 Summer
Sunset Necklace
This quick and comfy necklace can be yours
in less than 30 minutes. Once you try this new clasp technique using
a bead and seed bead, you'll be "hooked"!
Materials:
1 pkg. Delica Aztec Mix (#D-009)
Qty:
1 pkg. 10 Luster opaque orange coins (#18837)
Qty:
1 pkg. 8 Large Autumn cube beads (#24089)
Qty:
1 pkg. Tiny S/S Round Beads (crimps) 1.8mm (#50051)
Qty:
1 pkg. Gold Beadalon, 7 Strand wire, 30' Spool (#49121)
Qty:
Directions:
1) Cut 20" piece of Beadalon. Add two crimps, one mango
cube, and one orange Delica, fold about
1" of wire wire over orange Delica and back through mango cube and
crimps. Pull wire tight and
crush crimps, this will create the toggle end of your clasp.
2) Now string the following beads from the other end:
4" of Delica Aztec Mix
1 Topaz Cube
10 Delica Aztec Mix
1 Orange Coin
10 Delica Aztec Mix
1 Yellow Amber Cube
10 Delica Aztec Mix
1 Orange Coin
10 Delica Aztec Mix
1 Yellow Amber Cube
10 Delica Aztec Mix
1 Orange Coin
10 Delica Aztec Mix
1 Topaz Cube
4" of Delica Aztec Mix
3) Next you will make the loop end of the clasp. Add two crimps
and 25 Delica, fold wire back
through crimps, pull beads tight, assuring that no wire is showing,
crush crimps. Trim ends.
Finished length is 16 inches. |