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FREE beading pattern for Laguna Necklace

February 25, 2018 / admin / 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

11/0 seed beads	2.5mm x 5mm Superduos or twins	4mm beads	8mm bead
Metalic dark gold rocaille (Miyuki)	Chalk Travertine Superduos	Orange glass, and Turquoise round	Orange glass round
Dyna-Mites silver-lined transparent rainbow light aqua, and TOHO black hematite	Black hematite Superduos	Montana AB druks	Acrylic Wonder bead, light blue
Green lined transparent	Purple Superduos	Capri blue matte druks	Dark aqua Czech round faceted crystal
TOHO gold, and Clear AB	Clear AB Superduos	Green Adventurine, round	Green Adventurine, round
Dyna-Mites rainbow clear light blue, and TOHO silver	Transparent pearl lavender twin beads	Light Blue AB bicone crystals	Light Blue AB bicone crystal

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FREE beading pattern for Lorraine Earrings

February 10, 2018 / admin / 4 Comments

This is an earring pattern that coordinates with the Lorraine Necklace design in my last post. Like the necklace, it also requires 11/0 seed beads, 4mm pearls or crystals, 6mm & 8mm pearls (or round beads), and Superduo or twin beads. A 6/0 or 8/0 bead is used at the top to attach the earring to an ear hook or clip with a jump ring. 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 5 and 6 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 Earrings

11/0 seed beads	4mm beads/crystals	6mm/8mm beads	Superduos or twins
Dyna-Mites: silver-lined light peach translucent	Light pink AB bicone crystals	Off-white pearls	Clear AB Superduo beads
Dyna-Mites: silver-lined translucent rainbow gold	Black AB round crystals	Glossy black round beads	Matte gold Superduo beads
TOHO silver (galvanized aluminum)	Dark blue pearls	Dark blue pearls	Half-silver/half-clear Superduo beads

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FREE beading pattern: Christmas Cascade Earrings

FREE beading pattern for Christmas Cascade Earrings

November 18, 2017 / admin / 9 Comments

Here is an earring design to coordinate with the Christmas Cascade Necklace from my last post. The earrings above were made using metallic gold 11/0 TOHO seed beads and Czech fire-polished dipped decor round crystals (6mm emerald green, and 4mm garnet red). The blue and silver earrings below were also made with 11/0 TOHO seed beads (silver) and 4mm and 6mm round Czech crystals (blue and light blue). I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

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FREE beading pattern for Wire Loop Cross

July 5, 2017 / admin / 19 Comments

This wire loop cross pendant and necklace is made as a single interconnected piece, and looks fabulous as a short necklace. It is made using bead stringing wire (0.015in, 0.38mm), crimp beads (6), 11/0 seed beads, 4mm and 6mm round beads, and 4 Superduo beads for the center of the cross. Instead of transcribing this pattern as a diagram, I decided to create more of a picture tutorial in hopes it would be easier to follow. This piece can be made fairly quickly, so I was able to make many of them to experiment with different color combinations. You can use crimping pliers to crimp the beads at steps 7, 8, and 11, but I found just pinching the crimps flat with needle-nose pliers worked just as well, and was easier to do. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

FREE beading pattern: Wire Loop Cross

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The following photos demonstrate how to make this piece, step by step.

Wire Loop Cross: steps 1 and 2

Wire Loop Cross: step 3

Wire Loop Cross: step 4

Wire Loop Cross: step 5

Wire Loop Cross: step 6

Wire Loop Cross: step 7

Wire Loop Cross: step 8

Wire Loop Cross: step 9

Wire Loop Cross: step 10

Wire Loop Cross: step 11

FREE beading pattern: Tudor Cross Pendant

FREE beading pattern for Tudor Cross Pendant

January 31, 2017 / admin / 3 Comments

I really love how this pendant turned out! It comes in two flavors: Diamond-shaped and Cross-shaped. When experimenting with different color combinations, I found that a higher-contrast seed bead color accentuated the outline of the cross-shape better. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

Both Diamond-shaped and Cross-shaped versions of this pendant require Superduos, 4mm and 6mm round beads or pearls, and 11/0 seed beads. Between the smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads and larger TOHO 11/0 seed beads, I found the smaller Czech ones worked slightly better. However, larger TOHO beads still worked in this pattern (see the dark copper/olive and bronze/red examples below). Those examples with TOHO seed bead were made with natural stone 4mm/6mm round beads, which tend to be on the larger side of 4mm/6mm.