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A Midsummer's Night Necklace
Project N617
Designer: Julie Bean
Swarovski crystals in rich capri blue sparkle like the evening sky as lucite flowers in shades of purple
cluster and swirl below in this dreamy necklace. Cultured coin pearls in intense heliotrope purple add a
dramatic and elegant touch.
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What You'll Need
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Specialized Tools
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Instructions:
- Take a 3 inch long head pin and thread onto it:
- 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone in capri blue
- 1 antique brass diamond cut 4mm round bead
- 1 lucite 10mm calla lily in matte amethyst (petals facing down towards the head of the pin)
- 1 lucite 12mm calla lily in matte heliotrope purple
- 1 Vintaj 7.5mm ornate scroll bead cap
- 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone in capri blue
- 1 cultured coin pearl in heliotrope purple
- 1 Vintaj 16mm fancy filigree bead cap
- 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone in capri blue
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Once you have all your beads settled onto the head pin, create a wrapped wire loop above the last bead and cut off excess wire using flush cutters.
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Hold your beaded strand, and using your fingers, gently press and mold the Vintaj 16mm filigree bead cap around the cultured coin pearl. You want to flatten the front and back of the bead cap so that it is flush with the flat sides of your pearl. See photo. Set aside.
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Take a 3 inch long head pin and thread onto it:
- 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone in capri blue
- 1 antique brass diamond cut 4mm round bead
- 1 lucite 10mm calla lily in matte amethyst (petals facing down towards the head of the pin)
- 1 lucite 12mm calla lily in matte heliotrope purple
- 1 Vintaj 7.5mm ornate scroll bead cap
- 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone in capri blue
Create a wrapped wire loop above the last bead and cut off excess wire using flush cutters. Repeat this entire step with another 5 head pins. Set aside.
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We are now going to place beaded dangles onto the bottom loops of the dark blue coated filigree. Take 5 head pins and thread onto each a Swarovski 4mm bicone in capri blue. On three of them, add an antique brass diamond cut 4mm round bead. Create simple wire loops on each and cut off excess wire with flush cutters. Open the simple wire loops like jump rings and attach one to each of the 5 loops at the bottom of your blue filigree. Attach the three that have the added antique brass diamond cut 4mm round beads to the 3 middle loops of the filigree.
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Open a jump ring and link onto it the dark blue coated filigree you just put dangles on and the long flower beaded strand you made in step 1. Close the jump ring.
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Cut a 20 inch length of beading wire. Place a bead stopper on one end, leaving a tail of about 2 inches. String onto the other end:
- 1 brass crimp bead
- 1 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone in capri blue
- 1 antique brass diamond cut 4mm round bead.
Now repeat the following pattern 8 times: - 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone in capri blue
- 1 cultured coin pearl in heliotrope purple.
Repeat the following pattern 3 times: - 1 antique brass diamond cut 4mm round bead
- one of the 6 lucite flower beaded strands you made in step 4
- 1 antique brass diamond cut 4mm round bead
- and 1 cultured coin pearl in heliotrope purple
String one more antique brass diamond cut 4mm round bead and then add the blue filigree/lucite flower beaded strand you made previously via the jump ring which they are connected together with.
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String the other side of the necklace so that it is a mirror image of the first half.
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Now thread the end of your beading wire through the loop at the bottom of one half of the toggle clasp. Thread the wire back through your crimp bead and a couple of the beads next to it. Pull snug and crimp the crimp bead. Cut off excess beading wire.
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Remove the bead stopper at the other end of your strand and repeat the above step to secure the other half of your toggle clasp.
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Enjoy!
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Tip: Check package quantities for each component. You may have extra material to make more than one finished project, or will have leftovers for other projects. In some cases, adding on just one more package of a component may be all you need to make multiple pieces.
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