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7 8 9Red evening style- The red set is made with two strands of
bright red bugle beads and one strand of dyed
red coral coloured semiprecious chips. Use the
steps for the pink summer daytime set to make
up this style in the same way. This red necklace
was made to a fi nished length of 850mm so that
it can be worn twice around the necklace for a
short style statement or as one long strand that
sits near the belly button. - When plaiting with bugle beads, you will need
to make the plait looser. Being long tubes and
the bugle beads don’t twist as easily, need to be
worked more carefully so they don’t crack. - Bracelets are made in exactly the same way
as the necklace. You can’t get a really tight plait
with a bracelet as you need to remember that
it goes around a much smaller appendage. So,
before you fi nish the plaiting, check that your
bracelet plait is loose enough to bend around
the wrist.
10. Make matching earrings by stringing gem
chips onto C-Lon beading cord. If you have
diff erent size chips, try size-matching them by
keeping the larger ones in the middle to hang
at the bottom with the smaller pieces near
the ends as they will end up at the top. When
you have strung on all the chips, feed both
beading cord ends through a calotte from the
outside. It can be a little tricky to get both cords
through the hole in the calotte – it can help to
use a little superglue on the ends of the cord to
stiff en them. Cut off the glued ends and knot
the cord inside the calotte so the chips are tight
to the calotte. Place a little glue in the calotte
cup and close.
11. Attach the loop on the calotte cup to an
earwire to fi nish the earrings. Remember
when making earrings that it is best to make
both at the same time so you can make sure
that they match.
RESOURCES
All materials are widely available from
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