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Remember to double these instructions to create your matched pair of earrings.
- Watch the instructional video: How to Weave a Basic Beaded Bezel. Follow the instructions in the video to weave a beaded bezel around a 16mm crystal rivoli using round 11/0 seed beads in transparent frosted teal for the main part of the bezel. Your tubular peyote ring needs to contain 36 beads per round. Weave three rows.
- Then switch to round 15/0 seed beads in opaque turquoise and complete two rows. Switch to round 15/0 seed beads in silver lined milky white and complete one row.
- Weave through to the first row of 11/0 seed beads. Place the rivoli into the bezel with the front against the side with the rows of 15/0 beads.
- Using the opaque turquoise beads, complete two rows. Weave through to the middle row of 11/0 beads.
- Then watch the instructional video: How to Embellish a Beaded Bezel for the Evening Star Necklace. Follow the steps in the video to complete the embellishments for your bezel using the opaque turquoise and milky white 15/0 seed beads, the teal 11/0 seed beads, and 11/0 delica beads in galvanized silver. Tie off and weave in your threads.
- Open a 4mm, 22 gauge silver plated jump ring. Carefully pull the jump ring through one of the teal beads in the last row on the back side of your bezel, using one of the teal beads that's behind a bicone bead. Close the jump ring. Do not try to fit a jump ring thicker than 22 gauge through the beads, as it may break the bead.
- Open a silver plated 36mm kidney earring hook and hang the jump ring from the earring hook, settling it into the dip at the bottom.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED: (scroll down for purchase options)
- JSK-0260 - Toho Round Seed Beads 11/0 7BDF 'Transparent Frosted Teal' 8 Gram Tube
Project uses 1 tube. You will need 1 package.
- DB-035 - Miyuki Delica Seed Beads 11/0 'Galvanized Silver' Metallic DB035 7.2 GR
Project uses 1 tube. You will need 1 package.
- JSO-0037 - Toho Round Seed Beads 15/0 55 'Opaque Turquoise' 8 Gram Tube
Project uses 1 tube. You will need 1 package.
- JSO-0162 - Toho Round Seed Beads 15/0 2100 Silver Lined Milky White 8 Gram Tube
Project uses 1 tube. You will need 1 package.
- SWC-9400 - Austrian Crystal, 1122 Rivoli Fancy Stones 16mm, 2 Pieces, Crystal SF
Project uses 2 pieces. You will need 1 package.
- SWBB-1309 - Austrian Crystal, 5328 Bicone Beads 3mm, 25 Pieces, Crystal Moonlight
Project uses 18 pieces. You will need 1 package.
- XCR-1280 - FireLine Braided Beading Thread, 4lb Test and 0.005 Thick, 15 Yards, Crystal Clear
Project uses 1 spool. You will need 1 package.
- FJR-5454 - Silver Plated Open Jump Rings 4mm 22 Gauge (50)
Project uses 2 pieces. You will need 1 package.
- FEA-6601 - Silver Plated Earring Hooks Kidney Wires Extra Long 36mm (2 Pairs)
Project uses 2 pieces. You will need 1 package.
RECOMMENDED TOOLS:- XTL-3006 - Beadsmith English Beading Needles Size 12 (4 Needles)
- XTL-5700 - Fiskars 5 Precision Tip Scissors - Super Sharp
- XTL-0106 - BeadSmith Cordless Thread Zap II Thread Burner Tool
- XTL-5511 - Beadsmith Jeweller's Micro Pliers Chain Nose Flat Nose