Description
Mix up your designs by combining metal filigree, seed beads, and embroidery thread into bead-embroidered components limited only by your imagination and bead stash. With these techniques, you can create a mandala necklace and a pair of matching earrings!
Finished Size: Necklace – 20″
Required Materials:
- 1 g metallic gold size 15° seed beads
- 1 g pale pink size 15° cylinder beads
- 2 g each size 11° seed beads in dark matte: red (A), white-lined turquoise (B), matte opaque rose (C), white-lined olive green (D), matte silver-lined olive green (E), pink galvanized, silver-lined seafoam green, seafoam green galvanized, and rose galvanized
- 1 g white size 11° cylinder beads
- 2 g each size 8° seed beads in metallic gold (F), metallic bronze (G), and pink-lined dark green
- 2 brass 25mm round filigree links
- 2 brass 35mm octagon filigree links
- 1 brass 40mm round filigree link
- 1 antiqued brass 7×25mm hook-and-eye clasp
- 4 antiqued brass 5mm jump rings
- 12″ of antiqued bronze 2.4mm ball chain
- 4 antiqued brass 3×5mm ball-chain end connectors
- 6-strand and/or pearl cotton–size embroidery thread in metallic pink, turquoise, olive green, white, and burgundy
- Sand nylon beading thread
- 10 pieces total of 2 × 2″ Ultrasuede; 2 each of olive green, seafoam green, pink, burgundy, and teal
- Fabric glue
- Clear industrial adhesive
Tools: Scissors, size 12 beading needle, size 18-22 embroidery needle, 2 pairs of chain- or flat-nose pliers
Technique: embroidery, bead embroidery, brick-stitch edging
Originally Published: Beadwork, October/November 2015
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