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2007 Show Bead Necklace
2007 Show Bead Necklace
necklace
Highlight the 2007 Bead&Button Show commemorative bead on a multistrand necklace with fringe
by Julia Gerlach
2007
Support this colorful focal bead by Stephanie Sersich and Dustin Tabor with a blend of aqua and turquoise seed beads. Add bits of coral, silver, and purple to bring out the details in the bead.
Materials
necklace 20 in. (51cm) 2007 Bead&Button Show commemorative bead 2 large-hole 8mm silver beads assorted 38mm beads (in silver and colors to match the focal bead) 2 4mm large-hole silver beads 14 3mm silver beads 2 hanks size 130 Charlottes, 1 each in dark aqua and turquoise 10g size 110 seed beads, aqua clasp 2 cones with 38-in. (1cm) openings 4 crimp beads 4 crimp covers (optional) 6 in. (15cm) 20-gauge wire, half-hard Power Pro or DandyLine, .006 beading needles, #12 8 in. (15cm) flexible beading wire, .015 chainnose pliers crimping pliers roundnose pliers wire cutters
editors note:
To get a group of threads through a large-hole bead easily, lasso the entire bunch with a short piece of flexible beading wire. Go through the large-hole bead with the beading wire, and pull the group of threads through behind it.
stepbystep
[1] Cut a 3-in. (7.6cm) piece of
20-gauge wire, and make a wrapped loop (Basics) at one end. [2] Cut eight 1-yd. (.9m) pieces of Power Pro or DandyLine. Holding the group of threads with the ends flush, center the wrapped loop on the group, and make a square knot (Basics) around the loop (photo a). [3] On each of the 16 strands, pick up 7 in. (19.1cm) of beads. I picked up a single color of seed beads on eight strands and a single color of seed beads interspersed with various patterns of crystals, turquoise, glass, coral, and silver beads on the other eight. As you finish each strand, attach a stop bead (Basics) to the end.
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