STEPPING-STONE BAND
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
- 3mm druks "Matte Siam Ruby Bronze Picasso"
- 6mm 2-hole cabochons "Etched Blue Luster"
- DiamonDuo beads "Chalk Lumi Green"
After posting two elegant versions of Deborah Roberti's "Stepping-Stone Band", I just had to post a grungy one. Once again, I used 6mm 2-hole cabochons and DiamonDuos because I don't have enough of any other kinds of beads to make this bracelet. And, I used Toho seed beads again. I had planned to use Miyuki Dark Bronze (457) beads but switched to these because they're a bit more grungy-looking and not as shiny.
You can buy this pattern HERE at Around the Beading Table or HERE in Deb's Etsy shop.
Red Panda has the 2-hole cabochons HERE. Queen City Bead has the DiamonDuos HERE and Supply Emporium has them HERE. Supply Emporium also has the Toho seed beads. The 11/0 beads are HERE and the 8/0 beads are HERE. Red Panda has them in 11/0 HERE but Betsy is out of the 8/0 size. Bear in mind that the pattern doesn't actually call for any 8/0 seed beads. I only used two of them for my clasp loops. Simply Beads has the 3mm druks that I used HERE. Tamara Scott Designs has one strand left HERE.
Somehow, I missed this post, strange!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love this pattern, I have been making stepping stone bracelets almost exclusively for the last two weeks or so.
I adore the aged look of your bracelet here.
I generally love using stone-like and patina-looking beads, they make for really pretty bracelets.
And I admire the fact how you made it work with Tohos!
I cut up my favourite stepping stone band yesterday because I had used Toho beads and they warped the entire thing.
Remade it today with Miyukis, and it's perfect.
I had to use Toho beads in this bracelet because I really wanted seed beads this color. I probably could have used Miyuki 2006 Matte Bronze but I thought that would too many dull beads. These Toho seed beads have a slight shine.
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