Learn how to make seed beads and bugleflower earrings. I used Preciosa 11/0 seed beads and Miyuki tubular beads. The flower is made with 0.20 mm nylon thread, as a slightly stiffer thread than weaving thread is needed to hold the flower petals in the air. The technique consists in creating the heart of the flower in circular peyote and closing the beaded ball created on a stud earring. The thread is then threaded back through the heart beads to add the petals.
Preciosa Seed beads come in a wide range of colors and effects. Sold in 20 g sachets, they can be used for a wide range of affordable creations. The 6 mm bugles used come from a mix of beads. These mixes are an ideal solution for obtaining several colors at an attractive price. Feel free to personalize these flower earrings with other colors of Seed beads.
Thanks to their openwork structure, these bead ear rings are pleasant to wear and don't pull on the ears. They are light and comfortable to wear all day long. Their size enhances the face without being bulky, and they adapt to all styles. Perfect for a special occasion, such as a ceremony, or even for everyday wear, they add a colorful, floral note to your look. Choose white, cream or pearly Seed beads to create earrings that will complement a formal outfit, Burgundy or dark pearls for a more professional look, or adopt bright colors such as fuchsia or red to create more eye-catching earrings.
Cut just over 70 cm of thread and thread it onto a split eye needle. Thread 10 Seed beads Yellow Brown Mat and iron through the first bead to form a loop. Place this circle of beads 20 cm from the end of the thread.
Thread a Dark Yellow Matte seed bead, skip a Yellow Brown Matte bead and move on to the second one. Thread a new Dark Yellow Mat bead, skip a bead and move on to the next Yellow Brown Mat bead. Continue in this way. In all, you need to add 5.
Pass through all 5 Dark Yellow Mat beads twice and tighten. Add a new Dark Yellow Mat bead and pass through the bead opposite the one from which the thread exits to place this sixth bead in the center of the other 5.
Go down into two Yellow Brown Mat beads and repeat steps 2 and 3 with Yellow Brown Mat beads without adding the sixth bead. Go back through the 5 beads 3 times to tighten the circle, but place the ear stud ball inside first.
Turn in a Yellow Brown Matte bead in the center. Add 2 bugles, 12 Seed beads, 2 bugles. Cross over into the Yellow Brown Mat bead. Go directly to the next bead on the same row to repeat this step. In all, add 5 large petals.
Then go to the Yellow Brown Mat beads in the row next to the Dark Yellow Mat beads. String 1 bugle, 8 Seed beads, 1 bugle. Cross the thread in the bead. Repeat this step for the other 4 petals.
Bring the two ends of the thread together by passing through the beads. Make a double knot. Apply glue. Pass the threads back through the bugle next to them. Cut off excess thread.
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