Mystery SuperDuo Bracelet Set - Rembrandt Sapphire

MYSTERY SUPERDUO BRACELET

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• SuperDuo beads "Rembrandt Matte Sapphire"

For this set I used another one of the new Rembrandt SuperDuo colors called "Matte Sapphire". To me they look more like teal or steel blue/gray and the color goes very well with these pewter seed beads. I should mention that these SuperDuos are actually transparent even though the bracelet appears to be opaque while wearing it. Having said that, the transparency might be a factor if you use them to make earrings. If you have very short hair, the light might show through the beads and give the earrings an odd appearance. I have long dark hair so that's not an issue for me.

WAVE OF LOVE EARRING

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• SuperDuo beads "Rembrandt Matte Sapphire"

I thought that I might make a pair of "Wave of Love" earrings so I made the sample above to see if I liked it. I decided that I didn't care for this design with these variegated beads so I made a pair of "Corundum Earrings" instead.

The free tutorial for Pascale G-Mikovic's "Mystery SuperDuo Bracelet" is HERE on my blog. You can either watch Kelly Dale's free YouTube tutorial for the "Corundum Earrings" HERE or buy the pattern HERE in her Etsy shop. The free "Wave of Love" pattern is posted HERE. You'll find these Rembrandt SuperDuo beads HERE at Supply Emporium.

CORUNDUM EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• SuperDuo beads "Rembrandt Matte Sapphire"
• SuperDuo beads "Pearl Luster" (this color is no longer available)

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Fringe Earrings #104 and #105 - Teal & Khaki

FRINGE EARRINGS #104

• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Matte Blue Grey" (DB301)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Glazed Luster Teal" (DB264)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Matte Khaki" (DB390)

I've been having a lot of fun designing and making fringe earrings lately. Since I don't have anyone to make them for, I've been making them for myself in colors that appeal to me. I went through my wardrobe and my stash of Delica beads and I have mostly been making earrings that will go with the clothes that I wear. It's kind of challenging though because they don't make Delica beads in a lot of the colors that I wear. However, I have managed to come up with some pretty colorways to go with some of my favorite tops.

While trying to come up with some colors that would go well with one of my favorite summer tops, I tried the colorway below first. I often find that Delica colors actually look much lighter in the beadwork than they do in the container and these colors turned out to be much too pale. So, I went back to my Delica stash and found a darker shade of teal and a very dark navy blue that is also one of the colors in my top. I wasn't sure at first that the navy and teal would work well together but I think they look very nice as you can see in the photos above. I purposely kept the photos dark so that you can get a better idea of how dark the earrings are in real life. I only used three colors but I think they compliment each other very well. The sample earring is also pretty so I haven't taken it apart yet. I thought I might find something else to wear those colors with so I will hang onto it for a while just in case.

FRINGE EARRINGS #105

• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Duracoat Galvanized Matte Dark Sea Foam" (DB1847F)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Limestone Luster" (DB211)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Matte Khaki" (DB390)

Here are both colorways side-by-side:

You can buy Delica beads at Red Panda, Aura Crystals, Supply Emporium and Jill Wiseman Designs.

 

Mystery SuperDuo Bracelet Set - Beige Rembrandt

MYSTERY SUPERDUO BRACELET

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Brown/Tan Matte Picasso" (4517)
• SuperDuo beads "Rembrandt Matte Beige"

The sun has finally returned so I was able to take a LOT of beadwork photos yesterday. I took over 200 photos! I still have quite a bit of photo editing to do and blog posts to type today but I was able to get this post ready last night.

For this set I used one of the new "Rembrandt" SuperDuo colors. They look a bit like a mixture of beads but they're really just one color called "Rembrandt Matte Beige". Claire at Supply Emporium has these as well as all of the other available Rembrandt colors HERE. When you visit Claire's shop, you can either browse through everything she has to offer or do a search for "Rembrandt" if you want to go directly to the Rembrandt SuperDuos. Claire also has the 8/0 Picasso seed beads HERE.

The free tutorial for Pascale G-Mikovic's "Mystery SuperDuo Bracelet" is HERE on my blog. You can either watch Kelly Dale's free YouTube tutorial for the "Corundum Earrings" HERE or buy the pattern HERE in her Etsy shop.

CORUNDUM EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Brown/Tan Matte Picasso" (4517)
• SuperDuo beads "Rembrandt Matte Beige"

If you look closely at my earrings, you'll see that I used a few 8/0 Picasso seed beads on the outer edge. The only place where I used light bronze 8/0 beads was at the very top of the earrings where the jump rings are attached.

Fringe Earrings #91 - Blue, Peach & Silver

NATIVE AMERICAN FRINGE EARRINGS

• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Nickel Plated" (DB21)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Rich Cream" (DB732)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Peach Dyed" (DB1363)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Duracoat Dyed Tiffany Blue" (DB2133)

I designed the top of this earring and the bottom fringe was inspired by some earrings by Anna Belous. I don't remember which ones but you can visit her blog for lots of free earring charts HERE.

I apologize for my infrequent posts lately but I've had a heck of a time taking photos of my beadwork because of the lack of sunshine that is necessary to get good photos. The sun came out for a brief time late yesterday afternoon so I was able to quickly take these earring photos. They turned out quite well considering how late in the day it was, thanks to Paint Shop Pro for editing them. Anyway, this is what I have to deal with over the next ten days:

On top of that, it will be cloudy or overcast in between the rainy times for at least the next ten days. In the odd chance that the sun should come out for a short time, I will scramble to set up my "photography studio" and take as many photos as I can.

You can buy Delica beads at Red Panda, Aura Crystals, Jill Wiseman Designs and Supply Emporium.

UPDATE 12/2/19: Someone brought it to my attention that there was a mistake in the chart below. I have corrected it and updated the chart.

 

Mystery SuperDuo Bracelet - Olive Iris Matte

MYSTERY SUPERDUO BRACELET

• 11/0 Toho seed beads "Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
• 8/0 Toho seed beads "Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
• SuperDuo beads "Olive Iris Matte"

I've had a blast creating and using custom SuperDuo color mixes with this pattern but these SuperDuos in today's bracelet come premixed straight from the factory. The beads come in a combination of dark gold, olive green, dark khaki, copper and red and these Toho seed beads go very nicely. I have a few other premixed "iris" SuperDuo mixtures that I might try with this pattern but this one was my favorite.

The free tutorial for Pascale G-Mikovic's "Mystery SuperDuo Bracelet" is HERE on my blog.

 

Mystery SuperDuo Bracelet Set - Violet Mix

BIG SUPERDUO MANDALA EARRINGS

• 11/0 Toho seed beads "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 8/0 Toho seed beads "Nickel Plated" (711)
• SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Pink"
• SuperDuo beads "Opaque Violet"
• SuperDuo beads "Pink Luster Turquoise"
• SuperDuo beads "Milky Amethyst"

I showed you this bracelet in THIS blog post and I used the same mix of beads to make these "Big SuperDuo Mandala" earrings. The free pattern is available HERE on the Matubo site. I was worried that Toho seed beads might not work with this earring pattern but they turned out quite well and nearly flat. It probably helped that I was very careful to pick up only nicely shaped smallish beads, especially when it came to the 8/0 beads, which tend to be very chunky and oddly shaped.

 

Crescent Link Bracelet - Matte Brown Iris

CRESCENT LINK BRACELET

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal (451)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal (451)
• 6mm CzechMates tile beads "Matte Brown Iris"
• Crescent beads "Matte Brown Iris"

Here is one more bracelet with CzechMates tiles. These particular tiles seem slightly smaller than the other colors that I've used with this pattern. Because of this, this bracelet came out a little short so I made longer clasp loops this time.

This is a free pattern by Deb Roberti and you can download it HERE at Around the Beading Table. If you need Crescent beads, I have a list of sources HERE.