A must-have basic in your jewelry box? Seed beads necklaces! Easy to make, easy to personalize and timeless! These fine necklaces in colored beads are true chameleons, adapting to every style. They can be worn on their own to add a little discreet detail to an outfit, as an accumulation for a Boho style, or in combination with other necklace styles. In this tutorial, I'd like to show you how to make two necklaces: one with multicolored beads and another in gold-plated stainless steel with adorable flower charms in very spring-like colors. I've chosen a set of Seed beads whose hues are similar to these pretty flower charms.
Making a beaded necklace isn't very complicated, but if you'd like an explanatory video, I'd recommend this video on the subject: How to make a necklace with beads? This video is the third episode of our Beginner Jewelry Training. If you're just starting out in jewelry-making, I invite you to take a look.
As Seed beads are light, I recommend you use fine fishing wire, such as Tortoise wire 0.20 or 0.24 mm. Be careful to remove the plastic cover from the spool before unwinding the wire, as these protections around the spools of wire tend to twist both fishing line and wired wire. In addition, I advise you to store your necklaces carefully by hanging them from a jewelry rack, because if you bend the wire, it will keep this shape.
Another tip: to flatten a Crimp bead and secure the wire, you can use a pair of crush pliers or flat pliers. Crimp bead pliers flatten the bead while creating a hollow in the center of the bead, making it easier to fold in half. In this way, it takes up much less space. If done correctly, the wire is trapped in the bead without being damaged. However, this is a rather difficult technique. That's why most designers prefer to flatten the bead with flat-nose pliers, without folding the bead in half. This is easier, but can sometimes weaken the thread.
Cut the length of chain that suits you. Here, I've cut 50 cm. Locate the middle of the chain and add the white flower using an open ring. Close it tightly with round and flat pliers. A little further along, place the pink flower and on the other side, the orange flower.
The clasp has an open ring, so you can attach it directly to the end of the chain. On the other side, place a 5 mm ring.
For the Seed beads necklace, cut 60 cm of wire. Thread a crush tube, the wire protector and the crush tube. Allow the wire to protrude 2 cm. Flatten the bead with special pliers or flat-nose pliers. You can place a bead cover over it if you wish.
Start threading the Seed beads. Thread the thread through the beads as well. My bead sequence is as follows: 7 light pink beads, 1 facet, 7 orange beads, 1 facet, 7 terracotta beads, 1 facet, 7 pink beads, 1 facet, 7 yellow beads. Repeat as many times as necessary to achieve the desired length.
Once the necklace is the right length, in this case 40 cm excluding the clasp, thread the crush tube, the wire guard and the crush tube. Thread the thread through a few beads. Flatten the crush tube. Check that it holds. Add a 5 mm ring on one side and a spring clasp on the other.
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