Claudia Bracelet & SuperDuo Flower Chain Earrings - Apricot

SUPERDUO FLOWER CHAIN EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Bright Bronze" (221)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Bright Bronze" (221)
• SuperDuo beads "White Apricot Full"

I blogged about this bracelet HERE back in 2017. On Tuesday I made a pair of matching "SuperDuo Flower Chain Earrings" and I will be giving this set to someone for Christmas.

Download my free "Claudia Cali Bead Chain" pattern HERE and my "SuperDuo Flower Chain Earrings" pattern HERE. You'll find these Cali beads HERE at Red Panda. Betsy also has these SuperDuos HERE.

 

Coin Bands Set - Mirror Teal & Gold

COIN BANDS BRACELET AND EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)   
• CzechMates 2-hole tile beads "Mirror Teal"

This is the other colorway that I mentioned on Thursday. For the matching earrings, I added a loop at the top of the basic bracelet motif.

You can buy Deborah Roberti's "Coin Bands" pattern HERE at Around the Beading Table. You can buy these CzechMates tiles HERE at Supply Emporium. In the photo below you can see what these tile beads look like from the back. They are metallic on one side and clear on the other.

 

Coin Bands Set - Mirror Denim & Silver

COIN EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki/Czech "Full Labrador" (27000)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki/Czech "Full Labrador" (27000)   
• CzechMates 2-hole tile beads "Mirror Denim"

I showed you this bracelet HERE on Thursday and since then I have made these matching earrings.

You can buy Deborah Roberti's "Coin Bands" pattern HERE at Around the Beading Table. Deb has a separate "Coin Earrings" pattern for sale HERE which makes some fancier earrings. For mine I simply added a top loop to a single motif from the bracelet pattern.

You can buy these CzechMates tiles HERE at Supply Emporium. Claire also has the silver druks that I used to make the bracelet HERE.

 

Coin Bands - Mirror Denim & Silver

COIN BANDS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki/Czech "Full Labrador" (27000)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki/Czech "Full Labrador" (27000)   
• CzechMates 2-hole tile beads "Mirror Denim"
• 3mm druks "Jet Labrador Full"

A while back I got some CzechMates tile beads from Supply Emporium that have a mirror finish. I got them in this Mirror Denim blue color and also in Mirror Teal. I plan to use both colors to make "Coin Bands" bracelets to give as Christmas gifts. For today's bracelet I added 3mm druks between each motif. The pattern doesn't show this but it's very easy to add them in place of the 11/0 seed beads called for in the instructions.

You can buy Deborah Roberti's "Coin Bands" pattern HERE at Around the Beading Table. You can buy these CzechMates tiles HERE at Supply Emporium. Claire also has the silver druks HERE.

Crosswise Earrings Samples

These may look like pairs of earrings but each "pair" consists of an earring made with Miyuki seed beads and another made with Toho beads. I made them with Deb Roberti's latest free pattern called "Crosswise Earrings" which you can download HERE.

Both brands of seed beads work with this pattern but you will have to make one change if you want to use Toho beads. In steps 22-29 of the pattern you should add two seed beads in each step instead of three. The Toho version of the earrings will cup a little and they will also come out a little larger than the Miyuki version. If you look closely at my photos, you will see that there is a bit more space between the pairs of druks in the Toho earrings compared to the Miyuki earrings. In each photo, the Miyuki earring is on the left and the Toho earring is on the right.

I don't have any 8lb FireLine so I used Nymo D thread instead and it worked just fine and the earrings have enough structure.

LEFT EARRING:

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• Ginko beads "Bronze Pale Gold"
• 3mm druks "Red Luster"
• 4mm druks "Red Luster"

RIGHT EARRING:

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
• Ginko beads "Bronze Pale Gold"
• 3mm druks "Red Luster"
• 4mm druks "Red Luster"

LEFT EARRING:

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Nickel Plated" (190)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Nickel Plated" (190)
• Ginko beads "Purple Vega"
• 3mm druks "Lila Vega Luster"
• 4mm druks "Lila Vega Luster"

RIGHT EARRING:

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• Ginko beads "Purple Vega"
• 3mm druks "Lila Vega Luster"
• 4mm druks "Lila Vega Luster"

 

Astral Bracelet & Earrings - Indigo Orchid

ASTRAL BRACELET & EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Polychrome Indigo Orchid"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Dark Olive Green AB Azuro"

I got a start on my Christmas beading with this "Astral" set. I tweaked a single motif from the bracelet pattern to make the matching earrings.

"Astral Bracelet" is a free pattern by Deb Roberti which you can download HERE at Around the Beading Table.

 

Astral Bracelet - Rose Gold Topaz Luster

ASTRAL BRACELET

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Luster Opaque Rose Gold Topaz"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Opaque Rose and Topaz Luster"

I have made two more "Astral Bracelets"; today's and one that I will blog about tomorrow. "Astral Bracelet" is a free pattern by Deb Roberti which you can download HERE at Around the Beading Table.

Below are samples of five more colorways that I've decided not to make. I used 7mm CzechMates cabochons for two of the sampels, 6mm 2-hole cabochons for two of them and for the fifth one I tried 8mm Candy beads. While I like the look of the Candy beads very much, there is a problem with those beads and this pattern. The netting beads that surround the cabs have a tendency to slide off the edge and flop to the back. The colorway that you see below didn't flop too badly but the other Candy bead colors that I tried were a horrible mess so I gave up on the idea of using them.

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Opaque Ultra Luster Green"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Champagne"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 6mm 2-hole cabochons "Etched Blue Luster"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Full Picasso Blue"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8mm 2-hole Candy beads "Chalk Lumi Green"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Full Picasso Blue"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Polychrome Orchid Aqua"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Montana Blue Luster"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 6mm 2-hole cabochons "Matte Crystal Full Chrome"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Light Sapphire Gold Marbled"