Category: Necklaces (Page 4 of 18)

FREE beading pattern: Coral Superduo Necklace

FREE beading pattern for Coral Superduo Necklace

December 2, 2020 / admin / 6 Comments

One more design for the holidays! I was curious how superduo beads would look on a “coraled” pendant, and I love how it turned out! They resemble tri-petal florets on the end of each coral branch, and look great with either two accent colors or one. This design requires only TOHO 11/0 seed beads (two to three colors) and superduo beads (one or two accent colors).

In the red/green piece, I used a base color of silver (Permafinish galvanized aluminum TOHO 11/0) with two accent colors of red and green (requiring matching seed and superduo beads in both colors). In the purple/rose-gold piece I used a rose-gold base color with one accent color of purple (requiring purple seed and superduo beads). The last aqua/white piece was made with smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads, but the thread showed a little more on the chain part of the necklace, so I feel TOHO seed beads work slightly better with this design. The aqua/white color scheme did not have a base color – instead I just alternated the 2 colors (requiring matching seed and superduo beads in both colors).

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FREE beading pattern: Christmas Diamond Necklace

November 12, 2020 / admin / 3 Comments

I love making geometric designs with bugle beads! This design uses two different sizes of bugle beads to create the curve in the necklace: #2 (5mm) green bugle beads, and #3 (7mm) red bugle beads. 11/0 and 8/0 seed beads are also required. (I like to use galvanized PermaFinish metallic seed beads from FireMountainGems.com, as they resist tarnishing over time). This necklace took me a while to make (so I only made one), but it was worth the patience. It is a light-weight necklace, and the way the bugles catch the light make it a stunning piece. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

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FREE beading pattern: Rondelle Radiance Necklace

FREE beading pattern for Rondelle Radiance Necklace

November 2, 2020 / admin / 1 Comment

This is the last post in my “Rondell 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 and Earrings from my last 2 posts, I had 17 8x10mm, 3 6x8mm, 15 4x6mm, and 4 3x4mm rondelle crystals left to work with.

This necklace design requires all of the 8x10mm and 4x6mm rondelles I had left, so the only left-over crystals after this challenge are three 6x8mm and four 3x4mm rondelles… not bad! This necklace also requires 11/0 and 8/0 seed beads plus a lobster clasp and two jump rings at both ends. This design makes a 17″ necklace, but can be extended by including more of diamond-shaped “chain” links at the beginning and end.

This necklace design is made in 2 rows, but even making it with only the first row looks nice too.

FREE beading pattern: Rondelle Radiance Necklace (one row only)

Since I did not make a bracelet for the bronze/cream piece, I had extra 3x4mm rondelles to include a variation on the first row of the necklace (using 16 3x4mm rondelles instead of the 8/0 seed beads).

FREE beading pattern: Rondelle Radiance Necklace (variation)

Both variations look nice. I hope you enjoy this design series, and this free beading pattern!

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FREE beading pattern: Floral Butterfly Necklace

FREE beading pattern for Floral Butterfly Necklace

August 1, 2020 / BeadDiagrams.com Administrator / 8 Comments

I am especially fond of this lacy spring/summer design, featuring mini-butterflies and flowers. Besides the 6/0 or 8/0 seed bead at each end for connecting a clasp via jump rings, this pattern requires only Superduos and 4mm round beads of the same color (to form the mini-butterflies), and 3 colors of 11/0 seed beads: one main color (for diamonds or “leaves”), one for the flower petals, and one for the accent (flower center and butterfly head). I found that smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads seemed to work best for the flower petals color, but really Toho will work if that’s all you have. (Delicas are not really round enough for the flowers). Slight size or shape differences in 11/0 seed beads (i.e. Czech vs. Toho) didn’t seem to matter for the other colors. Even though it takes hours to make, I liked this design so much I found myself making 3 of them, just to experiment with different color combinations!

This pattern makes a necklace about 17 inches long. If you need it longer, you can make extra diamond+flower components (steps 8 – 12) in the beginning before the first diamond-with-Superduo component (steps 2 – 3), and after the last/14th diamond-with-Superduo component. Adding an extra diamond+flower component at each end adds about an inch to the whole necklace (1/2-inch each side).

I used 6lb Fireline for these necklaces, and found that the thread shows a tiny bit, so smoke/dark Fireline (as in the blue/green and olive/rust pieces) looked a little better than the white/crystal Fireline (in the pink/red piece). Clear thread of some kind would also probably be good. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

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FREE Beading Pattern: Bugle Butterfly Necklace

FREE Beading Pattern for Bugle Butterfly Necklace

July 1, 2020 / BeadDiagrams.com Administrator / 4 Comments

I love this new butterfly necklace design, made from #3 (7mm) bugle beads, 4mm or 6mm beads or crystals, and 8/0 and 15/0 seed beads. You can create one or more butterfly components in a string, then finish off the necklace with jump rings to attach your chain of choice. I got the idea looking at one of my older designs (Bugle Triangles Necklace), and seeing that part of the triangle component looked a bit like a butterfly wing. It took several tries to construct something that resembled a whole butterfly, and to figure out the best thread path, but I am very happy with the result. It is also fairly quick to make. I always use 6lb Fireline when working with bugles, so the thread does not break on the bugles’ edges. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

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