There is something satisfactory about throwing stones to the water. The concentric, perfectly even circles created when the rock touches the surface leave a mark briefly, then they disappear. The circles created from beads and the Bermuda Blue glass ring around the beautiful Chaton Rose stay with you forever.
Follow Veronka’s tutorial to bead a blingy pendant or earring! It can also become a connector joining other elements.
GR14
8 mm Preciosa round glass ring
For one motif: 1 pc(s)
CAB7
7 mm Preciosa Chaton Rose Maxima
For one motif: 1 pc(s)
FP3
3 mm Fire-polished beads
For one motif: 12 pc(s)
C11
11/0 Miyuki Delica beads
For one motif: 0.5 g
R11
11/0 Miyuki Delica beads
For one motif: 0.5 g
R15A + R15B
15/0 Miyuki round seed beads
For one motif: 0.5 + 0.5 g
Bezel the CAB7 using square stitch, starting with (21) C11 and adding one row of R15B to the front and to the back side of the bezel.
Pull tight.
If you are new to square stitch, check out our GIFT tutorial here.
Exiting from the upper row of R15B, pick up (5) R15B + R11 + (4) R15B.
Put the GR14 on the CAB7 and bead through the C11 right under the R15B.
Pass back through all beads that you just added.
Bead again through the same R15B that you have started from.
(Part of the side view on the right picture).
This is how your motif should now look like from the front side.
The GR14 will be removed from the next illustrations due to a better visibility.
Exiting from R15B under the group of beads added in step 2., bead through the next (7) R15B.
Repeat steps 2.-4. two more times.
This is how your motif should now look like.
Bead through the next (2) R15B + C11 under.
*Pick up C11 and attach it to the C11 that you are exiting from with (2) square stitches.
Bead through the next (4) C11.
Attach C11 with (2) square stitches.
Bead through the next (3) C11.
Repeat from the * 2 more times.
Bead through the first C11 added in step 6.
*Pick up (2) FP3 and bead through the next C11.
Pick up FP3 and bead through the second R15B (counting from the R11) towards the edge of the motif.
Pick up C11 + FP3 and bead through the next C11.
Repeat from the * 2 more times.
Bead through FP3.
*Pick up R15A and bead through FP3.
Pick up R15A and bead through FP3.
Pick up C11 and bead through the second R15B in the opposite direction than in the previous step.
Bead through FP3.
Pick up R15A and bead through FP3.
Repeat from the *2 times.
Finish by beading through the first C11.
*Pick up R11 and bead through C11 + FP3 + R15A + FP3 + R15A + FP3 + R15A + FP3 + C11.
Repeat from the *2 more times.
This is how your motif should now look like from the front.
Attach your findings, then secure and trim all threads.
Congratulations!
Thank you for beading with me 🙂
Wishing you lots of happy moments while wearing your new jewel:
xxx Erika and Veronika
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