Crystals & Pearls Cuff Braceletbeading& Jewelry Making Tutorial Series I30

Crystals & Pearls Cuff BraceletBeading& Jewelry Making Tutorial Series i30

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Introduction

Create a cuff bracelet inspired by crystals and pearls! In this tutorial,

you'll explore Right Angle Weaving Technique, and learn how to use,

and expand thetechnique in creating a cuff bracelet. You'll have fun creating variations ofcuff bracelets once you learn the technique.

The tutorial is catered for intermediate students or requires knowledge of basic Right Angle Weave.It has in-depth instructions and ultra-clear, close-up photos at each step.Additionally, you can ask me question you have on the tutorial.

No more getting stuck and frustrated on a confusing or just plain inaccurate pattern.

Materials and tools needed:

Materials Needed
5mm black bicones

5mm crystal bicones

approx. 4.65mm mint green pearls

8/0 bronze seed beads

bar clasp

4 crimp covers

4 crimp beads

Tigertail or beading wire

Beading thread

Tools Needed

Beading Needle
Scissors

Flush cutter

Flat nose pliers

Round nose pliers

Beading Technique

2-Needle Right Angle Weave

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: Attaching the clasp

Cut approximately 24 inches tigertail. Slide in a crimp bead and position at the center of the wire. Press the crimp bead with your flat nose pliers.

Step 2:

Fold the tigertail and insert both ends into a callotte, up to where the crimp bead is.

Press the calotte to cover the crimp bead. Cut off excess wires and then attach onto the bar clasp. Use your round nose pliers to close the hook. Now you have 2 tigerttails coming out of the crimp cover.

Step 3:

Insert both wires into an 8/0 seed bead. Separate the wires and slide 2 8/0 seed beads on each wireand then crossing a 5mm bicone. Now, you're ready to create units of right angle weave.

Step 4: 2-Needle Right Angle Weave

Continue with your double needle right angle weave. On your left wire you have 8/0, crystal bicone and 8/0 seed beads. On your right wire you have 8/0, black bicone and 8/0 seed bead and then cross both wires into a black bicone.

Continue weaving with the pattern until you have enough units of right angle weave. For a 6.5 inches cuff bracelet you need to weave 13 units of right angle weave.

Step 5:

When you're finished with the units of right angle weave, slide in 2 8/0 on both wires and then insert both wires into an 8/0, followed by a crimp bead cover and crimp bead. Push the last seed bead, crimp bead cover and crimp bead closer to the last unit of right angle weave and then press the crimp bead. Press the crimp bead cover to cover the pressed crimp bead and then attached onto the bar clasp.

This is how it should like when finished. You have a strip of right angle weave.

Step 6:

Repeat Step 1 - 5 and create another strip of right angle weave, but this time have the crystal bicones on the right side and the black bicones on the left side. You'll see on the image below that the crystals are on the sides.

Step 7:

Cut about 15 inches of beading thread. Secure your thread and on the right side of the strip pass the thread into several beads and bicones and have your thread come out the 8/0 seed bead from the 1st unit of right angle weave.

Step 8:

Coming out of 8/0 from the right strip of right angle weave, continue weaving by sliding in a 5mm pearl. Cross and go left. Pass the thread into the 8/0, black bicone and 8/0 seed bead from the 2nd unit on the left strip of right angle weave.

Pulling the thread you are connecting the strips of right angle weaves.

Step 9:

Pick up another 5mm pearl. Cross and go right into 8/0 seed bead, black bicone and out the 8/0 seed bead on the 3rd unit from the right side.

Repeat the zigzag weaving direction while sliding in a pearl until you have all the pearls attached. When you reach the last unit and added the last pearl secure by making knots and cut off excess thread.

Step 10:

You would notice that one of the 8/0 seed beads shown in yellow circles is still not attached onto the pearl. You need to weave through it and pass the pearl again to keep the pearls at the center.

Flip your beadwork so you have the side of the strip where the 8/0 seed beads are still not attached on your right side.

Cut another 15 inches beading thread. Repeat Step 7 and start weaving in zigzag direction, passing through the unattached 8/0 seed beads.

Voila! You have your cuff bracelet :)

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I consider myself a late bloomer when it comes to crafting. I’m a self-taught jewelry maker. Jewelry making wasn’t really a hobby of mine, but unforeseen events lead me to learn jewellery making. My family put up a craft store where we sell cross stitch, beads and all sorts of crafting materials. I fell in love with the beads and tried to create accessories only for myself. Clients liked the pieces and I started customizing handmade jewelleries. The craft store was a success for 6 years, but like any other small businesses we had to close it down and I was confined to staying at home. While at home I had all the time using the internet and now working as a home-based jewelry designer

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