Color Pop earrings instructions

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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.

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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

Pass the needle back up through all the strung beads except the last 3 Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Beads (see Straight Fringe Technique), and pass down through the next set of three beads in the first row. Photography, text and jewelry design © 2018 Fusion Beads, Inc.

Step 5 In the same manner as in the previous step, continue making one straight fringe extending from each set of beads in the first row using the sequence in Step 3, except stringing these beads before the sequence: Strand 2: 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 3: 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 4: 5 – 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 10 – Galvanized Sea Foam Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead Strand 5: 6 – 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 11 – Galvanized Sea Foam Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead Strand 6: 5 – 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 10 – Galvanized Sea Foam Duracoat Round Japanese Seed Bead 3 – Duracoat Galvanized Deep Gold Round Japanese Seed Bead

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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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