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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

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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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FREE beading pattern: Christmas Tree Earrings
FREE beading pattern: Christmas Tree Earrings

FREE beading pattern for Christmas Tree Earrings

November 5, 2016 / / 1 Comment

Even though it is not yet Thanksgiving, I was thinking ahead toward the holidays and wanted to make some 3-D Christmas Tree earrings using twin beads.  I figured if I searched online I might find a pattern or at least an idea for its construction.  To my surprise, after an exhaustive search, I didn’t find anything like what I had in mind.  What I did find was either 2-D, not made from twin beads, or too large for my taste to be an earring.  So I decided to work out a pattern for a small twin-bead 3-D Christmas Tree myself and share it with you all!  The secret to stabilizing the tiers of the tree so that  they don’t shift off-center is the “hidden” bicone crystal placed between the middle and bottom tiers.  The shape of that crystal helps both tiers remain centered around the post, while being only about 5% visible.  I was so happy with how the first pair turned out, I immediately experimented with other color combinations.  I found the pattern worked with either twin beads (like the gold and green examples) or Superduo beads (like the silver and dark blue examples). The Superduo beads seemed to make a slightly “fatter” tree, as the tiers had a little shallower bowl shape than the twin beads.  The last pair I made were the gold trees, where I decided to make a wrapped loop instead of just a simple loop on the last step.  That worked really well to hold the pieces more tightly on the post, and in hindsight, I probably would have done all of them like that.  I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!

FREE beading pattern: Christmas Tree Earrings
FREE beading pattern: Christmas Tree Earrings

Materials used:

  • Light Green twin beads, transparent rainbow 11/0 seed beads, 4mm green bicone crystals (hidden), 4mm red bicone crystals for the top, and 4mm silver round druk beads for the trunks
  • Silver Superduo beads, red and green silver-lined 11/0 seed beads, 4mm green bicone crystals (hidden), 4mm round lime green metallic crystals for the top, and silver round druk beads for the trunks.
  • Iris Blue Superduo beads, gold and silver 11/0 seed beads (silver-lined), 4mm green bicone crystals (hidden), 4mm gold bicone crystals for the top, and 4mm gold pearls for the trunks.
  • Gold twin beads, silver and aqua 11/0 seed beads (silver-lined), 4mm green bicone crystals (hidden), 4mm teal AB bicone crystals for the top, and 4mm gold pearls for the trunks.

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FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Pendant
FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Pendant

FREE beading pattern for Lotus Lace Pendant

June 13, 2016 / / 8 Comments

I was so happy with how the center component looked in my Lotus Lace Bracelet design from my last post, I decided to make it into a pendant. The pendant can be connected via jump ring to a chain or ribbon (as shown in my Diamond Rivoli post), or strung on a beaded wire finished with crimp beads and clasps as shown below.  (The pattern used for the beaded wire portion of the necklace can be found in my previous Rivoli Pendant post).  As another alternative, I created an extended version of the Lotus Lace Bracelet pattern to form a necklace to attach the pendant to (shown in the gold and copper piece below).  The left and right strands of the necklace were made by doing steps [1 – 22], [10 – 12], [2 – 22], [10 – 12], and [2 – 22] of the Lotus Lace Bracelet pattern, creating three main segments in each strand.  As with the earrings and the bracelet, this pendant pattern works equally well with either smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads, or with larger TOHO 11/0 seed beads, and can work with either Superduo or twin beads (although Superduos work a little better I think).

FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Pendant
FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Pendant

Here is a list of materials used in the various color combinations I experimented with:

11/0 seed beadsSuperduos or twins6mm round beads
TOHO BronzeBronze Copper SuperduosTurquoise Green Bronze Picasso Finish Druk Beads
Czech goldApollo Gold SuperduosCzech druks, opaque satin copper
Czech silverWhite Luster twinsgreen adventurine (natural stone)
TOHO nickelSilver SuperduosLight violet Pearls
TOHO BronzeTransparent Amethyst Luster SuperduosTransparent Amethyst Luster Druks

 
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FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Bracelet
FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Bracelet

FREE beading pattern for Lotus Lace Bracelet

May 28, 2016 / / 11 Comments

Expanding on the Lotus Lace Earrings design from my last post, I created a bracelet using similar elements from the earrings, woven together with a new gorgeous center component.  I haven’t created many bracelet patterns in the past, but I must say this one is my absolute favorite!  It is not one of my simpler patterns, but I tried to make the diagram as easy to follow as possible with clear step-by-step illustrations.  As with the earrings, this pattern works equally well with either smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads, or with larger TOHO 11/0 seed beads, and can work with either Superduo or twin beads (although Superduos work a little better I think).  The smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads result in a slightly shorter bracelet, but you can adjust the length of the bracelet in the final step when attaching the clasp (by either adding linked jump rings or by sewing the clasp into a shorter or longer loop of beads).

FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Bracelet
FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Bracelet

Here is a list of materials used in the various color combinations I experimented with:

11/0 seed beadsSuperduos or twins6mm round beads
Czech goldApollo Gold SuperduosCzech druks, opaque satin copper
Czech silverWhite Luster twinsgreen adventurine (natural stone)
TOHO nickelSilver SuperduosLight violet Pearls
Delica nickelSilver SuperduosDark Iris Blue Druks
TOHO BronzeBlack SuperduosBlack Druks
TOHO BronzeTransparent Amethyst Luster SuperduosTransparent Amethyst Luster Druks

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FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Earrings
FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Earrings

FREE beading pattern for Lotus Lace Earrings

May 19, 2016 / / 2 Comments

I absolutely love this new Lotus Lace earring design.  It requires 11/0 seed beads, 2x5mm 2-hole Superduo or twin beads, and 6mm pearls or round beads.  This pattern also includes a “shorter variation” (shown in the light blue, white, and silver earrings below) as an alternative to the longer version.  This pattern works equally well with either smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads, or with larger TOHO 11/0 seed beads, and works with either Superduo or twin beads.

FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Earrings
FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Earrings

Here is a list of materials used in the various color combinations I experimented with:

11/0 seed beadsSuperduos or twins6mm round beads
Czech goldApollo Gold SuperduosCzech druks, opaque satin copper
Czech silverWhite Luster twinsgreen adventurine (natural stone)
TOHO nickelSilver SuperduosLight violet Pearls
Delica nickelSilver SuperduosDark Iris Blue Druks
Czech silverLight Blue Luster SuperduosIvory Pearls
TOHO BronzeBlack SuperduosBlack Druks
TOHO BronzeTransparent Amethyst Luster SuperduosTransparent Amethyst Luster Druks

 
Click on the photos below (or the free beading pattern) to zoom in.

If you wish to print the pattern, download it in PDF format:


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