DIY earrings in soutache and PureCrystal crystals

How to make soutache earrings?

How to make soutache earrings and PureCrystal crystals?

We're always on the lookout for ideas to dress up our vacation outfits. How about making this beautiful pair of earrings suggested by Diana aka Diana Lopez. Step by step, assemble the soutache and PureCrystal crystals to create this stunning piece of jewelry. Find all our DIY soutache jewelry tutorials in the tutorials section for more DIY jewelry.

Thanks to Diana for sharing her tutorial.

Step 1:
Start with the center part of our first earring. Take PureCrystal cabochon. Cut 10 cm of plain black soutache and 10 cm of mettalic soutache. Glue the metallic soutache around the cabochon with a few drops of glue, and wait a few minutes for the glue to dry. Now glue the plain black soutache to the metallic soutache. Once the glue is dry, sew them together.

Pass the needle through to the top of the PureCrystal cabochon, slip an 11/0 seed bead onto the needle, wrap the four strands of soutache around it and sew from top to bottom; sew the strands onto the back of the pear and cut off the advanced pieces.

Passing the needle from the back to the front of the PureCrystal pear, slip on a PureCrystal spinner and sew it onto the soutache strands, passing twice.

Step 2:

Repeat the previous step, this time using a PureCrystal shuttle; wrap an 11/0 seed bead of soutache as before, but on the opposite side to the one you made for the PureCrystal pear.This time use a Crystal golden Shadow spinner instead of a Scarlet spinner.

Step 3:
Take the two pieces and sew them together on the back.

Cut a piece of rhinestone chain - long enough to cover the top of the soutache around the 11/0 gold seed bead of the PureCrystal pear. Glue it on and wait a few minutes until the glue sets, then cut 10 cm of soutache and glue it to the chain, slip a round Crystal Golden Shadow stone to the back of the work and wrap it with the advanced part of soutache, sewing next to it in two passes. Leave this part aside by sewing it to the piece and cut the soutache you left behind.

Step 4:
Starting from the back of the work, thread three 15/0 gold seed beads onto the needle, then return to the back of the piece to make a small decoration on our piece. Repeat this process four times.

Step 5:
Pass the needle through the soutache to the round PureCrystal crystal, slip on three 11/0 gold seed beads and stitch them through the soutache again, go up again and repeat this process until you reach the last part of the round PureCrystal crystal.

Step 6:
Take the Scarlet PureCrystal rivoli, repeat from step 1 (the first 6 photos), then glue the final result to the back of the piece.

Step 7:
Cut four pieces of black rhinestone chain measuring 7, 6, 5 and 4 cm and glue them to a piece of black ultra suede fabric, wait for the glue to set then cut the advanced part of the fabric. Glue and sew the resulting part to the rest of the earring. At this point, attach the earring stud to the back of the Scarlet rivoli and leave to dry thoroughly.

Step 8:
Cut a piece of black ultra suede, enough to cover the soutache part of the earring. Glue it in place and wait a few minutes before cutting off the ends.

Repeat all these steps to make the second earring.

Tadam! Your earrings are finished! Aren't they beautiful? As you know, we love to see what you've been up to with the tutorials on Perles & Co. So don't hesitate to send us photos of your creations on our Facebookpage or tag us on Instagram #perlesandco.