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making waves
THE BEAD CELLAR
KATE ELDRIDGE DESIGNER
ABOUT KATE… Kate has been designing and making beaded jewellery for more than 10 years and what started out as a hobby became a passion and then a career, as she now sells her work and runs The Bead Cellar, based in beautiful Devon.The Bead Cellar specialises in Toho seed beads and also stocks a wide range of beads and findings, including vintage nailheads, Swarovski crystals and pearls, semi-precious gemstones, Czech glass beads and much more. Classes are run regularly and The Bead Cellar offers a variety of kits suitable for all experience levels. New stock arrives regularly and Kate is always on hand to offer friendly advice to customers.
TO CREATE On a long length of thread (6’ should do) pick up two Tila beads. Tie a knot in your thread so that the Tilas are sitting next to each other. Pass through one of the inside holes and then back through
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You can almost feel the sway of the ocean in this gorgeous wave bracelet and necklace set, which combines shimmering Tila squares with fire polished glass and tropical seed beads in a simple threading pattern OCEAN WAVES BRACELET
Note:For the bracelet, 6 units = 8 inches (including clasp)
MATERIALS
the outside hole of the same bead. Pick up the following sequence of beads: seed bead, crystal bead, seed bead, crystal bead, seed bead, crystal bead, seed bead, crystal bead, seed bead, Tila, seed bead, teal bead, seed bead, Tila. This is one unit. Repeat five times so that you have six units of beads on your thread in total. Pass around the end of your last Tila so
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• 26 x matte metallic Green Iris Miyuki Tila beads • 48 x matte crystal 4mm Czech fire polished beads • 36 x teal AB 4mm Czech fire polished beads • 24 x aquamarine 4mm Czech fire polished beads • 12 x teal 4mm Czech fire polished beads • 2g Teal lined Aqua Rainbow Toho size 11 seed beads • turquoise beading thread • champagne-colour magnetic clasp
TOOLS
that you are working back in the opposite direction. Pick up a seed bead, an aquamarine bead, a seed bead, an aquamarine bead and a seed bead and pass through the next Tila. Pick up a seed bead, a teal AB bead, a seed
bead, a teal AB bead, a seed bead, a teal AB bead and a seed bead, and pass through the next Tila. Repeat five times so that you work all the way back along the row to the Tila that you started from. Pass through the Tila and round into
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Magnetic clasps are really useful for bracelets as they are easy to do up yourself one-handed. However, try not to pull them apart as this will over-stress your beading thread and cause it to break eventually. Instead, use your fingernail to pop the magnets apart or slide the two halves away from one another to open the clasp
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Note: The two halves of each unit are symmetrical so that the bracelet lies flat around your wrist
• size 10 or size 12 beading needle • scissors • beading mat
the inside hole of the other Tila of the pair. Pick up a seed bead, an aquamarine bead, a seed bead, an aquamarine bead, a seed bead and a Tila, and stitch the new Tila to the parallel Tila on the previous row.