Wrap Around Gemstone Bracelet
We love the filigree pieces and the vintage pieces look just delicious on top of gemstones. In this piece three different filigree looks are wrapped around Fossil Coral coins, Golden Onyx Diamonds and Carnelian flat rectangles. Add a dash of chain, a few dangling rounds and another wrapped drop and you've got one bracelet that really makes a statement. The chain on the end makes this adjustable to fit just about any size wrist.

Materials:
1 Pkg. of Honey Jade Gemstone Rounds, 8mm (#11010-8) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of New China Jade Gemstone Rounds, 6mm (#11028-6) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of Carnelian Flat Rectangle Gemstone Shapes (#11727) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of Fossil Coral Puff Coin Gemstone Shapes (#11958) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of Golden Onyx Diamond Gemstones Shapes (#11961) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of New China Jade Flat Teardrop Gemstone Shapes (#11979) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of Vintage Large Filigree Drop Bead (#14584) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of Large Vintage Lobster Claw Clasps (#50325) Qty: 
1 Vintage Medium Filigree Long Diamond (#59044) Qty: 
1 Vintage Oval Open Flower 2 Hole Connector (#59046) Qty: 
1 Vintage Corsican Drop Charm (#59061) Qty: 
1 Vintage Swirled Diamond Filigree, 44mm (#59047) Qty: 
1 Foot Vintage Brass Oval Cable Chain (#62027) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of 2 inch Vintage Brass Thick Head Pins, 20 gauge (#50326) Qty: 
1 Pkg. of 2 inch Vintage brass Thick Eye Pins, 20 gauge (#50327) Qty: 

Tools you will need (change quantity to 1 if you need them): 
Flat Chain Nose Pliers (#51016) Qty: 
Round Nose Pliers (#51017) Qty: 
Side Cutters (#51018) Qty: 
Memory Wire Cutters  (#51005) Qty: 

Directions:
Step 1. First you will wrap the following Gemstones with different Vintage pieces:
A Vintage Large Filigree Drop Bead will be opened and wrapped around a Golden Onyx Diamond, the Vintage Medium Filigree Long Diamond will be wrapped around a Carnelian Flat Rectangle, the Vintage Swirled Diamond Filigree will be wrapped around a Fossil Coral Puff Coin, and a the Corsican drop charm will be opened and wrapped around a New China Jade Flat Teardrop.

Here are some guidelines to wrapping the Vintage pieces around the stones:
Take a Vintage piece and place it over top of the Gemstone to give yourself an idea of how much of the Vintage piece that you will be bending around the Gemstone. Begin to slightly bend the outermost points of the Vintage piece around the Gemstone. It is easier to bend points of the Vintage piece on a table or other flat surface, continually placing it over the Gemstone while doing so, until the fit is just right. This will give the Vintage piece a look of being wrapped around the Gemstone or of the Gemstone being set in the Vintage piece.

Step 2. Onto a Head Pin, place the wrapped New China Jade Flat Teardrop. This will be called Head Pin C.

Step 3. Using a Side Cutter cut off the excess Head Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using Flat Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Using Round Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop and close tightly. Set aside.

Step 4. Place each remaining wrapped Gemstone onto an Eye Pin.

Step 5. Using a Side Cutter cut off the excess of each Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". For each Eye Pin, using Flat Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Using Round Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire from each Eye Pin into a loop and close tightly. Set aside.

Step 6. Onto each of 3 Head Pins, place a New China Jade Round. These will be called Head Pins A.

Step 7. Repeat Step 3 with Head Pins A.

Step 8. Onto 1 Head Pin, place a Honey Jade Round and repeat Step 3 with this Head Pin. We will call this Head Pin B.

Step 9. Take your Oval Open Flower Connector and bend it so that it is folded in half, in the way that the loops will match up.

Step 10. Twist open a Jump Ring, put it through the loops of the Oval Open Flower Connector, and insert the loop of a Head Pin A and the loop of a Lobster Clasp. Twist the Jump Ring closed.

Step 11. Cut 2 small sections of Chain to both contain 6 links.

Step 12. Twist open the link on the end of one of the small pieces of Chain and place it through a section of the Oval Open Flower Connector, as seen in the picture. Twist the open link closed.

Step 13. Repeat Step 8 with your other small piece of Chain and the other space through the Oval Open Flower Connector.

Step 14. On the bottom piece of the Chain, starting at the Oval Open Flower Connector, count down 3 links. Twist open the loop of Head Pin C and insert it onto the 3rd link of Chain. Twist the loop of the Head Pin closed.

Step 15. Count down 2 more links to the 5th link on the same piece of Chain. Twist open the loop of Head Pin B and place it onto the 5th link. Twist the loop of the Head Pin closed.

Step 16. On your other small Chain section (the top piece of Chain), count down to the 5th link. Twist open the loop of one of Head Pins A and insert it onto this 5th link (it will hang directly above Head Pin B, that you just attached in Step 15). Twist the open loop closed.

Step 17. Cut a single link of Chain.

Step 18. Twist open the single link of Chain and insert it onto the links (the 6th links) at the opposite ends of both of your small Chain sections (that are hanging from the Oval Open Flower Connector). Insert the loop from the Eye Pin containing the wrapped Fossil Coral Puff Coin. Twist the open link of Chain closed.

Step 19. Twist open a Jump Ring and insert the loop on the opposite end of the Eye Pin that you just attached and a loop from the Eye Pin containing the wrapped Carnelian Flat Rectangle. Twist the Jump Ring closed.

Step 20. Twist open a Jump Ring and insert the loop on the opposite end of the Eye Pin that you just attached and a loop from the Eye Pin containing the Golden Onyx Diamond. Twist the Jump Ring closed.

Step 21. Cut a single link of Chain.

Step 22. Twist open the loop on the opposite end of the Eye Pin that you just attached (containing the Golden Onyx Diamond) and insert the single link of Chain. Twist the open loop closed.

Step 23. Cut a section of Chain to contain 3 links (we will call this Chain #1) and a section of Chain to contain 4 links (we will call this Chain #2).

Step 24. Twist open the link at the end of Chain #1 and insert it onto the single link that you just attached. Twist the open link closed.

Step 25. Twist open the link at the end of Chain #2 and insert it onto the single link that you just attached. Twist the open link closed.

Step 26. Cut one last small section of Chain to contain 4 links. We will call this Chain #3.

Step 27. Twist open the link on the end of Chain #3. Insert the links at the opposite ends of Chain #1 and Chain #2. Twist the open link closed.

Step 28. Twist open the link at the opposite end of Chain #3 and insert your last Head Pin A. Twist the open link closed. Enjoy!




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