10 Tips on How to Design with Big Beads

re: 10 Tips on How to Design with Big Beads

KarlaF — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:32:22 GMT

Hi, Leslie;

Where did you get the wooden disks for your wooden disk collar? It's simple, yet elegant; I love it!

re: 10 Tips on How to Design with Big Beads

Leslie Rogalski — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:03:33 GMT

Hey Jill--beg to differ--lots of seed beads surely can make a large piece of jewelry! Consider Valerie Hector's work, for example.

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Etips — Wed, 26 May 2010 03:28:54 GMT

Very excellent article thanks for sharing it with us

re: 10 Tips on How to Design with Big Beads

AnnM@94 — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:36:42 GMT

Thanks Leslie, love all the tips :)

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JanineB@7 — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:10:44 GMT

Great article on BIG Beads.....

Have to string a large bead necklace for a young girl and it really goes against the grain. The beads are all large and all the same size and she wants all of them in her necklace. Having the necklace look portioned correctly is going to require some added spacers to graduate to a focal point in the design. Not only that the young girl is 9 years old. GASP !!!!!! I make a lot of jewelry for my grandchild who is 7 and all of the designs are geared to a small petite child. Thank you for your article on BIG Beads it has given me some great ideas.

Regards,

Janine

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JanG@25 — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:51:18 GMT

Macrame joins big beads beautifully. The hole just has to be large enough for the four threads to fit.

I tend to agree with Jill S. with respect to the seed beads, as well as with her materials for large beads. Often, the challenge with large beads is a large hole, which the beader must fill with knots, spacers, or something to keep the beads from abrading against the stringing material.

Tierra Cast makes nice spacers for large-hole beads. Any ideas for other companies? Thanks!

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JillS@56 — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:27:56 GMT

One of the best ways to frame large beads is to use knotted satin, and leather

as design elements.

Leslie, I love the seed bead pin in this article- but I would not suggest that it is an example of using large beads in a pin. Lots of seed beads do not a large bead make.