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Crystal Gourd Earrings Tutorial

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Stitch together these sweet little gourds with Miyuki 8/0 seed beads and Potomac Crystal Rondelles 1.5x2mm while practicing your bead weaving skills. Technique learned: Bead weaving

Step 1: Choose Your Materials

Step 2: Watch the 
Video Tutorial

Crystal Gourd Earrings Tutorial
The designer's suggested colors & materials:
  • Potomac Crystal Bicone Beads - Dark Sapphire AB 2 mm , ~ 50 Pieces
  • Miyuki Seed Beads - Silver Labrador Full 8/0, ~ 3 Grams
  • Leverback Earwires - 18mm Premium 99.9% Silver Plated Brass, 2 Pieces Secondary Colorway:
  • Potomac Crystal Rondelle 1.5x2 mm - Alexandrite AB, ~ 50 Pieces
  • Miyuki Seed Beads 8/0 - Galvanized Gold, ~ 3 Grams
  • Earwires - Simple Ball 20x10.5mm 21G Premium 24 Kt Gold Plated Brass, 2 Pieces
  • Step 3: Need More Help? Follow these Steps

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    Quick Project Steps

    Gain some inspiration from these Crystal Gourd Earrings. Combine seed beads and crystals to make a vegetable shaped earring cascading with shine. 1.Put a size 10 beading needle onto some size 8 DragonThread. Add a stop bead near the end of the thread. Use ladder stitch to add on rows of seed beads, adding in crystal between to rows in increasing counts. 2.Watch the Crystal Gourd Earring tutorial to follow along with Allie as she shows you how to create these sparkly, gourd shaped earrings. 3.After finishing all the beading, open up an earwire and attach the earring onto the wire guard at the top of each of your beaded earrings. Stitch together these sweet little gourds with Miyuki 8/0 seed beads and Potomac Crystal Rondelles 1.5x2mm while practicing your bead weaving skills.

    Step 5: Need Any Extra Materials?

    • Potomacbeads Beading Ruler | Ultimate | Crystal | 9x3"
    • Thread Zap II
    • BeadTec Beading Needles Sizes 10, 11, 12 | Mix Pack of 6
    • Plastic Caliper Tool - White
    • BeadTec DragonThread - Crystal/White | Size 6 (Medium) | 50 Meter Spool
    • BeadTec DragonThread - Green | Size 6 (Medium) | 50 Meter Spool

    Step 5: Need Any Extra Materials?

    BeadTec Beading Ruler | Advanced | 6x3"
    Crystal Gourd Earrings Tutorial
    PotomacBeads Pliers - Round Nose Pliers

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    Item Description

    Stitch together these sweet little gourds with Miyuki 8/0 seed beads and Potomac Crystal Rondelles 1.5x2mm while practicing your bead weaving skills. Technique learned: Bead weaving

    Designer's Material List

    The designer's suggested colors & materials:
  • Potomac Crystal Bicone Beads - Dark Sapphire AB 2 mm , ~ 50 Pieces
  • Miyuki Seed Beads - Silver Labrador Full 8/0, ~ 3 Grams
  • Leverback Earwires - 18mm Premium 99.9% Silver Plated Brass, 2 Pieces Secondary Colorway:
  • Potomac Crystal Rondelle 1.5x2 mm - Alexandrite AB, ~ 50 Pieces
  • Miyuki Seed Beads 8/0 - Galvanized Gold, ~ 3 Grams
  • Earwires - Simple Ball 20x10.5mm 21G Premium 24 Kt Gold Plated Brass, 2 Pieces
  • Project Steps

    Gain some inspiration from these Crystal Gourd Earrings. Combine seed beads and crystals to make a vegetable shaped earring cascading with shine. 1.Put a size 10 beading needle onto some size 8 DragonThread. Add a stop bead near the end of the thread. Use ladder stitch to add on rows of seed beads, adding in crystal between to rows in increasing counts. 2.Watch the Crystal Gourd Earring tutorial to follow along with Allie as she shows you how to create these sparkly, gourd shaped earrings. 3.After finishing all the beading, open up an earwire and attach the earring onto the wire guard at the top of each of your beaded earrings. Stitch together these sweet little gourds with Miyuki 8/0 seed beads and Potomac Crystal Rondelles 1.5x2mm while practicing your bead weaving skills.