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DRAGONFLY BANGLES (©2015 Deborah Roberti)
VIDEO For those of you who prefer video, Kelly Dale of Off The Beaded Path created a wonderful video of this design for her popular YouTube channel. You can watch it by clicking HERE:
Free step-by-step illustrated instructions for an easy bracelet using size 11 seed beads, 4mm fire-polished bead, SuperDuo beads, MiniDuo beads and any Czech two-hole beads (Czechmates tile and brick beads, Rulla beads or more SuperDuo beads work best). Links to exact beads used at the end of the page. MATERIALS
Step 1: Thread your needle with 2-3 yards of FireLine (or start with a length that you feel comfortable with and add more later). Leaving about a 10-inch tail for attaching the clasp, string three seed beads, a two-hole bead, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead and a SuperDuo bead:
String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go down through the left hole of the two-hole bead that you just strung. String a seed bead. Grab your tail thread and tie a tight double knot:
Step 2: Go back around and up through the three seed beads, the right side of the two-hole bead, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the bottom hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:
Step 3: Go around and through the top hole of the SuperDuo bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED):
Step 4: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a two-hole bead, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a SuperDuo bead, a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go around and down through the left side of the two-hole bead that you just strung. String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go across through the top hole of the SuperDuo bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):
Step 5: Go back around through the beads that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):
Step 6: String two MiniDuo beads. Go down through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the left side of the two-hole bead below highlighted in RED. Continue around and up through the right side of this same two-hole bead, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:
Step 7: String two MiniDuo beads. Go up through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the right side of the two-hole bead above (highlighted in RED). Continue around and down through the left side of this same two-hole bead, the seed bead and the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:
Step 8: String a seed bead. Go down through the outside hole of the MiniDuo bead highlighted in RED:
Step 9: String a seed bead. Go down through the outside hole of the next MiniDuo bead (highlighted in RED):
Step 10: String a seed bead. Go down through the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the left side of the two-hole bead below highlighted in RED. Continue around and up through the right side of the two-hole bead, the seed bead and the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:
Step 11: String a seed bead. Go up through the outside hole of the MiniDuo bead highlighted in RED:
Step 12: String a seed beads. Go up through the outside hole of the next MiniDuo bead (highlighted in RED):
Step 13: String a seed bead. Go up through the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the right side of the two-hole bead, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the bottom hole of the SuperDuo bead highlighted in RED:
Step 14: Go around and through the top hole of the SuperDuo bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED):
Step 15: Repeat Step 4 to Step 14 until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus about a half-inch and the length of your clasp. See the “NOTE” on Step 26 on how to make your bangle longer without adding an additional Dragonfly motif:
Step 16: String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead, a seed bead, a two-hole bead and four seed beads. Go around and down through the left side of the two-hole bead that you just strung. String a seed bead, a fire-polished bead and a seed bead. Go across through the top hole of the SuperDuo bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):
Step 17: Go back around through the beads that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):
Step 18: String two MiniDuo beads. Go down through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the left side of the two-hole bead below (highlighted in RED). Continue around and up through the right side of this same two-hole bead, the seed bead, the fire-polished bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:
Step 19: String two MiniDuo beads. Go up through the seed bead, the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the right side of the two-hole bead above (highlighted in RED). Continue around and down through the left side of this same two-hole bead, the seed bead and the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:
Step 20: String a seed bead. Go down through the outside hole of the MiniDuo bead highlighted in RED:
Step 21: String a seed bead. Go down through the outside hole of the next MiniDuo bead (highlighted in RED):
Step 22: String a seed bead. Go down through the fire-polished bead, the seed bead and the left side of the two-hole bead below (highlighted in RED). Continue around and up through the right side of this same two-hole bead, the seed bead and the fire-polished bead highlighted in RED:
Step 23: String a seed bead. Go up through the outside hole of the MiniDuo bead highlighted in RED:
Step 24: String a seed beads. Go up through the outside hole of the next MiniDuo bead (highlighted in RED):
Step 25: String a seed bead. Go up through the fire-polished bead, the seed bead, the right side of the two-hole bead and the two seed beads highlighted in RED:
Step 26: To attach one end of the clasp, string a seed bead. Go through the clasp and then back down through the seed bead that you just strung:
NOTE: If you need to make your bracelet a bit longer but find that adding another Dragonfly motif will make it too long, string a fire-polished bead and a seed bead—instead of just a single seed bead—in this step. Go through the clasp and then back down through the seed bead and the fire-polished bead that you just strung:
Step 27: Go around through the beads highlighted in RED:
Step 28: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and the clasp several times:
Weave back into the bracelet, knot in several places and then cut your thread. Step 29: To attach the clasp to the other end of your bracelet, thread your needle with the tail thread from Step 1. Go up through the seed bead highlighted in RED:
Repeat Steps 26-28. Click on the photo below for a free matching Dragonfly Earrings pattern:
Beads used in my photos NOTE: Bead colors and coatings (and even bead types!) seem to be disappearing at a rate that I can no longer keep up with. I try to find substitutes when I can but "discontinued" seems to be the norm these days.
Purple/Silver:
Red/Gold:
Teal/Bronze:
Beige/White:
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