Bracelet of the Day: Loretta - Deco Variation

LORETTA - DECO VARIATION

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (11-457D)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (8-457D)
• 4mm bronze druks
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Olive Bronze Picasso"
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Yellow Copper Picasso"
• 4mm and 6mm jump rings
• Lobster claw clasp

I was inspired by the bracelet that is posted on the Orsi gyöngyei blog HERE. She used the free Loretta Earring pattern posted HERE to make a bracelet by connecting the motifs with jump rings. I thought that was such a clever idea. It's a little tricky getting the bracelet size right so that there is always a center motif, but you can adjust the length by adding more jump rings on the ends. When I make variations of the Loretta pattern, I always either use five motifs or I add a couple of smaller motifs on the ends to extend the length. 

Here's an example where I inserted two small motifs on the ends:

You can also see that I added a bit of jump ring "chain" on the end of that one to make the size adjustable.

I made a few changes to the original pattern to make my "Art Deco" version. I used 4mm druks on the sides instead of fire polished beads and I omitted the two crosswise SuperDuo beads on the ends of the motif. Due to the change in bead sizes in my version, I eliminated the 15/0 seed beads used in the original pattern.

Here are the matching earrings: