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MOUNTAIN FLOWER EARRINGS (©2022 Deborah Roberti)
These delicate earrings, which measure only an inch long without findings or drop beads, match my Mountain Flower Bracelet. For the center two-hole bead, you can use IrisDuo, GemDuo or two-hole Kite beads. MATERIAL
Step 1: Thread your needle with about 2 feet of FireLine. Leaving about a 5-inch tail that you can weave in and cut at any time, string two seed beads, a 3mm bead, four seed beads and a 3mm bead. Tie the beads in a circle with a tight double knot:
Step 2: Go back around through the beads that you just strung, grab the tail thread and tie another tight knot:
Step 3: Go back up through the seed bead highlighted in RED:
Step 4: String a 3mm bead and a seed bead. Go around through your jump ring and then back down through the seed bead and 3mm bead that you just added:
Step 5: Go back down through the seed bead, the 3mm bead and the two seed beads highlighted in RED:
Step 6: Go back around through the beads highlighted in RED and the jump ring:
Step 7: String a 3mm bead, a seed bead, a StormDuo bead, a seed bead and a 3mm bead.
NOTE: When adding the first StormDuo bead, make sure that it is positioned the same way as in my illustration above. Step 8: Go back down through the 3mm bead and the seed bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):
Step 9: String four seed beads. Go across through the bottom hole of the StormDuo bead that you added in Step 7 (highlighted in RED):
Step 10: String four more seed beads. Go up through the seed bead, the 3mm bead and the two seed beads highlighted in RED:
Step 11: String a 3mm bead, a seed bead, a StormDuo bead and a seed bead. Go around and back up through the 3mm bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:
NOTE: When adding the second StormDuo bead, make sure that it is positioned the same way as in my illustration above. Step 12: Go back down through the 3mm bead and the seed bead that you added in the last step (highlighted in RED):
Step 13: String four seed beads. Go across through the bottom hole of the StormDuo bead that you added in Step 11 (highlighted in RED):
Step 14: String four more seed beads. Go up through the seed bead, the 3mm bead and the seed bead highlighted in RED:
Step 15: Go back down and around through the beads highlighted in RED:
Step 16: String a two-hole bead by going through the top hole. Go across through the two seed beads and the bottom hole of the StormDuo bead highlighted in RED:
Step 17: Go around through the beads highlighted in RED:
Step 18: String three seed beads. Go across through the bottom hole of the two-hole bead that you added in Step 16 (highlighted in RED):
Step 19: String three seed beads. Go up through the seed bead and the bottom hole of the StormDuo bead highlighted in RED:
If you do not wish to add a drop bead, weave into the earring, knot and cut your thread. Step 20: To add a drop bead, go all the way back around through the beads highlighted in RED:
Step 21: String three seed beads, a 3mm bead, a seed bead, a drop bead and three more seed beads. Go around and back up through the drop bead, the seed bead and the 3mm bead that you just added to form a seed bead picot:
Step 22: String three seed beads and go up through the beads highlighted in RED:
Weave in, knot in and cut your thread.
A matching Mountain Flower Bracelet is available for sale on my website here:
Beads used in the photo above
Apricot Kite bead version:
Purple GemDuo bead version:
Gold/Black IrisDuo bead version:
Teal/Green Kite bead version: For more color and bead combinations, click on the photo below to visit the RedPandaBeads.com Gallery of Color Suggestions!
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