Discover how to easily make your own curved tube bead elastic bracelets. In this easy jewelry tutorial, I've used acrylic tube beads, wooden tube beads and gold washers. These tube bracelets are very fashionable. Choose your colors from the dozens of shades and effects available in our catalog. You'll find it easy to match these tube bracelets to your favorite outfits. If you're looking for further inspiration, we've got several curved tube bracelets for you to choose from:
The main bracelet in this tutorial is an elastic bracelet made of dark wood tube beads, hand-crafted ceramic rondelles and flattened gold round beads. This bracelet strikes the perfect balance between the raw elegance of natural materials and a trendy touch that brings warmth and style to your outfits. To accompany this bracelet, I've designed several other, slightly thinner bracelets in beige, apricot and slightly pink tones. They add a touch of softness to create a cocooning style. The flattened round golden beads blend perfectly with the 11 mm tube beads. You can choose to wear the bracelets as a whole, or 3 at a time.
These bracelets are made from 0.7 mm elastic thread. Remember to stretch your elastic wire before stringing the beads, to loosen it up and check that the part of the wire you're using has no weak points. Elastic thread always relaxes a little at first. By forcing it to stretch before threading, you can avoid having a bracelet that gets bigger by itself as the days go by. Keep your elastic bracelets away from UV rays, humidity, salt water, chlorine and the solvents in cosmetics.
Have fun combining colors and beads now!
Start by cutting 30 cm of elastic thread. Stretch your thread. String your beads. Once you've finished stringing your beads, tie your first surgeon's knot. To do this, wrap the thread twice around the other end. Tighten.
Again, wrap the wire twice around the other end and tighten. Cut the wire ends to within 2 mm of the knot. Apply glue and slide one of the beads over the knot to glue the knot to the inside of the bead.
Here are the details of the beads used for these 3 bracelets.
Wooden bead bracelet: 5 of the 6 wooden tube beads in the bag, 5 flattened golden beads, 10 ceramic washers. This bracelet fits a 16 cm wrist. For a larger bracelet, add 2 more ceramic washers and 1 bag of 10 flattened round golden beads.
Bracelet with gold round beads and gold and cream tubes: 5 gold flattened round beads, 3 cream tubes, 2 gold tubes. Fits a 15 cm wrist. To lengthen, add a cream tube bead opposite the round beads.
Marbled brown tube bracelet: Thread 1 gold tube bead, 1 cream tube bead, 1 marbled brown tube bead, 1 gold tube bead, 1 cream tube bead, 1 marbled brown tube bead. Fits a 15 cm wrist. To lengthen, add flattened round beads between each tube.
Here are the details of the pearls used for these 3 bracelets.
Multicolor curved pearl bracelet: 1 gold tube pearl, 1 cream tube pearl, 1 salmon marbled tube pearl, 1 gold tube pearl, 1 cream tube pearl, 1 apricot tube pearl. Fits a 15 cm wrist. To lengthen, add a marbled brown tube bead.
Marbled salmon acrylic tube bracelet: repeat this bead sequence 6 times. 1 flattened round golden bead, 1 salmon tube. Fits a 15 cm wrist. To make it longer, repeat the sequence 1 more time, but you'll need to buy an extra bag of salmon tube beads, or skip the multicolor bracelet. The same goes for the extra flat gold bead.
Apricot acrylic tube bracelet: repeat this bead sequence 6 times. 1 gold flattened round bead, 1 apricot tube. Fits a 15 cm wrist. To make it longer, repeat the sequence 1 more time, but you'll need to buy an extra bag of apricot tube beads, or skip the multicolor bracelet. The same goes for the extra flat gold bead.
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