Beaded Flower Bracelet
These were fun bracelets to make. I found the pattern in my copy of “Beads Accessories”, a Japanese Beading Book. I don’t read Japanese so this is my interpretation of the pattern.
1 tube size 11 metallic brown seed beads
1 tube size 11 metallic Turquoise seed beads
30 6mm faceted beads
5 4mm faceted beads
2 beading Needles
Fireline (6lb) or Fishing line
To start you want to make the flower for the clasp. You will need 5 4mm faceted beads and 10 size 11 metallic brown seed beads. I used fishing line to make the flower because I like to have a nice sturdy clasp. Once you get the flower made set it aside for now. Don’t worry about threading the beads through the center, we’ll get to that later.
Thread one of your needles with a piece of fire line. Use a comfortable length, once you make this motif you can trim the thread and use the remaining thread for the next one. String on 6 brown seed beads, leave enough of a tail to tie it off and tie the thread together so that you have a circle of beads. Run the thread around the circle again to give it a bit more stability. Do not clip your tail.
Run the needle through 1 more seed bead and then thread on 1 6mm bead, 1 brown seed bead, 1 teal seed bead and 1 more brown seed bead on to the thread.
We are going to work this flower in a clockwise direction.
Take your needle and run it back down through the 6mm bead. Then thread the needle back through the left side of the seed bead that you started with in the last step, plus the next seed bead in the base circle.
string on 1 6mm bead, 1 brown seed bead, 1 teal seed bead and 1 more brown seed bead. Take the needle and pass it back down through the 6mm bead, the last bead that you passed it through on the base circle and then through the next seed bead.
Continue working your way around the base circle until you have added all 6 of the 6mm faceted beads. Be sure to snug it up as you go along.
Run the thread back around through the base circle of seed beads until you get back to your tail thread and pull everything together. Tie off your threads and carefully clip them. I generally put a small dab of clear nail polish on the knot.
Repeat this process until you have made 5 flower motifs. 🙂
In my next post I will show you how I assembled the bracelet!
This post was originally posted in February of 09. During an update, my format became a jumble and this was shelved. I think I’ve figured it out, so I’m going to give posting it another go. Enjoy!
[…] Part 1 can be found here. […]
This is gorgeous…thank you for the great instructions!
Nice post! I’ve been looking for a how-to on these flowers for a long time. Thank you for nice instructions and good photos:)
I can’t wait to try this pattern it is so beautiful. I hope I can figure it out!
Thank you for sharing it.
I can’t find the other part of instructions for this bracelet
Great idea for a ring or earrings also. thanks for the clear inspiration
It is so beautiful.Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you all so much for the positive feedback on this bracelet. I took down part 2 quite some time ago as I was having a horrible time with the formatting. Angie, this has been an incredibly busy week for me and the weekend looks to be the same way. I’m so sorry that I didn’t get back to you sooner. I’ll try to sit down next week and either fix the formatting, or see if I can clean it up enough to send it along in an email.
~Penny~
Penny,
When you finish with part II, would you please e-mail it to me, too. I can’t wait to finish the bracelet. Made the flowers last night. Just love it. Love your sight.
I think I’ve got the format figured out. I should have it up in a day or two. Sorry it’s taken so long, we’re re-doing our back lawn. :p So far I’ve shoveled over ten cubic yards of dirt. My hands are tired!
The colour combination is very nice. I was looking for the same colour faceted beads from the popular suppliers. Would you mind sharing the supplier’s details, please?
Thank you.
Thank you. I purchased the beads from a bead shop in Salt Lake City. I do not believe they have online ordering. You should be able to find similar beads at firemountain or shipwreck beads.
Bonjour,
merci pour explications claires…
Am I missing the part where you made the clasp (the flower part)it’s confusing where the clasp instruction starts and the rest of the bracelet, it says set aside but there are no instructions before that. It sounds like it’s talked about but the next paragraph is the bracelet itself.
I’m going to have to see If I can find the other post. I believe there were formatting issues. IT was saved to my Mac, and that’s buried in the back of the closet. I’ll see if I can find it though.
Just wanted to make sure you were aware that Panda Hall is using your tutorial to promote their products…
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Thank you Angie, I’ll look in to it
Angie, thank you so much for this 2 part instruction. I am a newbie, beading for about 4 months, and I have wanted to try some of the more complicated stitches for a while. Maybe I can wow the family at Christmas?! Happy Holidays to you!