Saturday, June 6, 2015

Free Beading Pattern: Elinor Earrings

ELINOR EARRINGS
  • 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Mink Bronze" (D4213)
  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Mink Bronze" (D4213)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Mink Bronze" (D4213)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Permanent Finish Matte Galvanized Peach Coral" (552PFF)
  • SuperDuo beads "Opaque Rose Gold Topaz Luster"

These are the matching earrings to the free "Elinor Bracelet" pattern which you can get HERE. These are quite small, measuring only one inch long and half an inch wide.




  • 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457D)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Matte Cassiopeia" (708)  
  • SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Pink"

Click HERE to download the free pattern.

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  • 15/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Opaque Yellow Picasso" (4512)  
  • SuperDuo beads "Opaque Yellow Copper Picasso"



Friday, June 5, 2015

Bracelet of the Day: Elinor Bracelet - Blue Haze & Pewter

ELINOR BRACELET
  • 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Pewter" (D4222)
  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Pewter" (D4222)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Pewter" (D4222)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Higher Metallic Matte Blue Haze" (512F)
  • SuperDuo beads "Pearl Luster"
  • 4mm druks "Opal Light Turquoise"

I think that this might be my all-time favorite "Elinor" bracelet. I bought the "Pearl Luster" SuperDuo beads at a local shop. I haven't seen them anywhere online but it's possible that they go by another name. They're semi-matte metallic in a pewter color. Although the druks are called "turquoise", they're actually a very pale mint green color. I found them in the DrBead Etsy shop.

The "Elinor Bracelet" is a free pattern which you can download from THIS post or from the list of free beading patterns on the right hand side of my blog.



Thursday, June 4, 2015

Bracelet of the Day: Elinor Bracelet - Ruby & Hematite

ELINOR BRACELET
  • 15/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Hematite" (81)
  • 11/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Hematite" (81)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Hematite" (81)
  • SuperDuo beads "Ruby Red Wine"
  • 4mm druks "Metallic Amethyst Luster"

I don't use hematite as my "metal" color very often but I was experimenting with different metallic seed beads with the "Elinor" pattern to see how they would look. I have to say that it looks very nice and the color goes quite well with the ruby SuperDuo beads. I didn't have a suitable 8/0 seed bead accent color for this color combination so I just used all hematite beads.

The "Elinor Bracelet" is a free pattern which you can download from THIS post or from the list of free beading patterns on the right hand side of my blog.





Wednesday, June 3, 2015

"Elinor Bracelet" pattern update

While making some matching earrings, I thought of a simple way to improve the stability and neatness of the inner "chains" of the motif. So, I've uploaded an updated version of the pattern which you can download from my original post HERE. I've replaced the old version of the pattern PDF file with the updated version so, if you are downloading it for the first time, you will be getting the updated version. 

If you've already printed the pattern, simply print page two of the updated version and replace the original page two with this one. The only change is in Step #10. The rest of the tutorial is still the same.

Bracelet of the Day: Elinor Bracelet - Purple & Olivine

ELINOR BRACELET
  • 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Olivine" (458)
  • 11/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Iris" (83)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Iris" (83)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Gold Luster Moon Shadow" (328)
  • SuperDuo beads "Polychrome Black Currant"
  • 4mm druks "Amethyst Luster"

It was difficult to get a good photo of this bracelet because the beads are so dark. The SuperDuo beads are an intense deep purple color and they're not "polychrome" like the appear in the photo. I just happened to have druks and 8/0 seed beads in nearly the same color and finish and they go very nicely with the Superduos.

The "Elinor Bracelet" is a free pattern which you can download from THIS post or from the list of free beading patterns on the right hand side of my blog.





Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Bracelet of the Day: Elinor Bracelet - Olive Green

ELINOR BRACELET
  • 15/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • SuperDuo beads "Opaque Green Luster Iris"
  • 4mm druks "Matte Hurricane Lace Lichen"

To make this bracelet a little shorter, due to using Toho seed beads, I removed two of the druks. That actually made it a little too snug for me so I just added two extra jump rings to the clasp. Because of the way the motifs are made, that was really my only option for changing the length. Below you can see yesterday's and today's bracelets side by side. As you can see, the yellow one is longer and there are five druks in that one and only three in today's. I also did something a little different with the SuperDuo motifs. I arranged them so that they all face the same direction on each side of the center druk and each side of the bracelet is a mirror image of the other.



The "Elinor Bracelet" is a free pattern which you can download from THIS post or from the list of free beading patterns on the right hand side of my blog.



Monday, June 1, 2015

Bracelet of the Day: Elinor Bracelet - Yellow Picasso

ELINOR BRACELET

  • 15/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Opaque Yellow Picasso" (4512)  
  • SuperDuo beads "Opaque Yellow Copper Picasso"
  • 4mm druks "Yellow Coral Bronze Picasso"

I ran into a little issue with this particular bracelet. I use Miyuki seed beads most of the time but I really wanted to use this particular Toho bronze color because it's a little more yellow. I've made a few Elinor bracelets now and they usually fit me just right. But, because I used Toho seed beads for this one, it came out much too big and I will have to re-make it sometime. Tomorrow's bracelet of the day also has the same Toho seed beads and you'll see the solution that I came up with to make the bracelet fit me. The purple "Elinor Bracelet" that I posted last Friday, HERE, measures 6 3/4 inches long, tomorrow's bracelet measures just under 6 1/2 inches long and today's bracelet is a full 7 inches long. When I have it on, it falls too far down over my hand.

Once again, for today's and tomorrow's bracelets, I switched around the order of the motifs from what's stated in the pattern.

I'm not usually much of a fan of anything yellow but I love the subtle mustard yellow of this bracelet. I even have a yellow top that this will go with very nicely.

"Elinor" is a free pattern and you can download it either from last Friday's post HERE, or from the list of free beading patterns on the right hand side of my blog.