Learn how to make beautiful Vintage Popping Pearls Earrings with this detailed DIY jewelry-making tutorial from PotomacBeads. Using Potomac Pearls, Miyuki Seed Beads, and Athenacast Wire Guards, this step-by-step guide will teach you foundational beading techniques including ladder stitch and floral design. Perfect for creating earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. Get creative and make your own unique jewelry pieces. Materials: 6mm and 4mm pearls, 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads, gold-plated wire guards, and earwires.
Prepare Materials:
Gather 6mm and 4mm pearls, 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads, wire guards, earwires, and size 6 Dragon thread.
Start the Earring:
Thread a needle with Dragon thread. Pick up a 6mm pearl, followed by an 11/0 seed bead. Pass the needle back through the pearl.
Add another 11/0 seed bead and go back through the pearl again to secure the beads on either side.
Add Decorative Beads:
Encapsulate the pearl with seven 11/0 seed beads, forming a circle around the pearl. Secure the beads by passing through the first bead added.
Create the Drop:
Add a 4mm pearl and secure it with an 11/0 seed bead, creating a drop below the main pearl.
Encircle the 4mm pearl with 15/0 seed beads to create a decorative edge.
Attach Wire Guard:
Pass the needle through the top bead of the earring and attach the wire guard. Decorate the wire guard with 15/0 seed beads if desired.
Reinforce by passing the thread through the beads and pearls multiple times.
Finish the Earring:
Tie off the thread securely and trim the excess.
Attach the earwire to complete the earring.
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Have you been intimidated to bezel a Rivoli? Learn how to Hubble stitch a seed beaded bezel on an 18mm Potomac crystal Rivoli. Using Hubble stitch is a fast and easy way to make sure to get a secure and beautiful bezel. More from Hubble Stitch Creator Melanie De Miguel: https://beadschool.co.uk/ Project Length/Size: 1.5" Technique Learned: Hubble Stitch
Project Length/Size: 1.5"
Technique Learned: Hubble Stitch
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Learn how to make beautiful Vintage Popping Pearls Earrings with this detailed DIY jewelry-making tutorial from PotomacBeads. Using Potomac Pearls, Miyuki Seed Beads, and Athenacast Wire Guards, this step-by-step guide will teach you foundational beading techniques including ladder stitch and floral design. Perfect for creating earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. Get creative and make your own unique jewelry pieces. Materials: 6mm and 4mm pearls, 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads, gold-plated wire guards, and earwires.
Prepare Materials:
Gather 6mm and 4mm pearls, 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads, wire guards, earwires, and size 6 Dragon thread.
Start the Earring:
Thread a needle with Dragon thread. Pick up a 6mm pearl, followed by an 11/0 seed bead. Pass the needle back through the pearl.
Add another 11/0 seed bead and go back through the pearl again to secure the beads on either side.
Add Decorative Beads:
Encapsulate the pearl with seven 11/0 seed beads, forming a circle around the pearl. Secure the beads by passing through the first bead added.
Create the Drop:
Add a 4mm pearl and secure it with an 11/0 seed bead, creating a drop below the main pearl.
Encircle the 4mm pearl with 15/0 seed beads to create a decorative edge.
Attach Wire Guard:
Pass the needle through the top bead of the earring and attach the wire guard. Decorate the wire guard with 15/0 seed beads if desired.
Reinforce by passing the thread through the beads and pearls multiple times.
Finish the Earring:
Tie off the thread securely and trim the excess.
Attach the earwire to complete the earring.
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