver piece, silver-lined aqua for the aqua/silver piece, and clear rose peach for the peach/gold piece). Finally, the 14mm Rivoli crystals are from FireMountan Gems. The thing I like best about this particular pattern is how relatively fast they are to make. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Video Tutorial

BeadDiagrams.com has introduced video tutorials! BeadDiagrams.com tutorials have an advantage over other video tutorials, offering a printable PDF to accompany each tutorial, to help and follow along with. Subscribe to my YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/c/BeadDiagramsTutorials) to be notified of new tutorials. I am not only posting tutorials for new designs, but also for previously posted designs!

Click on the image below to view the video tutorial for this design:

Download PDF

If you wish to print the pattern, download it in PDF format:

Download FREE PDF now!

If you enjoy the free designs, tutorials, and downloads provided by BeadDiagrams.com, consider donating using Paypal!

FREE Beading Pattern for Madelyn Earrings

February 1, 2019 / admin / 0 Comments

This is an earring design to coordinate with the Madelyn Necklace in my last post. Each earring requires 11/0 seed beads, 7 Superduos, a 4mm and a 6mm pearl or crystal, and a 6/0 or 8/0 seed bead for the jump ring to go through at the top. Like the necklace, this pattern works equally well with either larger TOHO 11/0 seed beads (like the gold/white/pink piece), or smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads (like the copper or grey/blue pieces). I used 6-lb FireLine as my beading thread, as always. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

11/0 seed beads	2.5 x 5mm Superduos	4mm & 6mm Pearls or Crystals
Metalic Gold TOHO [PermaFinish] (Fire Mountan Gems)	White Superduos (Hobby Lobby)	Light Coral Czech Glass Pearls (Jill Wiseman Designs)
Czech opaque iris pewter (Fire Mountan Gems)	Crystal Blue Luster Superduos (Hobby Lobby)	Light Blue AB bicone crystals (Fire Mountan Gems)
Czech satin metallic bronze (Fire Mountan Gems)	Apollo Gold Superduos (Artbeads.com)	Clear/copper crystals (Michael’s and Hobby Lobby)
Galvanaized Aluminum TOHO [PermaFinish] (Fire Mountan Gems)	Black matte Superduos (Hobby Lobby)	Cranberry Wonder beads [acrylic] (Fire Mountan Gems)