Sunday, 25 March 2012

Flower Fringe Bracelet

Good morning world!  I just wanted to show you what I had been working on and provide a quick set of instructions for making something similar.  When it is finished it will have about 6,000 beads, 70 feet of string, and many hours of work in it.

This is what I've got done so far.

Showing how the "flowers" fall.

The underside.

The base of this bracelet is square stitch; 69 rows with eight size 11 seed beads in each row.
After making the base, I added a button to the middle of the second row.
Then, starting at the third row, go through the first bead and thread 3 dark green, two medium green, and two light green size 11 seed beads, one size 8 (flower color of your choice), and one size 15 either matching the color of your flower or white, gold, yellow, or silver.  Skip the last bead added (the size 15) and thread back down through the beads and then through the next base bead.  Keep repeating until the end of the row (you should have seven flowers) and then thread through the first bead of the fourth row in the base.  Repeat until entire bracelet is covered!  Then you can add edging to the sides of the base to make it look neater.  I haven't gotten to that point yet.  Also, you'll need to add a loop clasp made out of seed beads on the end opposite the button.
I will revise this post when I have more completed!

*I cannot take credit for this pattern*  The idea is from Beadwork magazine Collector's Edition 41 Favorite Jewelry Designs (January 2010).  It is called Monet's Garden bracelet by Kathleen Lynam.  Her version is a bit different; I tweaked her pattern to fit the supplies I had.  She uses rows of six size 8 seed beads for the base.


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