LIZ BAND
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- SuperDuo beads "Green Turquoise/Ivory Nebula Duets"
- 3mm druks "Opaque Pastel Brown Sugar"
Go to THIS post to download the free "Liz Band" pattern.
CORUNDUM EARRINGS
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Transparent Montana Gold Luster" (204)
- SuperDuo beads "Green Turquoise/Ivory Nebula Duets"
- SuperDuo beads "Pearl Coat Brown Sugar aka Pastel Brown Cocoa"
These earrings were designed by Kelly Dale and you can watch her YouTube tutorial HERE. Or, you can buy the pattern HERE in her Etsy shop. I tried to make a pair of "Bethany Earrings" to go with today's bracelet but the Toho seed beads are too big and they made the earring come out warped. Kelly's pattern is great though because these earrings can also be made with two SuperDuo colors.
LIZ BAND
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
- Mini DiamonDuo beads "Pastel Montana"
- 3mm druks "Matte Metallic Amethyst Luster"
Once again, I used Mini DiamonDuos to make this "Liz Band". The druks that I used are a maroon color with spots of a blue on them. They're available at Aura Crystals, Artbeads.com and Red Panda. Queen City Bead on Etsy has the Mini DiamonDuos.
Go to THIS post to download the free "Liz Band" pattern.
LIZ BAND
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
- Mini DiamonDuo beads "Matte Gold"
- 3mm fire polished beads "Ruby"
I used Mini DiamonDuo beads to make this elegant colorway. They are available HERE at Queen City Bead. I'm not sure where I got the ruby fire polished beads but Supply Emporium has them HERE and Aura Crystals has them HERE.
Go to THIS post to download the free "Liz Band" pattern.
LIZ BAND
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
- Smooth SuperDuo beads "Blue Turquoise Picasso"
- 3mm fire polished beads "Matte Milky Pink Picasso"
The smooth outline kind of SuperDuos work perfectly with this pattern.
Despite being called "Matte Milky Pink Picasso", these fire polished beads aren't even remotely pink. They're a golden beige. I got the fire polished beads HERE at Aura Crystals. Unless the dye lot has changed dramatically, they don't look nearly as dark as their photo.
There is no photo on the page, but you can buy the smooth SuperDuos HERE at Red Panda. I got mine from Supply Emporium but she is out of this color at the moment. THIS color that goes by the same name would also work in this colorway. It's just a lighter turquoise and the beads don't have quite as much yellow "Picasso" on them as the ones that I used.
Go to THIS post to download the free "Liz Band" pattern.
"Liz Band" is a variation of Teejay's "Lizbeth Band", which is also a free pattern. Instead of the little arches of seed beads on each motif, the beads form points. While making some new colorways in preparation for the release of this pattern, I discovered that the new Mini DiamonDuos work just as well as SuperDuos. I blogged about it HERE. All of the bracelets in this post were made a few years ago.
As I did with "Lizbeth", I will post some new colorways a day at a time over the next week or so. You'll find the download link at the bottom of this post.
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (D4222)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (D4222)
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Higher Metallic Matte Blue Haze" (512F)
- SuperDuo beads "Gold Matte"
- 3mm fire polished beads "Champagne"
I came up with this color combination by accident while trying something and I love it. Who would have thought that mixing silver with gold could look so pretty? The colors blend together and give the bracelet a dreamy look that I love.
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Brown Iris" (458)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Brown Iris" (458)
- SuperDuo beads "Chalk Picasso Luster"
- 3mm Picture Jasper round stone beads
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
- SuperDuo beads "Opaque Purple"
- 3mm druks "Opaque Amethyst Luster"
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Metallic Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
- SuperDuo beads "Opaque Light Blue Picasso"
- 3mm metal beads "Antique Brass" (Hobby Lobby)
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
- SuperDuo beads "Jet Matte"
- 3mm druks "Jet Matte"
Click HERE to download the free pattern.
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LIZ BAND
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Olympic Bronze" (224)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Olympic Bronze" (224)
- Mini DiamonDuo beads "Prismatic Fiesta"
- 3mm pearls "Fuchsia" (Chinese)
I am working on another free bracelet pattern that is a variation of "Lizbeth Band". Although the pattern isn't available yet, I wanted to show you this bracelet that I made with the new Mini DiamonDuo beads. They are very close to the same size as SuperDuos and they work great with this pattern because of the diamond shape of the beads and the diamond shape of the bracelet motifs.
The Mini DiamonDuo color that I used is one of the "prismatic" colors. They have an iridescent jewel-like appearance. They look like they would be transparent but they're not. They have a metallic backing which helps reflect the light and makes them sparkle. It also keeps the thread from showing through the beads. You can see the backs of the beads in one of my photos down below.
At this time, I only know of one place to get the Mini DiamonDuos and that's HERE at Queen City Bead on Etsy. Donna has them in about 20 colors. With the coupon code "Bead10", you'll get 10% off your order in Donna's shop.
TONI EARRINGS
- 11/0 seed beads Toho "Olympic Bronze" (224)
- 8/0 seed beads Toho "Olympic Bronze" (224)
- Mini DiamonDuo beads "Prismatic Fiesta"
I also made a couple of sample "Toni Earrings" using the Mini DiamonDuos. They're really cute in this smaller size. I only had to adjust the number of 11/0 seed beads that go around the outer edge of the earrings. The earring on the left has Toho seed beads and the one on the right has Miyuki beads. As you can see, both brands work beautifully. When I have a chance I will jot down exactly how many beads I used in each step of the pattern and will post the info here on my blog. In the meantime, it would be easy enough to just to try it for yourself and see what fits. I will mention that in the four steps where the pattern says to add three seed beads on each of the four sides of the earring, I picked up two instead. For the other steps I either reduced the number by one bead or made no change.
TONI EARRINGS
- 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
- 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
- Mini DiamonDuo beads "Prismatic Fiesta"
Download my free "Toni Earrings" pattern HERE. In the photo below you can see how an earring made with the Mini DiamonDuos compares in size to one made with regular size DiamonDuos.
