Approximate finished length: 3.5 inches Beads and other products needed for one pair of earrings: 1 - Size 11 Galvanized Zest Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead by Miyuki - 4205 (SB7849) 1 - Size 11 Galvanized Sea Foam Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead by Miyuki - 4217 (SB7861) 1 - Size 11 Silver Lined Light Cranberry Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead by Miyuki - 4263 (SB7884) 1 - Size 11 Silver Lined Prussian Blue Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead by Miyuki - 4276 (SB7897) 1 - Size 11 Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Beads (SB7220) 1 - 18mm Sterling Silver French Ear Wire with 3mm Bead and Coil by TierraCast (SS2604) 1 - Nymo Nylon Thread - Sand Ash - Size B (SM0722) Tools needed to complete the earrings: Chain nose pliers Size 11 Tulip Beading Needles (TL2648) Beading Scissors 1-1/4 In. Blade (TL0302) Perfect End Thread Burner (TL1006) Beading Techniques needed to complete the earrings: Attaching an Ear Wire Basic Brick Stitch – Decreasing Using a Perfect End Thread Burner Straight Fringe For step-by-step photos and instructions on these and other techniques, visit FusionBeads.com and select Beading Techniques from the top navigation bar.
Instructions to complete “Color Pop” earrings: Step 1 Thread a needle with 4 feet of beading thread. Following the graph below, weave a piece of ladder stitch picking up 3 of the Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Beads per row added.
Step 2 Following the graph below, weave a piece of brick stitch (on top of the ladder stitch section completed in Step 1) with each successive row decreasing (see Basic Brick Stitch – Decreasing Technique). Do not cut the thread.
Graph made with Beader’s Canvas software
Step 3 Exit either of the two beads in the last row. String 6 Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Beads and pass the needle down through the second bead in the row, forming a loop. Reinforce two – three times. Step 4 Pass the needle down through one diagonal edge of the triangle, and exit the last bead in the first (widest) row. String these beads in the following sequence: 2 – Silver Lined Prussian Blue Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 1 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Galvanized Zest Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 2 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 5 – Silver Lined Light Cranberry Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 2 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 7 – Galvanized Sea Foam Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead
Strand 7: 4 – Silver Lined Prussian Blue Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 1 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Galvanized Zest Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 2 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 5 – Silver Lined Light Cranberry Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 2 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 9 – Galvanized Sea Foam Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead Strand 8: 3 – Silver Lined Prussian Blue Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 1 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Galvanized Zest Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 2 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 5 – Silver Lined Light Cranberry Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 2 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 8 – Galvanized Sea Foam Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead Strand 9: 2 – Silver Lined Prussian Blue Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 1 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Galvanized Zest Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 2 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 5 – Silver Lined Light Cranberry Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 2 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead 7 – Galvanized Sea Foam Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead Step 6 Weave the needle through several beads in the brick stitch triangle, cut the thread, and burn the thread end with a Perfect End Thread Burner (see Using a Perfect End Thread Burner Technique). Step 7 Open the loop on one ear wire (see Attaching an Ear Wire Technique), and attach it to the loop made in Step 3. Close the ear wire loop. Step 8 Repeat Steps 1 – 7 for the second earring.
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