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 Sonsy Bracelet & Earrings 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.
Bracelet Materials - (for a 6.75-inch bracelet, not including clasp) About 4 Yards Beading Thread of Choice About 250 Size 11/0 Miyuki Rocaille Seed Beads About 32 Size 3mm Fire-Polished or Round Beads About 16 Size 4mm Fire-Polished or Round Beads About 80 SuperDuo Beads About 16 2-Hole Matubo Ginko Beads Clasp of Choice
Earring Materials (alternate drop version**) About 4 Feet Beading Thread of Choice About 68 Size 11/0 Miyuki Rocaille Seed Beads About 6 Size 4mm Fire-Polished or Round Beads About 20 SuperDuo Beads About 4 2-Hole Matubo Ginko Beads 2 Small Jump Rings 2 Drop Beads Earring Findings
**Add
a drop bead (optional): Before you cut your thread, weave down to the bottom
seed bead on the right (highlighted in RED). String a seed bead, a drop bead
and three seed beads. Go around and back up through the drop bead so that the
three seed beads form a picot. Continue up through the seed bead above the drop
bead and the bottom left seed bead on the earring (highlighted in RED). Weave
around through the earring and cut your thread.
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.
