Bead & Button – October 2019

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14 mm rivoli

8 x 5 mm

GemDuo bead

7 mm Pip bead

6 mm QuadraLentil

bead

-top view

6 x 5 mm Nib-bit bead

2.5 x 5 mm

SuperDuo bead

3 mm bicone crystal

110 seed bead

150 seed bead, color A

150 seed bead, color B

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How to pick up the Nib-bit beads: Pick up the

beads through the narrow tip hole (TH) or

the wider base hole (BH), per the instructions.

How to pick up the GemDuo beads: With the

beveled side facing up, sew through the bottom

hole (BH) or top hole (TH), per the instructions.

How to sew through the QuadraLentil beads:

After the QuadraLentils have been added in

the ring through any hole, sew through the

top inner hole (TI), bottom inner hole (BI),

top outside hole (TO), or bottom outside

hole (BO), per the instructions.

COMPONENTS

1) On 4 ft. (1.2 m) of thread, pick up a repeating

pattern of an 11 0 seed bead and a Nib-bit bead

(TH) eight times. Leaving a 6-in. (15 cm) tail,

sew through the beads again to form a ring (not

shown in the figure for clarity), and tie a square

knot (figure 1, a–b). Sew through the open hole

of the Nib-bit your thread is exiting (b–c).

2) Using medium tension, pick up a

QuadraLentil bead (any hole), and sew through

the open hole of the next Nib-bit (c–d). Repeat

this stitch seven times to complete the round,

and continue through the same hole of the first

QuadraLentil added (d–e). The hole your thread

is exiting will now be the top-inner hole of the

QuadraLentil.

3) Sew through the bottom-inner hole of the

same QuadraLentil (figure 2, a–b) (t he t wo

open holes of the QuadraLentil should be to the

outside of the beadwork). Pick up three SuperDuo

beads, and sew through the corresponding hole

of the next QuadraLentil (BI) (b–c) to form

a picot. Repeat this last stitch seven times to com-

plete the round (c–d). Sew through the first three

SuperDuos added (d–e), and continue through

the open hole of the last SuperDuo (e–f).

4) Flip the beadwork over, and place a rivoli

face down in the center of the beadwork. Position

the center SuperDuo in each picot so the open

hole faces outward (away from the rivoli) and

the remaining SuperDuos face inward.

A path of flower-like GemDuo components featuring

sparkling rivolis, Nib-bits, QuadraLentils, and Pip beads

create this striking bracelet.

materials
green bracelet 7½ x 1^3 ⁄ 8 in.
(19.1 x 3.5 cm)

• 4 14 mm rivolis (Swarovski,
  light turquoise)


• 35 8 x 5 mm GemDuo beads
  (chalk green luster)


• 48 7 mm Pip beads (crystal
  golden rainbow)


• 32 6 mm QuadraLentil beads
  (opaque green luster)


• 32 6 x 5 mm Nib-bit
  beads (matte metallic
  gold iris)


• 96 2.5 x 5 mm SuperDuo
  beads (aqua travertine dark)


• 32 3 mm bicone crystals
  (Swarovski, pacific opal)


• 2 g 110 seed beads (Toho
  2604F, semi-glazed opaque
  turquoise)


• 15 0 seed beads
  
  
  • 1 g color A (Toho 2634F,
    semi-glazed rainbow
    turquoise)
  
  
  • 1 g color B (Toho PF557,
    galvanized starlight)
  
  
  
  


• 1 2-strand box clasp


• 4 4 mm jump rings (if not
  included with the box clasp)


• Fireline, 6 lb. test


• beading needles, #11 or #12


• 2 pairs of chainnose, flat-
  nose, and/or bentnose pliers

Find info for the
alternate colorway at
FacetJewelry.com/
resourceguide

Find basics online:
FacetJewelry.com/basics

• square knot


• ending and adding thread


• opening and closing jump
  rings

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2