Sunday, March 10, 2013

new FREE pattern: Czechmates Brick Pendant

Easy pendant made from seed beads, two-hole Czechmates Brick beads, 4mm beads (round, glass pearl, gemstone, bicone crystal or fire-polished) and drop beads (either Rizo, Miyuki 3.4mm drop beads or Toho 3mm Magatama beads).


There are links to the beads used for this pendant and a downloadable PDF at the bottom of the Czechmates Brick Pendant pattern page. 

Monday, March 4, 2013

new pattern: Any Bead Bracelet

Any Bead Bracelet, $4.00 at AroundTheBeadingTable.com and Bead-Patterns.com.

 

I call this bracelet the "Any Bead Bracelet" because you can use any 4mm beads (round beads, druks, glass pearls or gemstones, bicone crystals or fire-polished beads) and any two-hole beads (Twins, SuperDuos, Czechmates, Czechmate Bricks or Tila beads) to create many different bracelets from just one pattern design. And when you have exhausted all possible combinations, substitute 3mm beads or size 6/0 seed beads for the 4mm beads for even more variations.