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 Mandy Bands pattern. This pattern is available for purchase on her website or in her Etsy store. Click here to purchase the pattern on her website. Click here to purchase the pattern in her Etsy store.
Band 1 Bracelet Materials - (for a 6.75-inch bracelet, not including clasp) About 7 Yards of Bead Thread of Choice (about 4 feet for each motif; five motifs total) About 60 size 15/0 Seed Beads About 200 Size 11/0 Seed Beads About 72 Size 4mm Beads About 60 GemDuo Beads Clasp of Choice
Band 2 Bracelet Materials - (for a 6.75-inch bracelet, not including clasp) About 7 Yards of Bead Thread of Choice (about 4 feet for each motif; five motifs total) About 60 size 15/0 Seed Beads About 200 Size 11/0 Seed Beads About 72 Size 4mm Beads About 60 GemDuo Beads Clasp of Choice
Band 3 Bracelet Materials - (for a 6.75-inch bracelet, not including clasp) About 7 Yards of Bead Thread of Choice (about 4 feet for each motif; five motifs total) About 60 size 15/0 Seed Beads About 230 Size 11/0 Seed Beads About 104 Size 4mm Beads About 60 GemDuo Beads Clasp of Choice Note - the Full Labrador 15/0 Seed Beads in the photo are on back order at the supplier, so the Crystal Silver Rainbow version is available as a substitute.
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, if you want matching earrings, etc.
