I wanted to create a geometric design using tila beads, and after some trial and error, this is the final result I came up with (which I was very happy with). Necklaces below were made with smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads. (Larger TOHO or Japanese 11/0 seed beads might work too, but I haven’t tried it yet). The piece shown below was made with shiny copper 5mm tila beads, 4mm bronze metallic bicones, and iris brown and copper 11/0 seed beads. When I bought the jet black AB tila’s online, I did not know they were only AB on the front; the back was opaque shiny black with no iridescence. So the resulting necklace became reversible by accident (i.e. the photos of the black/blue-AB tilas and the black tilas are actually the same necklace). I plan to include a pattern for matching earrings in my next post. Enjoy!
FREE beading pattern: Tila Netting
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