Big SuperDuo Mandala Earrings - Sky Blue & Chocolate

BIG SUPERDUO MANDALA EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Potter's Clay" (YP0019)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Potter's Clay" (YP0019)
• SuperDuo beads "Saturated Dark Sky Blue"
• SuperDuo beads "Chocolate Matte"

I blogged a few times last year about earrings that I made with this free pattern by Nela Kábelová. You can read those posts HERE, HERE and HERE. The pattern works great with SuperDuo color mixes but you can also make them with two or three separate colors as I've done with today's earrings.

Before making today's colorway, I tried two others and you can see the sample earrings below. The Miyuki copper seed beads caused the motif to cup too much as did the Toho nickel beads. These Toho copper seed beads worked perfectly and the color compliments the SuperDuos nicely. That's the odd thing about this pattern. Sometimes Toho beads produce flatter earrings and other times Miyuki seed beads work best. It varies from one seed bead color to the next and I'm sure that the SuperDuos are also a factor because their size can vary as well.

You can download the free earring pattern HERE on the Matubo bead site. 

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• SuperDuo beads "Saturated Dark Sky Blue"
• SuperDuo beads "Chocolate Matte"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki/Czech "Vintage Copper" (55003)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki/Czech "Vintage Copper" (55003)
• SuperDuo beads "Saturated Dark Sky Blue"
• SuperDuo beads "Chocolate Matte"