Category: Necklaces (Page 5 of 18)

FREE Beading Pattern: Bugle Butterfly Necklace
FREE Beading Pattern: Bugle Butterfly Necklace

FREE Beading Pattern for Bugle Butterfly Necklace

July 1, 2020 / / 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!

FREE Beading Pattern: Bugle Butterfly Necklace
FREE Beading Pattern: Bugle Butterfly Necklace

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FREE beading pattern: Madelyn Necklace
FREE beading pattern: Madelyn Necklace

FREE Beading Pattern for Madelyn Necklace

January 19, 2019 / / 12 Comments

This is my latest design, which requires Superduos, 4mm and 6mm pearls or crystals, and 11/0 seed beads. The pattern diagram shows how the necklace is made in 4 rows, back and forth (the 2nd and 3rd rows being quicker than the first and last). The great thing about this pattern is that it 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 grey/blue piece). This pattern produces a curve that works best for shorter necklaces (15 – 20 inches), but probably not much longer than that. What I love best about this design are the lacy curves, which are not always easily achieved with netting techniques. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern. (I plan to post a pattern for matching earrings in my next post). Have fun experimenting with different colors!

FREE beading pattern: Madelyn Necklace
FREE beading pattern: Madelyn Necklace

The materials used for the white/pink/gold piece were white Superduos, 4mm and 6mm Light Coral Czech Glass Pearls (from Jill Wiseman Designs), and gold TOHO 11.0 seed beads.

The materials used for the blue/grey piece were crystal blue luster Superduos, 4mm and 6mm bicone AB blue crystals, and black hematite 11/0 Czech seed beads.

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FREE beading pattern: Chip Fringe
FREE beading pattern: Chip Fringe

FREE beading pattern for Chip Fringe Necklace

May 13, 2018 / / 8 Comments

This is my latest design: a V-shape necklace featuring beautiful bugle fringes with coraled ends, hanging off a superduo beaded chain.  The use of natural stone drilled chips (or any drilled chips with some color variation) gives an organic feel to this necklace.  It was fun to experiment with different color combinations, and I love how all of them turned out!  The pattern requires twin or superduo beads, 11/0 seed beads (1 or 2 colors), bugle beads (any size), and small to medium drilled chips.  The last photo with the blue lapis chips shows a variation where I added half the fringe (alternating from every other twin bead instead of every twin bead) with 4 – 5 chips in the coral end instead of 2.  I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

FREE beading pattern: Chip Fringe
FREE beading pattern: Chip Fringe

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FREE beading pattern: Laguna Necklace
FREE beading pattern: Laguna Necklace

FREE beading pattern for Laguna Necklace

February 25, 2018 / / 4 Comments

This is my latest design, featuring a diamond shaped pendant on an embellished Superduo chain.  The pattern requires 11/0 seed beads, Superduo or twin beads (2.5 x 5mm), 4mm beads, and one 8mm bead or crystal for the center of the pendant.  The pattern can be done using only one color of seed beads (like the dark gold/orange/turquoise piece, or the green/purple/aqua piece), or two colors of seed beads (like the black hematite/light aqua piece, the gold/clear/green piece, or the light blue/lavender/silver piece).  I really enjoyed experimenting with different color combinations in this design, and was especially happy with how well the light-aqua silver-lined seed beads complimented the black hematite Superduos.  I’ve tried black hematite with different colors in the past, but this is by far my favorite compliment to black hematite yet.  I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

FREE beading pattern: Laguna Necklace
FREE beading pattern: Laguna Necklace
11/0 seed beadsSuperduos or twins4mm beads8mm bead
Metalic dark gold rocaille (Miyuki)Chalk Travertine SuperduosOrange glass, and Turquoise roundOrange glass round
Dyna-Mites silver-lined transparent rainbow light aqua, and TOHO black hematiteBlack hematite SuperduosMontana AB druksAcrylic Wonder bead, light blue
Green lined transparentPurple SuperduosCapri blue matte druksDark aqua Czech round faceted crystal
TOHO gold, and Clear ABClear AB SuperduosGreen Adventurine, roundGreen Adventurine, round
Dyna-Mites rainbow clear light blue, and TOHO silverTransparent pearl lavender twin beadsLight Blue AB bicone crystalsLight Blue AB bicone crystal

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FREE beading pattern: Lorraine Necklace
FREE beading pattern: Lorraine Necklace

FREE beading pattern for Lorraine Necklace

January 24, 2018 / / 4 Comments

Special Note:

My apologies to those of you on the e-mail list who may have received multiple e-mails of my last post.  There was a server migration in December which caused a glitch in the e-mail mechanism, which I believe has now been fixed.

New pattern!

This is my latest necklace design, entitled Lorraine Necklace.  It requires 11/0 seed beads, 4mm pearls or crystals, 6mm & 8mm pearls (or round beads), and Superduo or twin beads.  If you choose to use 4mm crystals that are not bicone  (i.e. like the black/gold piece below, where the crystals are more oval), a slight adjustment to the pattern is needed.  If using oval crystals, then at steps 16 and 17 where you see 2 seed beads in a row, use only one.  Below the picture is a list of materials I used in the three pieces shown.  I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

FREE beading pattern: Lorraine Necklace

11/0 seed beads4mm beads/crystals6mm/8mm beadsSuperduos or twins
Dyna-Mites: silver-lined light peach translucentLight pink AB bicone crystalsOff-white pearlsClear AB Superduo beads
Dyna-Mites: silver-lined translucent rainbow goldBlack AB round crystalsGlossy black round beadsMatte gold Superduo beads
TOHO silver (galvanized aluminum)Dark blue pearlsDark blue pearlsHalf-silver/half-clear Superduo beads

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