Deborah Roberti designs beading patterns. Her website offers some free and some bead patterns available for purchase. I highly recommend her bead patterns, not only are they extremely affordable and easy to follow, but they are very versatile as well. This category highlights some of the possible variations of her Roundabout Bracelet & Earrings pattern. This pattern is available for purchase($5.00) on the www.aroundthebeadingtable.com website - click here to purchase the pattern..
Bracelet Materials (for a 6.75 to 7 inch bracelet, depending on the two-hole bead type used, not including clasp) Approx 4-5 yards of 6lb. FireLine Approx 250-300 size 11/0 seed beads Approx 50-60 size 8/0 seed beads Approx 84-96 MiniDuo beads Approx 28-32 two-hole beads (can be a Honeycomb bead, CzechMates® Tile or Brick bead) Clasp Earrings Materials Approx 2 yards of 6lb. FireLine Approx 35 size 11/0 seed beads Approx 8 size 8/0 seed beads Approx 24 MiniDuo beads Approx 8 two-hole beads (can be a Honeycomb bead, CzechMates® Tile or Brick bead) 2 accent beads (optional) 2 small (2-4mm) closed jump rings A pair of earring findings
Below are the components used in this design example. If you would like to make this version yourself, you will need to calculate the quantities of each item to purchase, depending on the length of bracelet you wish to make, etc.
