Hey everyone, hope you are all enjoying this heat here in the UK! Here is a little tutorial for a lovely pair of seed beads earrings. These are some of my favourite I have made. Lovely and light and can be made in a huge array of colour combos to suit your outfit!
You will need:
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Bead Mat (optional)
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Pliers – Cutters and flat nosed
Cut yourself 6 pieces of beading wire at approx 15cm lengths
– 3 for each earring.
Put 3 strands through a crimp bead and then thread the ends
back through the crimp to create a small loop. Flatten the crimp bead, trim off
any excess wire and add a jump ring to the loop.
Now start threading on your seed beads to one of the wires.
This will be your longest loop. I found it easiest to thread the seed beads
directly onto the wire from my bead mat without picking them up, just poke the
thread through the holes. I added 90 seed beads to my first wire. Add a piece
of tape to the end to stop the beads coming off while you do the next 2.
On the next strand add 70 beads and the last add 50.
Now pull the beads up so they are level with each other at
the end and thread through a crimp bead as before. Make sure the wire is pulled
tight and there are no gaps and the loop is the same size as the first. Then
crimp your bead and trim off any excess wire.
Now thread the loop onto the jump ring that is attached to
the first loop and add your ear wire.
Repeat for your 2nd earring.
If you make some earrings I would love to see. Feel free to share a link here or on our Facebook page.
Happy Crafting ~ Maxine
