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Love Is Love Earrings: Free Rainbow Beaded Earring Project for Pride

Love is Love Earrings project
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Happy Pride Month, from all of us here at Interweave! We value all crafters and we strive to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community. Love is love, and we’re sending our love and support to those who are out, those who are unable to come out, and those who are still learning about or are unsure of their identity or sexuality. How you choose to celebrate Pride is deeply personal and depends on your situation. This free rainbow beaded earring project from Beth Simmons is a great way to wear the rainbow!


Creating your own seed bead fringe earrings with rainbow colors is a vibrant way to celebrate Pride and share the message that love is love. Start by selecting an assortment of rainbow-colored seed beads, then follow the basic steps to stitch the fringe. The result is a dazzling pair of earrings that symbolize joy and solidarity.

Materials for a free beaded earring project for Pride

Gather Your Materials and Supplies

58 of each color 11/0 seed beads: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple

2 gold-plated 12x14mm hammertone heart rings

2 gold-filled French hook ear wires

2 gold-plated 5mm jump rings

Gold color Nymo Size D

Size 12 beading needle

Beeswax

Scissors

2 chain-nose pliers

Make Your Rainbow Beaded Earrings

Start by measuing an arm’s length of thread, about 4 feet. Give the thread a tug to stretch it, and then run it through some beeswax. 

Click the arrows to left and right to see the step-by-step instructions for the project

1

Tie the thread to the heart hoop using a surgeon knot, leaving a 4-inch tail. Thread a needle onto the long portion of the thread.

2

Pick up two red beads and feed them down the thread toward the heart. Run your thread through the heart and back through the 2nd bead toward the 1st bead, creating a loop of thread around the finding.

3

Pick up another red bead and repeat, looping the thread through the finding and back through the bead.

4

Repeat until you have added five red beads to the finding. 

5

Begin creating fringe by adding four red, five orange, five yellow, five green, five blue, and five purple beads. Then guide the thread back toward the finding, skipping the bottom bead as a stopper. Hold the bottom bead and pull the thread gently to work out any slack. 

6

Pass the needle down through the next base bead and repeat the fringe pattern adding one bead of each color for the next two fringes. 

7

For the last two fringes, decrease the number of beads in each color, mirroring fringes one and two.

8

After beading the last fringe, feed the needle back down the adjacent row, tie off the thread, run the tail through a few more beads, and snip the remaining thread. Repeat with the remaining thread tail.

9

Use a jump ring to connect the heart ring to an ear wire.

Repeat to make a matching earring.

Related: Rainbow Brights: Fast & Fabulous Jewelry Projects


We hope you enjoy making this rainbow beaded earring project and wearing the earrings during Pride month and beyond!

If you make a pair, tag Interweave Beading (@interweavebeading) and Beth (@lovestrungcreations) on social media and use #loveisloveearrings!


Beth Simmons sells her handmade beaded jewelry at fairs and online at  Lovestrung Creations. She’s also the buyer for Shipwreck Beads, where you’ll find all the materials and supplies to make your own Love is Love Earrings and more.


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