What kinds of beadwork designs are you working on this holiday season?
Friday, November 30, 2012
Snowflakes Bracelets in Beadwork Magazine
Are you getting ready for the holidays? I'm getting ready by creating some Snowflakes Bracelets, fresh out of my newest pattern in Beadwork Magazine:
These bracelets feature the new 2-hole Czech twin beads, and they also work well with SuperDuo beads too. They're related to my Squareflake Earrings pattern, but instead of using the 4-fold symmetry seen in the earrings, they use the 6-fold symmetry seen in real snowflakes. These bracelets also use drop-shaped seed beads (either 3 mm magatamas or 2.8 mm drop beads) instead of rivoli crystals, as the sharp rivoli crystals can get caught on sleeves quite easily when used in a bracelet.
Several other design possibilities are achievable from this bracelet design. The individual snowflakes make a great pair of easy earrings, and I think they'd look great in a choker-style necklace too.
The Snowflakes Bracelet pattern can be found in the December/January 2012/2013 issue of Beadwork Magazine.
What kinds of beadwork designs are you working on this holiday season?
What kinds of beadwork designs are you working on this holiday season?
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Cindy, I love that pattern. I had been thinking about making a pair of snowflake earrings. Now, my copy of Beadwork just needs to make its way to me. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tanya! The earrings work up really quickly - I made six pairs of them the other week!
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