WAVY SEED BEADS BRACELET
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Teal Picasso" (4516)
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Opaque Tan" (493)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
- 4mm druks "Bronze"
I saw a video for making this pretty bracelet HERE on the Sonysree Creations YouTube channel the other day. I just had to make one so I looked through my stash of Miyuki seed beads for three colors that would work together. Although Miyuki makes my favorite metallic seed bead colors, they have a very poor selection of colored seed beads. Toho makes a lot of very nice seed bead colors, and I have quite a few in my stash, but I wanted to try the Miyuki version first to learn the pattern. Since I have so few 11/0 Miyuki colors, I chose two colors that I thought might not look too bad together. I'm actually quite pleased with the colors as well as the bracelet design.
This bracelet is really just a sample so I will take it apart and remake it more carefully the next time. I mainly wanted to learn how to make the pattern and also to see how many motifs it would take to fit my wrist. Nine motifs is perfect for my size. The beadwork has a soft, flexible feel and the bracelet is about 3/4 inches wide. I added an 8/0 seed bead on each end so that I could attach my clasp with jump rings like I usually do. This bracelet takes a lot of thread. I estimate that my small bracelet took about 8-9 yards of Nymo D. You will also need quite a few of the outer metallic seed beads.
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Matte Galvanized Lilac" (554F)
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Hybrid Blue Metallic Suede" (Y613)
- 4mm druks "Bronze"
In the video she shows two ways of making the bracelet; one for Miyuki beads and one for Toho beads. After making the Miyuki version, I made the smaller sample at the top in the above photo using Toho beads as directed by the video. She has you reduce the number of beads when using Toho brand. I wasn't happy with the way the druk bead fit so tightly in the center and it caused the motif to bulge a bit. To satisfy my curiosity, I decided to try using the same number of Toho seed beads as in the Miyuki version. I'm glad that I tried that because it came out so much nicer as you can see in the bottom sample. I highly recommend just following the Miyuki tutorial even if you're going to use Toho seed beads. Since I haven't made a complete bracelet with Toho beads, I don't know yet how many motifs I will need.
I'm so happy to see you post again! What a beautiful bracelet, too! It reminds me so much of the borders on Ancient Roman mosaics, so as a former Latin teacher, I really love the look of this bracelet, especially with your color choices. You always have such a good eye for color combinations.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I think it helped that I only buy colors that I like so grabbing a couple at random will likely work pretty well. The design reminds me of Celtic knots and I just happen to be drawing a lot of those lately. I've been posting my drawings on my other blog - Time for Tangling
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Love it!
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DeleteI think I need to give this a try. And I LOVE the colors you used, antique bronze is always my go-to color.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It is a fun, and different, pattern to make.
DeleteMuy bonita me encantan los colores tendrás el tutorial en youtube plis gr
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