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Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

oilnwine — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:41:18 GMT

Wow, I really like how those turned out! Too bad about the oopses! Where did you find the pattern? Cute!

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

KipperCat — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:51:33 GMT

Pat - 2 years ago I bought french wire in sterling, gold-filled and copper, and promptly lost them in my bead muddle. I'll definitely use them when I find them!

Lyn, and Leanna - Thank you. I hope you enjoy your earrings. :)

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

leannabseven — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:51:22 GMT

Thank you so much for sharing these instructions. What a lovely pair of earrings. I can't wait to make myself a pair.

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

Lyn59 — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 03:07:31 GMT

These earrings are gorgeous. Another one to put on my list!!! When am I going to have the time to complete all these projects. I can't see the fireline at all. We always see our mistakes but no-one else does.

Lyn

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

Pat Arnell — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:01:38 GMT

you could use gold coloured french wire to hide and protect your fireline thread

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

KipperCat — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:50:18 GMT

Thank you Gabie, Erin and Lisa. :)

wmweeza, the problem might be that sometimes you used 7 white seed beads, but usually 8. As far as I can see, you've used 7 for the first two pearls on each end, and again on the 6th pearl from the left. Is the tension in the work real strong? If not, it might help to correctly position the swirls, then run through the seed beads again a time or 2.

That's all I can think of. If nobody else chimes in, you might try posting your question and picture in the "How Do I" section. It's a pretty bracelet.

edited to fix typo

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

wmweeza — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:17:04 GMT

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

BeadingCat — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:15:56 GMT

Your earings are stunning. I love them.

Sincerely

Gabie

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

KipperCat — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:05:43 GMT

Hmmn... How snug are your loops? Do they keep their shape when they flop, or are some of the curves a slightly different angle than the others? - i.e. more of a V shape, and less round? This design probably needs good, snug tension. Is it possible you're using too many or too few seed beads for the side loops? That will vary based on the size of your center beads.

If you can snap a picture, maybe some of us can help you figure it out. As many times as I've seen bracelets like this, I've never made one.

wmweeza:

So I made a bracelet using this, one small problem: The spiral seed bead part keeps flipping sides! Is it because I used a larger bead in between pearls perhaps? Does it need a small seed bead to hold it in place?

I tried it with seed beads on one side and both sides, same result, the seed bead wrap always flips to one side, not 100% of the bracelet, but like 70% of the time. Howdo I make the exterior loops stay on the sides of the pearl? Thanks in advance

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

MelindaB@14 — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:42:11 GMT

They are beautiful... thank you for sharing the directions with us

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

wmweeza — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:34:32 GMT

So I made a bracelet using this, one small problem: The spiral seed bead part keeps flipping sides! Is it because I used a larger bead in between pearls perhaps? Does it need a small seed bead to hold it in place?

I tried it with seed beads on one side and both sides, same result, the seed bead wrap always flips to one side, not 100% of the bracelet, but like 70% of the time. Howdo I make the exterior loops stay on the sides of the pearl? Thanks in advance

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

beadsbeadingbeaded — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:57:55 GMT

These are gorgeous! I had to take the time just to make sure they were not made on a 'head pin'! I love how you added the silver horse shoe, as you called it, to hide the FL. Another simple suggestion is to just loop inside of a 'closed' jump ring'. This will allow it to be hung on the ear wire and look more like it was created on a head pin!

Sorry you had some mishaps with the thread showing and wrong color bead too. But the best part is that you noticed and are enough to point these out as 'wrongs'....great pair of earrings!

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

LisaKwaj — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:02:53 GMT

Liz, what gorgeous earrings! I have often made bracelets and necklaces using the "wind seed beads around it" technique, but for some reason never thought to try earrings -- yours are so pretty! I know the lady you made them for will love them!

Don't you just love wire guardians? They're such a great way to protect thread and beading wire, and give your jewelry a nice polished look. Thank you, Sherri, for turning me on to them! Liz, have you ever just used a little ring or loop of small seed beads to attach your earwire? Coming out of the top of the top crystal in an earring, you would pick up about 3 11/0 or 15/0 seed beads, the loop of the eawire, and about 3 more seed beads. Then sew back down into the top crystal. If your seed beads are small enough that they fit entirely inside of the earwire's loop, pick up an odd number of seed beads and your earwire, then sew down into the top crystal. When seed beads will fit through a finding, using an odd number of seed beads helps protect your thread.

I'm a big fan of reinforcing my beadwork, but the decision to do that depends on the weight of the piece, how sharp the bead holes are, how stiff I want the beadwork to be, how much wear and tear I expect the finished piece to get, and how much room I've got left inside the bead holes. I always, always reinforce stress points (like the loop of seed beads connecting to an earwire or clasp). And I almost always reinforce beadwork woven with crystals. I can't tell you how many times I've been glad I've done that!

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

KipperCat — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:15:26 GMT

Thank you both. :) Shirley, I may not purchase much insurance with $$, but I sure do with my stitching!

Cindy, I'll try to remember about the 6° bead. I think you mentioned that once before, which is why I thought there was a method I was forgetting. I don't always have a sz 6 bead to match or coordinate, but I often do. Maybe I should add an assortment of 6° beads to my trade request!

Re: beadwoven earrings, with oops & questions

Cindy Daniel — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:19:36 GMT

Those are gorgeous!!! to attach a jump ring to beadwork, I like to sew a size 6° bead to the end of the beadwork; it will take a jump ring made from 20 gauge wire or smaller.