DIY earrings in soutache and PureCrystal crystals

How to make soutache earrings?

How to make soutache earrings and PureCrystal crystals?

We are always looking for an idea to dress our outfit for the holidays. How about making this beautiful pair of DIY earrings proposed by Diana aka Diana Lopez. Thanks to this step-by-step DIY jewel, assemble the sourte and the PureCrystal crystals to obtain this magnificent jewel.  Find all our soutache tutorials in the tutorials section for more DIY jewelry.

Thanks to Diana for sharing her tutorial.

Step 1 :
Let's start with the central part of our first earring. Take the PureCrystal Cappuccino Delite pear, cut 10 cm of black plain soutache braid and another 10 cm of the black and silver one. Stick first the black and silver braid around the pear borders with a few drops of glue, wait some minutes, the time that glue takes good. Stick now the black braid to the black and silver one, after some minutes sew both braids passing by with the needle, from the back part, by all of them four times.

Pass with the needle to the upper part of the PureCrystal pear, using the needle, tuck an 11/0 gold rocaille, wrap around it the four pieces of soutache braids, and sew it passing by all of them up and down; sew the braids to the back part of of the pear and cut the advanced pieces of them.

Passing the needle form back to front of the PureCrystal pear, tuck a Scarlet PureCrystal bicone and sew it to the soutache braids passing by twice.

Step 2 :

Repeat the previous procedure using this time a Scarlet PureCrystal navette; wrap around the 11/0 gold rocaille on the opposite side from the one you used when you wrapped the pear one, instead of the Scarlet PureCrystal bicone, use a Crystal golden Shadow one.

Step 3 :

Take both pieces, pear and navette, and join them sewing them from the back part of the work.

 

Cut a piece of rhinestones black chain enough to cover the upper round braid part around the 11/0 gold rocaille of the PureCrystal pear, stick it to it and wait some minutes until glue takes, then cut 10 cm of black plain soutache braid and stick it to the chain, tuck a Crystal Golden Shadow round stone from the back part of the work and wrap it with the advanced part of the soutache braid sewing to it passing by twice, leave the advanced part back sewing it to the work and cut the braid you've left.

 

Step 4 :

Coming from the back part of the work, tuck three 15/0 gold rocailles with the needle and then return again to the back part with it to make a little decoration on our piece, repeat this process four times.

 

Step 5 :
Pass with the needle through the soutache braid up to the round PureCrystal crystal, tuck three 11/0 gold rocailles and sew them passing again through the braid, go up again and repeat this process until you arrive to the final part  of the round PureCrystal crystal.

 

Step 6 :

Take the Scarlet PureCrystal rivoli, repeat the process for Step 1 (first 6 pictures) then stick the final result to the back part of the work.

 

Step 7 :
Cut four pieces of rhinestones black chain, 7, 6, 5 and 4 cm stick them to a piece of black ultra suede fabric, wait until glue takes, cut the advanced part of the fabric, then stick and sew the result part to the rest of the earring; at this point stick the earring stud to the back part of the scarlet rivoli, let it dry well.

Step 8 :

Cut a piece of black ultra suede fabric, enough to cover the soutache part of the earring , stick it, wait a few minutes and then cut the ends.

 

Repeat all these steps to make the second earring, remember earrings are specular.