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Trail of Blooms Necklace

AndreaP at Lima
Trail of Blooms Necklace
Trail of Blooms Necklace

Project details:

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Fun, floral, and full of life. This necklace blends intricate seed bead flowers with Millefiori rounds, mixed gemstones, and shimmering crystals for the perfect pop of sparkle. This is a sprig beauty and a great way to use extra beads.

Supplies you’ll need:

  • 8/0 seed beads
  • 11/0 seed beads green
  • 1/2 strand Millefiori rounds
  • 1/2 strand Brazilian Amazonite egg nuggets
  • Wildfire .008" thread white
  • crimp tubes & covers
  • wire protectors
  • jump rings
  • clasp
  • tangerine crystal rondelles
  • gooseberry beads
  • 1/2 strand matte methyst nuggets
  • Czech glass leaves
  • Amethyst butterfly beads
  • shell flower
  • mother-of-pearl flower bud bead
  • daisy flower charm

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Step

Step 1

Cut 6' of cord. Feed the thread through the needle eye. Slide on a stopper bead 5" from the end of the thread. Slide the first part of the beads on as shown.

Step

Step 2

Create the first seed bead flower. Image 1: Slide on 4 pink seed beads and one yellow. Image 2: Bring the needle up through the first pink seed bead. Image 3: Pull the thread so it wraps around the yellow bead. Image 4: Slide on three more pink beads, and slide the needle through the bottom pink bead. Image 5: I like my flowers tight, so I go around all the pink beads with my needle one more time. Pull tight.

Step

Step 3

Time to make the second, larger flower. Image 1: Slide 5 white seed beads and one Millefiori round onto the needle. Bring the needle up through the first white bead. Image 2: Slide on 5 more white beads. Bring the need down through the bottom white bead. Image 3: Pull tight. Image 4-6: Go back through all the white beads twice until you end up at the top by the pink bead. Image 7: Bring the needle down through the Millefiori bead and out behind the bottom white seed bead. Image 8: Bring the needle around the thread between the bottom two white seed beads to create a loop. Feed the need through the loop. Make sure the flower is tight and butted up next to the pink flower. Pull the thread to tighten the knot.

Step

Step 4

Now make the third flower... Image 1: Slide 4 purple seed beads and one yellow seed bead onto the needle. Bring the needle up through the first purple bead. Image 2: Slide 3 purple beads onto the needle. Bring the needle through the bottom purple bead. Pull tight. Go around the purle beads one more time ending up at the bottom.

Step

Step 5

Slide more beads on in the order shown. Now, start the yellow flower. Start the yellow flower by sliding 5 yellow beads and one Millefiori round onto the needle. Bring the needle up through the first yellow bead. Image 2: Go around the yellow beads with the needle twice, bring the needle down through the Millefiori round and out through the bottom of the flower.

Step

Step 6

Slide the remaining beads on as shown. Finish the last group of three flowers.

Step

Step 7

Slide a few more beads as shown. Create one last flower using a Millefiori round and white seed beads.

Step

Step 8

To finish the necklace, slide the cord through a crimp tube, through the wire protector, and back down through the crimp tube. Bring the needle down through a few beads. Use pliers to pinch the wire protector together a bit. Use crimping pliers to crimp the tube. Place the crimp cover over the crimped tube and close using pliers.

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