Charmed Baubles Necklace Beadwork Pattern Download

Description

Use fire-polished and pressed-glass beads, crystals, and seed beads to right-angle-weave a set of beaded beads for this feminine pastels-meet-metal necklace. This is a wonderful project to practice your skills and challenge yourself if you are newer to beading.

Finished Size: 36½” (with 1¼ × 2¾” focal)
Required Materials:

• 2 g antiqued brass size 15° seed beads (A)
• 2 g antiqued brass size 11° seed beads (B)
• 16 dark bronze 3×2mm crystal rondelles (C)
• 16 Persian green turquoise 3×2mm crystal rondelles (D)
• 32 opaque purple luster 3×2mm crystal rondelles (E)
• 16 turquoise orange luster 3×2mm crystal rondelles (F)
• 16 lime green orange luster 3×2mm crystal rondelles (G)
• 4 Provence lavender 4mm crystal rose monteés (H)
• 4 crystal silver shade 4mm crystal rose monteés (I)
• 4 Pacific blue opal 4mm crystal rose monteés (J)
• 8 crystal copper 4mm crystal rose monteés (K)
• 4 volcano 4mm crystal rose monteés (L)
• 12 soft yellow opal 4.5×3.5mm crystal rondelles (M)
• 24 antiqued bronze 3mm fire-polished rounds (N)
• 8 opaque rose-gold luster 3mm fire-polished rounds (O)
• 16 transparent aqua Picasso 3mm fire-polished rounds (P)
• 4 soft green luster 6mm pressed-glass rounds (Q)
• 4 dark bronze luster 6mm pressed-glass rounds (R)
• 4 mustard luster 6mm pressed-glass rounds (S)
• 4 opaque rose-gold luster 6mm pressed-glass rounds (T)
• 4 vintage bronze luster 6mm pressed-glass rounds (U)
• 4 beige gold luster 6mm pressed-glass rounds (V)
• 3 soft yellow opal Picasso 8mm pressed-glass rounds
• 2 transparent green 8×10mm faceted pressed-glass bicones
• 1 transparent smokey topaz 8×10mm faceted pressed-glass bicone
• 2 periwinkle Picasso 14mm table-cut pressed-glass flower coins
• 6 antiqued brass 3.5×1mm (small) fluted bead caps
• 20 antiqued brass 6×2mm (large) fluted bead caps
• 11 antiqued brass 24-gauge 2″ head pins
• 37″ of antiqued brass
• 10×13mm soldered oval chain
• 6″ of brass 20-gauge wire
• Smoke 6 lb braided beading thread

Tools: Size 10 beading needles, Scissors
Technique: netting, tubular peyote stitch, two-needle ladder stitch
Originally Published: Beadwork, February/March 2015