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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: Floral Butterfly Bracelet

FREE beading pattern for Floral Butterfly Bracelet

September 1, 2020 / admin / 3 Comments

This is a bracelet design to coordinate with the FREE beading pattern for Floral Butterfly Necklace in my last post. It requires the same materials as the necklace: Superduos and 4mm round beads of the same color (to form the mini-butterflies), and 3 colors of 11/0 seed beads: one color for diamonds (or “leaves”), one for the flower petals, and one for the flower center. You also need a clasp and jump rings to connect through the 8/0 seed bead at both ends. This bracelet pattern makes a small bracelet about 7 1/4″ long (including clasp), which can be extended by continuing the pattern to desired length, ending with an 8/0 seed bead for the jump ring to go through. I think this bracelet would also work nicely as a wrap bracelet (doubling or tripling the length).

I used 6lb Fireline for these bracelets, 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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Video tutorial: Floral Butterfly bracelet

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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 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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