Bead Embroidery Earrings Tutorial — Tutorial #1
I’ve created this bead embroidery earrings tutorial because I can be an “instant gratification” junkie at times, and earrings can be very fast to make! They are also great if you’ve never done bead embroidery because they don’t require a lot of supplies that are used with this technique.
Plus, you can’t have too many earrings, right? 🙂
What You Will Learn
In the 38 pages of the Bead Embroidery Earrings1 tutorial, you’ll learn lots, including the following.
- Three earrings — “Emerald Eyes”, “Autumn Sun” and “Abby’s Bouquet”. Naturally, you’ll get a full supply list, including the seed bead color numbers.
- How to make a basic edging that looks really nice, plus variations to add in a “wow!” factor — you choose how much or little to add!
- Make earrings with both round and pear shaped cabochons, and a special consideration for the pear shape that you might not have thought of, when it comes to fringes.
- Bead embroidery stitches, along with some tips for making some of them easier and faster.
- A bonus project — a fringe variation on the “Abby’s Bouquet” earring set.
There are lots and lots of photos for the steps — most are close-ups so you can see exactly where you need to put your needle!
How to Get the Tutorial
Your tutorial is delivered as an ebook, so it’s an immediate download. This means you can satisfy your “need to bead†at any time of day or night!
(Keep in mind that while you’re not getting a paperback copy in the mail, it also means that you don’t have to wait for the mailman — yay!) Also, because of the nature of this tutorial, there are no refunds. But I’ve tried my best to over-deliver for you!
The Bead Embroidery Earrings tutorial is just $6, and you’ll get detailed instructions (and photos!) for making the earrings “Emerald Eyes”, “Autumn Sun” and “Abby’s Bouquet”. Plus a bonus variation on the fringe for “Abby’s Bouquet”. And of course, you will get a full supply list.
So click the “Add to Cart†button above and you’re on your way to making your bead embroidery earrings. It’s secure and you can safely pay with any major credit card. You’ll receive the download link in an email right after you place your order.
Wrapped Loop Earrings With Dangles Tutorial
It’s time to do a wrapped loop earrings with dangles tutorial, as a follow-up to my Intro to Wrapped Loops video tutorial. If you don’t know how to do the wrapped loops or eyepins, check out the intro tutorial before trying this one.
But if you already know how to do these kinds of wire loops (or if you’ve just viewed the intro video), then now it’s time for making some earrings! In the video below, you will see that I make 2 pair — same technique, but different looks.
Ingredients (A.K.A. Supplies I Used)
For the first pair of earrings, I used the following supplies:
- Two 10mm crystal pearls
- Two 8mm crystal pearls
- Fourteen 6mm crystal pearls
- Six eyepins, red brass, about 3 inches (24 gauge)
- Two 5-inch piece of red brass wire, 24 gauge
- Eighteen light pink 4mm fire-polished rondells
- Sixteen light smoky topaz fire-polished rondells
- Pair of earring findings
- Pliers:Â round nose, chain nose
- Wire cutter
(I meant to list out all the supplies in the video itself, but I apparently deleted that clip by accident.)
You’ll notice that I am using a fair amount of wire, and that I cut quite a bit off. Since I am using red brass (which is a darker gold than regular yellow brass), I don’t worry about how much I use. Red brass is pretty inexpensive.
However, if I was doing this in sterling silver or gold-filled wire, I would measure more closely so as to have as little waste as possible.
For the second pair of earrings (shown at the left), I used the following ingredients:
- Four 10mm dark bronze fire-polished rondells
- Thirty-two 3mm metallic peacock fire-polished rondells
- Size 8 seed beads, pink lustered gold
- Six red brass eyepins, approximately 3 inches each
- Four pieces of red brass wire, each about 4 inches
- Two jump rings, gold-plated brass, 5mm each
- Pair of earring findings
- Pliers:Â round nose, chain nose and bent-nose
- Wire cutter
Other Notes and Video Tutorial
You’ll notice that I am using eyepins for the dangles and not headpins. The reason for that is because I didn’t have any headpins in the right gauge! Since I didn’t want to run out to the store, I made my own eyepins.
But yes, you can certainly use headpins if you like. And you can use 22 gauge wire if you like; you’ll get the same basic effect.
I had a lot of fun with making these earrings, and the possibilities are pretty much endless. I like making the dimensional dangles (as I have come to think of them) because I don’t like the standard look where they splay out some. But naturally, if you don’t want to bend the dangles, that is entirely up to you!
All that being said, here’s the video — it’s a bit over 20 minutes, so you might want to get yourself a beverage and get comfortable, LOL.
And of course, if you enjoyed this video, feel free to like me on Facebook (or anywhere else…). 😉
Video Tutorial – Making Wrapped Loops and Eyepins
At some point in beaded jewelry, you’ll need to use wrapped loops and eyepins. And while you can buy the eyepins easy enough, you have to do the wrapped loops yourself.
If you already know how to do them, it’s no big deal. However, if you’re not sure or if your loops seem crooked, then read on and watch the free video on making wrapped loops and eyepins.
Video Tutorial and Notes on the Earrings
In the beginning of the video tutorial I show a pair of earrings for an example of what you can do with wrapped loops. I didn’t show how to make the earrings as a whole (just mentioned what I used when I did a demo on making double-wrapped loops). But, I think I will do a quickie tutorial on making the same style earrings in the next week or so. Meanwhile, if you want to make these earrings, the supplies needed are:
- 2 earring findings, copper
- 6 glass rondells, 6mm, amber-colored
- 12 glass rondells, 4mm light topaz AB
- 4 jumprings, copper
- 5 copper beads, 5mm
- 14 copper beads, textured, 4mm
- 6 headpins, copper
- Copper wire, 24 gauge
The video is only around 16 minutes long, so it won’t take up a lot of your time. However, I hope you feel it is time well-spent!
And if you enjoyed the video, you are (of course) free to like me on Facebook. 🙂
All that being said, here’s the video tutorial. Enjoy!
