Category: Pendants (Page 1 of 6)

Free beading pattern for Baronial Pendant

March 28, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

Enjoy a step-by-step video tutorial to accompany the free PDF instructional diagram for this design! This component can work as a pendant or earring and is fairly quick and easy to make. Alternatively, you can make just the bottom part of the component for a shorter pendant or earring (not pictured). I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

For this pendant, you will need 11/0 TOHO seed beads, one 6/0 TOHO seed bead, seven 6mm round beads or pearls, and a bail or jump ring. (If making earrings, you will need twice as many round beads and seed beads, plus ear hooks instead of a bail). I used about 1.5 meters/yards of 6lb Fireline with a size 10 beading needle.

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Free Beading Pattern: Ornate Cross Pendant

Free Beading Pattern for Ornate Cross Pendant

April 27, 2023 / admin / 3 Comments

Enjoy a step-by-step video tutorial to accompany the free PDF instructional diagram for this design! I love this pendant, and had fun experimenting with different colors. Although there are “front” color and “back” color superduos, you see both equally in the piece. I found I liked irridescent or multi-colored superduos the best on the front (anything with a varied shiny finish), with a solid supporting color on the back. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

For this pendant you will need two colors of superduos, 11/0 seed beads (TOHO or Czech), five 6/0 seed beads, and four 4mm crystals (bicone or round). You will also need a jump ring and a bail to connect the pendant to a cord or chain. I used 2 meters of 6 lb Fireline with a size 10 beading needle to construct each pendant.

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Free beading pattern: Peacock Feather Pendant

Free Beading Pattern for Peacock Feather Pendant

March 21, 2023 / admin / 1 Comment

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

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Free beading pattern for Snake Pendant

December 1, 2022 / admin / 1 Comment

Enjoy a free video tutorial to accompany the PDF instructional diagram for this Snake Pendant design. After playing around with different methods to stitch curves with superduos and seed beads, I developed this cute pattern for a Snake Pendant. It has a beaded loop in the back as a hidden bail, so no jump rings are needed. I liked how superduos with a varied finish (like Picasso or Chalk) looked the best. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

This pendant only requires sixteen superduo beads and 11/0 TOHO seed beads (two seed beads in a different color for the eyes – I used red). Photos below of the green snake pendant show how the back of the pendant has a beaded loop to act as a hidden bail. There’s no need for jump rings or bail findings for this pendant, just the cord or chain it will hang on.

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Free beading pattern for Reversible Ophelia Pendant

October 4, 2022 / admin / 0 Comments

Enjoy a video tutorial to accompany the free PDF instructions for this design! Using a new way to cage 8x10mm rondelle crystals, I designed this pendant to coordinate with the Ophelia Earrings from my last post. I especially like transparent colors for the rondelle crystals with this design, as light reflecting through them adds depth when it shines through the open areas of each beaded cage. The best part is this pendant is REVERSIBLE. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

This pendant requires six 8x10mm rondelle crystals (preferably transparent), 11/0 TOHO round seed beads, and two 6/0 or 8/0 seed beads. A jump ring connects the pendant to a bail to hang it on a chain, cord, or ribbon. In two of the pendants, I made a simple bail out of 2 or 3 larger jump rings. I used a size 10 beading needle, and about 3 meters of 6-lb Fireline to construct the pendant.

The seed beads I used were 11/0 TOHO round PermaFinish opaque galvanized aluminum, and opaque bronze. (These are among my favorite seed beads to use because they don’t tarnish). All of the 8x10mm rondelle crystals came from Michael’s, in their strung rondelle crystal sets (8x10mm being the largest size). The sets are pictured below. I’ve used these in many other designs including Brielle Earrings, Lillian Earrings, Arabella Earrings, Arabella Pendant, Wing Drop Bracelet, Wing Drop Necklace, Wing Drop Earrings, Rondelle Radiance Earrings, Rondelle Radiance Necklace, and Rondelle Radiance Bracelet… There are plenty of projects to use up the rest of the rondelle crystals in the set!