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Summer Garden Necklace
Project N106
Designer: Andrea Morici
This sweet, flowery necklace is just the thing to wear to your next garden party.
NOTE: This project includes one or more items that are no longer available, despite our best efforts. We have kept this project on the site for you to use as a template or inspiration for your own creations.
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What You'll Need
 6 ft (1 package) - Beadalon beading wire, gold color, 19 strand, .018" (XCR-69893)
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1 (1 package) - Gold tone filigree 3 strand large box clasp, 23mm (FCL-5579)
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8 (1 package) - Gold plated headpins, 21 gauge, 1 1/2" (FHP-5218)
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6 (1 package) - Beadalon gold plated brass crimp beads, 1.3m (FCR-1200)
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6 (1 package) - Bright gold tone crimp bead covers, 3mm (FCR-1056)
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212 (4 packages) - Opalite moonstone glass, 6mm faceted round beads (SPOP-23)
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3 (1 package) - Turquoise jasper carved morning glory flower beads (SPJA-67)
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6 (1 package) - Olive jade serpentine carved gemstone leaf beads, 11mm (SPSE-59)
- 8 (1 package) - Czech glass beads, 9mm flower bead caps, rose quartz, AB (BCP-9237)
- 8 (1 package) - Czech seed beads 6/0 'daffodil yellow' mix lot (BCS-6592)
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Instructions:
- Starting with eight headpins, thread a yellow seed bead on to each (you may use a variety of yellows, I used all matte yellow) followed by rose quartz flower bead, petals down.
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Create a simple loop at the end of each headpin and trim off excess. Set these aside.
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Cut three pieces of the Beadalon beading wire two feet long each.
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Secure one end of each strand so that your beads don't slide off. We recommend using a Bead Stopper.
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On the first strand of wire, thread nineteen moonstone glass beads, a rose quartz flower loop, twenty-five more moonstone glass beads, a serpentine leaf (narrow side first), a turquoise jasper flower, a serpentine leaf (wide side first), and twenty more moonstone glass beads. Secure the end with a bead stopper and set aside.
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On the second strand of wire, thread thirty-three moonstone glass beads, a rose quartz flower loop, eight more moonstone glass beads, a serpentine leaf (narrow side first), a turquoise jasper flower, a serpentine leaf (wide side first), eight more moonstone glass beads, and twenty-one more moonstone glass beads. Secure the end with a bead stopper and set aside.
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On the third strand of wire, thread twenty moonstone glass beads, a rose quartz flower loop, six more moonstone glass beads, a rose quartz flower loop, six more moonstone glass beads, a rose quartz flower loop, seven more moonstone glass beads, a serpentine leaf (narrow side first), a turquoise jasper flower, a serpentine leaf (wide side first), twelve more moonstone glass beads, a rose quartz flower loop, seven more moonstone glass beads, a rose quartz flower loop, and twenty more moonstone glass beads.
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Thread a crimp bead on to the third strand, but do not crimp it yet.
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Thread the third strand through one of the end holes on the filigree half of the clasp, back through the crimp bead, and crimp it.
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Thread a crimp bead on to the other end of the third (longest) strand, but do not crimp it yet.
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Thread this end of the third strand through the corresponding hole on the other part of the clasp, back through the crimp bead, and crimp it.
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Repeating the same steps you used to add the third strand to the box clasp, add the second strand to the middle holes on the box clasp, and the first (shortest) strand on to the last holes of the box clasp.
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Trim off all excess wire, add a crimp bead cover to each of the six crimp beads, and gently close using a pair of crimping pliers.
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