How to make a leather and gemstone weaved bracelet with Lima Beads

How to make a leather and gemstone weaved bracelet

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Pattern by Lima Beads

What you’ll need:
Wildfire .006 in Black weaving thread by ‪@beadalon‬ Item # 12666
Size 10 needle Item # 13623
Metallic Frosted Antique Silver Bugle beads
Tourmaline 3x4mm rondelles (you could use any size even faceted rounds would be pretty) Item # 69215
3mm natural leather cord Item # 67995
antique silver crimp ends Item # 68416
antique silver jump rings
head pins
lobster clasp


Cut 3 feet of thread. Start with stopper Bead. This will be included with the first row. Each row will need six beads in it. You will want a total of 11 rows to complete bracelet far.
Tie knot around stopper/first stone bead and tie so bead it flat.
add five more stones on thread.
Begin second row by sliding needle through the top of stone onto the thread. You want this stone to lay next to the top of the stone of the first row you’ve completed. The stones will be side-by-side.
Next, take your thread and after you’ve gone through the stone top, and the thread is out of the bottom of the stone, take that thread, and go up through the bottom of the stone next to you from the first row and pull your thread up through that stone
Once you’ve gone through that stone, go back down through the first stone, you went through that is laying next to it. This is forming a box shape with your thread.
(this will allow the stones to lay next to each other, and the thread will go top to bottom through the bottom up through the top back through the top of the next bead. Forming a square shape. )

Continue this pattern going down the road with additional five Beads.
When you pick in the next row, it will start at the top. Again you slide a stone onto your thread. Line it up next to the top stone of the previous row. Take your needle and thread and go up through the bottom of the stone at the beginning of the previous row. Back up through the top of that stone. Take your needle and go back down through the top of the last stone you just added.
Continue this pattern for 11 rows.
When you reach the end, flip the stones over, you will now be working on the back.
For the back you’ll be using glass tube beads.
Take your needle and have your needle go through the top of one of Bead on one side and have it going downwards towards the bottom row. Add two tube beads. insert the needle through the top of the bottom bead.
Next, take your needle and move over to the next row, push the needle through the top of the next bead and through. Add two more tube beads and a push needle through the base of that top stone. This will create a row of tube beads. Once your needle has been pushed through the stone bead take your needle and go to the next row and push needle through the top of that stone. Add two more to Bead’s post natal through the base of the top of the next stone. Continue this pattern until you’ve completed the entire back of your bracelet cuff.

When you’ve reached the end, and you’ve completed your bracelet cost, you want to tie a knot off with your thread. Form a loop and tie off your thread with a knot and cut off tail. For extra security at a drop of thread glue.
Next cut your leather to desired length. Cut two strips. You want to make sure there’s enough length to add lobster clasp closure and bails. So cut enough length but leave an inch at the end for closure. So for a 7 inch bracelet you want to cut six or 6 1/2 inches.
Once you’ve cut your leather, insert leather and inside of bail and pinch closed very securely with pliers. you want to make sure the leather will not come back out of the bail. Pinch closed hard.
Next add jump rings and lobster clasp on one end. And you’ve created a bracelet.

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