India Bracelet Samples

I have blogged about this pattern before but it was way back in 2014, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. At that time, the pattern, which is in French, was for sale on DaWanda. I just discovered about a week ago that Etsy has bought DaWanda and most of the old shops moved over to Etsy. Apparently this one didn't move and I don't think that the pattern is currently for sale anywhere. I have been in contact with the designer and I'm waiting to hear of she will put the pattern up for sale again. I'll let you know when I hear something (see the update below).

UPDATE: To buy the "India" pattern, try contacting Nicole Hublard on her blog HERE. Click where it says "Contactez l'auteur" (Contact the owner of the blog).

The original pattern is made with SuperDuos and 4mm bicones. It also works quite well with 4mm fire polished beads, 4mm druks and 3x4mm rondelles. I only used bicones in one of the samples below because I didn't have any others to go with the colorways that I wanted to try. I did have to tweak the pattern slightly depending on which kind of beads I used. The pattern calls for 11/0 seed beads along the outer edge between each motif. Instead I used 8/0 seed beads whenever I used Toho seed beads and some colors of Miyuki seed beads. With some Miyuki beads, 3mm druks were needed to fill the gap. I plan to try making a sample with some Swarovski 4mm bicones and see if 11/0 seed beads will work as the pattern suggests. The bicones that I used in one sample below are Chinese ones which are much larger than Swarovski bicones. They made the gap between the motifs much too wide for just an 11/0 bead.

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Permanent Finish Galvanized Starlight" (557PF)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Permanent Finish Galvanized Starlight" (557PF)
• SuperDuo beads "Dark Turquoise Luster"
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Red White Luster"
• 4mm druks "Chalk White Cream Luster"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Grey Travertin"
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Turquoise Picasso"
• 3mm druks "Bronze"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Chartreuse Picasso"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
• SuperDuo beads "Chocolate Bronze"
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Olive Copper Picasso"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Turquoise Heavy Travertine"

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
• SuperDuo beads "Blue Turquoise Bronze Picasso"
• SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Gold"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Chalk White Green Lumi"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Light Pewter" (4221)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Light Pewter" (4221)
• SuperDuo beads "Sleeping Beauty Turquoise"
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Brown"
• 3x4mm rondelles "Amber #C29" (Chinese)

• 11/0 seed beads "Bright Brown Bronze" (unknown brand)
• 8/0 seed beads "Bright Brown Bronze" (unknown brand)
• SuperDuo beads "Gold Shine Ochre aka Gold Shine Amber"
• 3x4mm rondelles "Aqua Gold AB" (Chinese)

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
• SuperDuo beads "Turquoise Green with Light Picasso"
• SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Gold"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Opaque Yellow Copper Picasso"

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• SuperDuo beads "Nebula Ashen Gray"
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Violet White Luster"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Stone Blue Luster"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Gold" (4202)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Gold" (4202)
• SuperDuo beads "Pastel Teal"
• SuperDuo beads "Pastel Dark Coral"
• 4mm bicones "Teal" (Chinese)

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Luster"
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Ivory White"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Opaque Smoky Topaz Gold Luster"
• 4mm Czech pearls "Antique Gold"

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Nebula"
• 3x4mm rondelles "Vitral Purple #C47" (Chinese)

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki/Czech "Full Labrador" (27000)
• SuperDuo beads "Satin Metallic Rouge"
• 3mm druks "Jet Full Labrador
• 4mm pearls "Indian Red #36" (Chinese)

I didn't realize until after I'd made this last sample that I had already made a pair of earrings that match this colorway perfectly. You can read about these "Circles & Squares Earrings" HERE.