Crosswise Earrings Samples

These may look like pairs of earrings but each "pair" consists of an earring made with Miyuki seed beads and another made with Toho beads. I made them with Deb Roberti's latest free pattern called "Crosswise Earrings" which you can download HERE.

Both brands of seed beads work with this pattern but you will have to make one change if you want to use Toho beads. In steps 22-29 of the pattern you should add two seed beads in each step instead of three. The Toho version of the earrings will cup a little and they will also come out a little larger than the Miyuki version. If you look closely at my photos, you will see that there is a bit more space between the pairs of druks in the Toho earrings compared to the Miyuki earrings. In each photo, the Miyuki earring is on the left and the Toho earring is on the right.

I don't have any 8lb FireLine so I used Nymo D thread instead and it worked just fine and the earrings have enough structure.

LEFT EARRING:

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• Ginko beads "Bronze Pale Gold"
• 3mm druks "Red Luster"
• 4mm druks "Red Luster"

RIGHT EARRING:

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Antique Bronze" (223)
• Ginko beads "Bronze Pale Gold"
• 3mm druks "Red Luster"
• 4mm druks "Red Luster"

LEFT EARRING:

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Nickel Plated" (190)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Nickel Plated" (190)
• Ginko beads "Purple Vega"
• 3mm druks "Lila Vega Luster"
• 4mm druks "Lila Vega Luster"

RIGHT EARRING:

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• Ginko beads "Purple Vega"
• 3mm druks "Lila Vega Luster"
• 4mm druks "Lila Vega Luster"

 

Astral Bracelet & Earrings - Indigo Orchid

ASTRAL BRACELET & EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Polychrome Indigo Orchid"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Dark Olive Green AB Azuro"

I got a start on my Christmas beading with this "Astral" set. I tweaked a single motif from the bracelet pattern to make the matching earrings.

"Astral Bracelet" is a free pattern by Deb Roberti which you can download HERE at Around the Beading Table.

 

Astral Bracelet - Rose Gold Topaz Luster

ASTRAL BRACELET

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Luster Opaque Rose Gold Topaz"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Opaque Rose and Topaz Luster"

I have made two more "Astral Bracelets"; today's and one that I will blog about tomorrow. "Astral Bracelet" is a free pattern by Deb Roberti which you can download HERE at Around the Beading Table.

Below are samples of five more colorways that I've decided not to make. I used 7mm CzechMates cabochons for two of the sampels, 6mm 2-hole cabochons for two of them and for the fifth one I tried 8mm Candy beads. While I like the look of the Candy beads very much, there is a problem with those beads and this pattern. The netting beads that surround the cabs have a tendency to slide off the edge and flop to the back. The colorway that you see below didn't flop too badly but the other Candy bead colors that I tried were a horrible mess so I gave up on the idea of using them.

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Opaque Ultra Luster Green"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Champagne"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 6mm 2-hole cabochons "Etched Blue Luster"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Full Picasso Blue"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8mm 2-hole Candy beads "Chalk Lumi Green"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Full Picasso Blue"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Polychrome Orchid Aqua"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Montana Blue Luster"

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 6mm 2-hole cabochons "Matte Crystal Full Chrome"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Light Sapphire Gold Marbled"

Astral Bracelet & Earrings - Island Paradise

ASTRAL BRACELET & EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Nickel Plated" (711)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Saturated Metallic Island Paradise"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Saturated Metallic Island Paradise"

As you can see, Toho seed beads work just fine with this pattern. To account for the larger size of them, I used one less bead on each side of the cabochons.

"Astral Bracelet" is a free pattern by Deb Roberti which you can download HERE at Around the Beading Table.

 

Astral Bracelet - Chalk Lazure Blue

ASTRAL BRACELET

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Luster Opaque Green"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Full Picasso Blue"

I didn't make a matching pair of earrings to go with today's bracelet because I already have several pairs in this colorway. If you've been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that I use Chalk Lazure Blue (aka Opaque Green Luster or Chalk Lumi Green) beads quite a lot. I looked back through some of my blog posts and found four pairs of earrings that would look fine with this bracelet. They are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

"Astral Bracelet" is a free pattern by Deb Roberti which you can download HERE at Around the Beading Table. 

 

Astral Bracelet & Earrings - Suede Pink

ASTRAL EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 7mm CzechMates 2-hole cabochons "Metallic Suede Pink"
• 3mm fire polished beads "Stone Amethyst Luster"

I blogged about the bracelet below last Monday but I wanted to show you the complete set now that I've had a chance to make some matching earrings. Read my previous post HERE.

"Astral" is Deb Roberti's latest free bracelet pattern which you can download HERE at Around the Beading Table.  I adapted these earrings from the bracelet motif.