TILA SQUARED BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
- Tila beads "Metallic Mauve Green Iris Matte" (TL-2035)
- 4mm fire polished beads "Matte Luster Transparent Rosaline" aka "Transparent Smoky Topaz Gold Luster"
Although I just made this bracelet, I made these almost matching earrings way back in 2015. I blogged about them HERE. The bead colors aren't quite the same but I think they're close enough that I can wear these together as a set.
I had a little trouble making this bracelet because these Tila beads seem to have very sharp edges that kept fraying my thread. I started out using Nymo D thread because I didn't want to use 5 yards of Fireline. I was a little more than halfway finished when it became apparent that the thread was going to break soon so I stopped right there and ended the thread. I happened to have a scrap of Fireline that was just long enough to finish the bracelet without any issues.
You can buy this pattern HERE at Around the Beading Table. I made the earrings using Yvonne King's "Layered Tila Bracelet" pattern which you can get free HERE on Craftsy.
UPDATE 6/6/19: All of the previous links to this pattern are dead. You can get the free "Layered Tila Bracelet" pattern HERE on Bead-Patterns.com.
You'll find a nice assortment of Tila beads HERE at Red Panda and HERE at Aura Crystals. I bought these fire polished beads at Aura Crystals but they're currently out of stock there. Red Panda has only one left HERE but I did find a few more HERE at Bead Passion Studio. Note that this color goes by two different names: "Matte Luster Transparent Rosaline" and also by "Transparent Smoky Topaz Gold Luster". I have bought them by both names and they are the same beads.
I gave up on Nymo awhile ago. I still have spools and spools of it from back when I started beading in the late 90s but once I discovered Fireline I didn't go back. (I prefer the 4 lb, though. Easier to fit into a size 12 needle. And I prefer clear because the smoke color leaves black stuff on my fingers.)
ReplyDeleteWith as much thread as I use, I can't afford to only use Fireline. I would never use Fireline to make samples either because of the expense and it's also a pain to take things apart that were made with it. I also have some patterns that I know work better with Nymo than with Fireline. I agree that the smoke Fireline makes a mess but the crystal stuff shows too much between the beads. I rarely use white thread for that reason.
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