Thursday, February 19, 2015
Earrings of seed beads and round beads with a metal connector as the basis
To make a pair of these simple earrings we will need:
- two metal connectors with two eyelets at the top and seven eyelets at the bottom of antique bronze color;
- eight round beads of white color 6 mm in diameter;
- six round beads of golden color 8 mm in diameter;
- size 6/0 seed beads of amber color;
- two size 8/0 seed beads of amber color;
- two ear wires of golden color;
- nylon thread of a light color with a beading needle.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
A bracelet in square stitch
Today we will make a bracelet using the technique of square stitch that we have already used in our tutorials. It will be a bracelet in a "love theme".
To make this bracelet we will need:
- size 8 seed beads of three colors: white, red and pink;
- nylon thread and a beading needle;
- clasp for a bracelet.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Tiny purse
We continue learning right-angle weave stitch. In the previous tutorials (you can find them here and here) we learned the basics of this stitch. Today we will make a beaded tiny purse using this technique.
We will need:
- beads of three colors (I used size 8 seed beads of green, yellow and yellowish-green colors);
- two round beads (I used 4 mm round beads of marine blue color);
- nylon fishing line and two beading needles (I used fishing line 0.3 mm in diameter).
Monday, February 9, 2015
Basics of Right Angle Weave. Part 2: weaving connecting elements in the flat right angle weave
We continue learning flat right-angle weave (RAW) stitch. In the previous tutorial we wove a beaded fabric and today we will learn how to make connecting elements using this fabric as the base.
We will need the same materials which were used in the previous tutorial:
- seed beads (I used size 8 seed beads);
- nylon fishing line and two beading needles (I used fishing line 0.3 mm in diameter).
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