GALA BRACELET & EARRINGS

(©2022 Deborah Roberti)

Quick and easy bracelet and matching earring pattern that features Beadsmith’s gorgeous Sostis Cymbal Bead Connector Elements.

MATERIALS
Bracelet
(for about a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp)
• About 3 yards of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 75 size 11/0 seed beads (I used Miyuki brand)
• About 40 size 8/0 seed beads (I used Miyuki brand)
• 14 Matubo GemDuo beads
• 7 Beadsmith Sostis Cymbal Bead Connector Elements
• Clasp

Earrings
• About 4 feet of 6 lb. FireLine
• About 24 size 11/0 seed beads (I used Miyuki brand)
• Four Matubo GemDuo beads
• Two Beadsmith Sostis Cymbal Bead Connector Elements
• Two Beadsmith Remata Cymbal Bead Ending Elements
• Two vertical-drilled center drop beads of your choice in type and size
• A pair of earring findings

Step 1: Thread your needle with a length of FireLine that you feel comfortable working with and add more as you need it.

Leaving about a 10-inch tail for attaching your clasp, hold onto this tail thread and go through the left hole of a GemDuo bead, a Sostis Cymbal and another GemDuo bead:

NOTE: You will not be making a knot until Step 3 so keep the tension tight and hold onto this tail thread for now.

Step 2: String two 11/0 seed beads, an 8/0 seed bead and two more 11/0 seed beads.

Go around and down through the right hole of the GemDuo bead, the Sostis Cymbal and the GemDuo bead that you just added:

Step 3: String two 11/0 seed beads, an 8/0 seed bead and two more 11/0 seed beads. Grab your tail thread and tie a tight double knot:

Step 4: Go all the way back around through the beads and Sostis Cymbal that you added in the first three steps (highlighted in RED):

Step 5: Go back up through the left hole of the GemDuo bead, Sostis Cymbal and GemDuo bead (highlighted in RED). Continue up through the two 11/0 seed beads and the 8/0 seed bead (highlighted in RED) so that you are exiting from the topmost 8/0 seed bead:

Step 6: String five 8/0 seed beads. Go around and back across through the 8/0 seed bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED):

Step 7: Go back around through the 8/0 seed beads that you just added (highlighted in RED):

Step 8: Go back around through the 8/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:

Step 9: String an 11/0 seed bead. Go back around through the three 8/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:

The 11/0 seed bead that you just added should sit beside and a little between the two adjacent 8/0 seed beads so that the trio of seed beads form a bit of a point as you pull tight.

Step 10: String an 11/0 seed bead. Go back up through the two 8/0 seed beads above (highlighted in RED):

Again, the 11/0 seed bead that you just added should sit beside and a little between the two adjacent 8/0 seed beads so that the trio of seed beads form a bit of a point as you pull tight.

Step 11: To add the next motif, string two 11/0 seed beads. Add a GemDuo bead, a Sostis Cymbal and another GemDuo bead by going up through the left hole of each bead:

Step 12: String two 11/0 seed beads, an 8/0 seed bead and two more 11/0 seed beads.

Go around and down through the right hole of the GemDuo bead, the Sostis Cymbal and the GemDuo bead that you just added (highlighted in RED):

Step 13: String two 11/0 seed beads. Go across through the 8/0 seed bead below (highlighted in RED):

Step 14: Go all the way back around through the beads and Sostis Cymbal that you added in the last three steps (highlighted in RED):

Step 15: Go back up through the two 11/0 seed beads, the GemDuo bead, the Sostis Cymbal, the GemDuo bead, the two 11/0 seed beads and the 8/0 seed bead above (highlighted in RED) so that you are exiting from the topmost 8/0 seed bead:

Step 16: Repeat Step 6 to Step 15 until your bracelet is the length you want it, minus the length of your clasp and about a third-inch.

Note: You can add more beads when you attach the clasp to make your bracelet longer.

Step 17: To attach your clasp, string two 11/0 seed beads and an 8/0 seed bead.

Go through your clasp and back down through the 8/0 seed bead that you just strung:

NOTE: To make your bracelet longer, just add more seed beads than directed in this step and the next.

Step 18: String two more 11/0 seed beads.

Go back across through the 8/0 seed bead that you exited earlier (highlighted in RED):

Step 19: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and the clasp several times:

Weave into the bracelet, knot in several places and then cut your thread.

Step 20: 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 two 11/0 seed beads and 8/0 seed bead highlighted in RED:

Repeat Steps 17-19.

Gala Earrings

Step 1: Thread your needle with about two feet of FireLine.

Leaving about a 6-inch tail that you can cut and weave in later, hold onto this tail thread and go through the left hole of a GemDuo bead, a Sostis Cymbal and another GemDuo bead:

NOTE: You will not be making a knot until Step 3 so keep the tension tight and hold onto this tail thread for now.

Step 2: String four 11/0 seed beads.

Go around and down through the right hole of the GemDuo bead, the Sostis Cymbal and the GemDuo bead that you just added:

Step 3: String four 11/0 seed beads. Grab your tail thread and tie a tight double knot:

Step 4: Go all the way back around through the beads and Sostis Cymbal that you added in the first three steps (highlighted in RED):

Step 5: Go back up through the left hole of the GemDuo bead, the Sostis Cymbal and the GemDuo bead (highlighted in RED). Continue up through the two 11/0 seed beads (highlighted in RED):

Step 6: Go through the bottom hole of a Remata Cymbal.

Go back down through the two 11/0 seed beads, the GemDuo, the Sostis Cymbal, the GemDuo and the two 11/0 seed beads below (highlighted in RED):

The bottom hole of the Remata Cymbal should sit a little between the top two seed beads as you pull through.

Step 7: String an 11/0 seed bead, a drop bead and three more 11/0 seed beads.

Go around and back up through the drop bead and the 11/0 seed bead above so that the three 11/0 seed beads form a seed bead picot below the drop bead.

Continue up through the two 11/0 seed beads highlighted in RED:

Step 8: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and the Remata Cymbal element:

Step 9: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED:

Weave back into the earring, knot and cut your thread.

Attach your earring finding to the Remata Cymbal element.

Beads used in the photo above

Bracelet
(for about a 7-inch bracelet, not including clasp)
• About 75 size 11/0 seed beads: Miyuki #4202 Duracoat Galvanized Gold
• About 40 size 8/0 seed beads: Miyuki #401 Opaque Black
• 14 Matubo GemDuo beads: Jet
• 7 Beadsmith Sostis Cymbal Bead Connector Elements: 24K Gold Plated

Earrings
• About 24 size 11/0 seed beads: Miyuki #4202 Duracoat Galvanized Gold
• Four Matubo GemDuo beads: Jet
• Two Beadsmith Sostis Cymbal Bead Connector Elements: 24K Gold Plated
• Two Beadsmith Remata Cymbal Bead Ending Elements: 24kt Gold Plated
• Two vertical-drilled center drop beads: 16x6mm Jet Czech Tear Drops

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