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FREE beading pattern for Custom Beaded Bail

February 9, 2021 / admin / 2 Comments

Turn an earring into a pendant with this custom beaded bail! (Video tutorial is included with PDF diagram). I thought the Georgiana Earring from my last post would make a lovely pendant, but the bails I had on hand did not seem to match the color or style very well, so I decided to make one. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

About the design…

By incorporating some of the same materials, I could guarantee the color and style matched. I wanted something with a large enough diameter to fit over any type of strand: a chain, a ribbon, a 4mm cord (shown), or even a string of the same 4mm round beads. I was happy with the result. This bail could probably be customized to convert nearly any earring made with 4mm pearls or crystals into a pendant.

Materials

This bail requires a finished beaded earring component that is made with 4mm round beads or crystals (like the Georgiana Earring from my last post), three of the same 4mm round beads or crystals that match the component, and matching 11/0 TOHO seed beads.

Video Tutorial

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FREE beading pattern: Georgiana Earrings

FREE beading pattern for Georgiana Earrings

February 1, 2021 / admin / 9 Comments

Enjoy a video tutorial to go with the PDF instructions for this design! This is my newest earring design, which bezels a 14mm rivoli crystal and frames it with 4mm round beads and seed beads. I love how using a slightly darker gold (or silver) for the 4mm beads gave this piece a “old world” feel, and made the crystal color pop. The way the superduo beads are incorporated into the frame gives it a lovely tear-drop shape. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

Each earring requires a 14mm rivoli crystal, 15/0 and 11/0 seed beads of the same color, fourteen 4mm round beads, five superduo beads, and one 8/0 or 6/0 seed bead to connect an earhook via jump ring at the top. (Materials are also listed in the diagram image and PDF below).

Video Tutorial

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FREE beading pattern for Sarina Necklace

January 15, 2021 / admin / 0 Comments

Similar to my “Rondelle Radiance” challenge, this design was inspired by a single package of round beads on sale at Michael’s, which included four sizes (4mm, 6mm, 8mm, and 10mm).

I wanted to design a necklace using all four sizes of the round beads, and this “Sarina Necklace” is the result. The finished necklace is about 19 inches long (including clasp), but can be made longer by making the “chain” section longer than 5 inches at both ends. The pattern also requires 2 colors of 11/0 TOHO seed beads (one color matching the round beads, plus an accent color), as well as two 6/0 or 8/0 seed beads to connect a clasp at both ends via jump rings. This is a 2-page pattern, and materials are listed on the 2nd page.

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FREE Beading Pattern for Madelyn Earrings

February 1, 2019 / admin / 0 Comments

This is an earring design to coordinate with the Madelyn Necklace in my last post. Each earring requires 11/0 seed beads, 7 Superduos, a 4mm and a 6mm pearl or crystal, and a 6/0 or 8/0 seed bead for the jump ring to go through at the top. Like the necklace, this pattern 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 copper or grey/blue pieces). I used 6-lb FireLine as my beading thread, as always. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

Materials

11/0 seed beads	2.5 x 5mm Superduos	4mm & 6mm Pearls or Crystals
Metalic Gold TOHO [PermaFinish] (Fire Mountan Gems)	White Superduos (Hobby Lobby)	Light Coral Czech Glass Pearls (Jill Wiseman Designs)
Czech opaque iris pewter (Fire Mountan Gems)	Crystal Blue Luster Superduos (Hobby Lobby)	Light Blue AB bicone crystals (Fire Mountan Gems)
Czech satin metallic bronze (Fire Mountan Gems)	Apollo Gold Superduos (Artbeads.com)	Clear/copper crystals (Michael’s and Hobby Lobby)
Galvanaized Aluminum TOHO [PermaFinish] (Fire Mountan Gems)	Black matte Superduos (Hobby Lobby)	Cranberry Wonder beads [acrylic] (Fire Mountan Gems)

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FREE Beading Pattern for Madelyn Necklace

January 19, 2019 / admin / 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!

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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