Seed bead fringes

Difficulty: 2

Designer: Nela Kábelová
Technique: Stringing, Brick Stitch

Charlotte bead earrings

Preciosa Ornela’s rocaille range contains many colours and sizes and it is distinguished by its high quality and regularity. The group of cut seed beads with the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads brand includes miniature cut seed beads called Charlottes, the most popular size of which is 13/0. The reflections from the two cut surfaces contribute to the luxurious appearance of this relatively simple, but highly effective design.
We wish you much inspiration during your beadwork with these unique seed beads from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads brand.

Step 1

String 6 seed beads, move them to the end of the thread and tie the ends together to form a circle (figure 1a).
String a further ten seed beads and pass the needle back through the first three of them in the opposite direction and up to the original circle (a loop will be created). Then pass the needle through three more seed beads from the initial circle so that you get to the other side without the loop (figure 1b).

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Step 2

1^strow – string three seed beads in colour A and three seed beads in colour B.
Pass the needle under the thread between the three seed beads in the basic circle then pass the needle upwards through all three seed beads in colour B (figure 2a).
String three more seed beads in colour A, pass the needle under the thread in the basic circle again and then pass it upwards through all of the added seed beads (figure 2b).

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Step 3

2^ndto 5^throws
Once again start the next row by stringing three seed beads in colour A and three seed beads in colour B. Pass the needle under the thread between the first and second columns of the previous row and then pass it upwards through the seed beads in colour B (figure 3a). Add three seed beads in colour B and pass the needle under the thread between the second and third columns of the first row and then pass the needle upwards through all of these seed beads (figure 3b). At the end, add three more seed beads in colour A, pass the needle under the thread between the second and third columns of the first row and once again pass the needle upwards through these seed beads (figure 3c).
Similarly sew a total of five rows using the following colour scheme (figure 3d, 3e and 3f).
Each row starts with two bead trios and each row contains one more trio than the previous row.

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Step 4

At the end, sew a sixth row – the process is similar to that used in the previous rows, but the seed beads are only added one at a time (not in threes), start the row with two seed beads in colour A and then add one seed bead in colour A each time (figure 4a)

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Step 5

Create the fringes once this row has been completed. String three seed beads in colour B, twenty seed beads in colour A, three seed beads in colour B and three seed beads in colour A. Skip the last seed bead and then pass the needle through all of the strung seed beads, including the one from which the thread came out of at the beginning. (figure 5a)
Skip to the next seed bead and string another fringe. This time, string three seed beads in colour B at the beginning of the fringe and then proceed as in the previous step. (figure 5b)
Sew the next three fringes similarly – add three seed beads in all the following fringes. (figure 5c)

At the end of the work, sew in the ends of the thread and hang the earring on an earring hook using the loop.

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Seed bead fringes

Charlotte bead earrings

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