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How to make a beaded ball - Fashionable earrings with tassels

How to make a beaded ball - Fashionable earrings with tassels

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Items (9)

Qty

Price

Toho Size 15 Round Seed Beads Opaque Light Beige 10g

15TR51

£2.99

Silver Plated Earring Hooks 19mm x 2 Pairs

F0650

Out of stock

KO Beading Thread Rose 50m

TC309

£2.72

X- Toho Size 11 Round Seed Beads Marbled Opaque Avocado Pink 10g

11TR1209

£3.68

Silver Plated Dome Bead Cap 6mm Pk4

F482

£1.49

Milly™ satin / round / 4mm / peach / 205pcs

T8144

£3.49

Milly™ satin / round / 6mm / peach / 150pcs

T8145

£3.97

Tassel / viscose thread / 70mm / width 10mm / salmon / 1pcs

U1261

£1.78

Eye pins / surgical steel / 40mm / silver / 20pcs

S9416

£1.19

Total Cost

£21.31

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'Professional' x4 Jewellery Pliers Set with Case

£28.99

Information about this project

Designed by: Edyta Rogowska

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Together with Edyta Rogowska we present you a jewellery making tutorial in which we will show you how to make a beaded ball and fashionable earrings with tassels. We will use a bit bigger beads than TOHO to make the ball, but TOHO beads will also appear in the tutorial. This tutorial shows you how to make fashionable and statement earrings in a simple way.

Materials:

15/0 TOHO beads (Opaque-Lustered / Pale Blue) and 11/0 TOHO beads (Frosted Metallic / Nebula)
Beads –16 x 4mm and 8 x 6mm SeaStar Satin in icy blue
Tassels – 2 x 70mm long tassels in baby blue colour
Jewellery thread – One-G in a matching colour or a thin fireline
Jewellery needle – a thin one so that the it can pass through the tiny 15/0 beads with ease, e.g. size 12 John James
Earrings – hook earring wires
Jewellery pins – 55mm eye pins
Caps beads – 7mm caps beads with leaves
Jewellery tools – sharps scissors and jewellery pliers

Let’s stitch!

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Stage 1 – a beaded ball

Prepare about 80cm length of thread. String 4 SeaStar beads in a sequence: 6 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm, 4 mm. Slide them down leaving about a 10 cm tail which will be used to finish the ball, so that it won’t unweave.

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Pass the needle through all the beads to make a square. Tie a double knot with the working and tail threads.

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Pass the needle through the 6 mm bead placed just behind the knot.

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String 3 SeaStar beads in a sequence: 4 mm, 6 mm, 4 mm. Pass the needle through the bead you exited and pull the thread.

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Pass the needle through 2 beads of the beads just added, so that the thread comes out of the top 6 mm bead, as shown in the picture.

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String 3 SeaStar beads in a sequence: 4 mm, 6 mm, 4 mm. Pass the needle through the bead you exited.

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As we did in the 5^th step, pass the needle through 2 beads of the beads just added (4 and 6 mm) so that the thread comes out of the top 6 mm bead.

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Put the two side 6 mm beads together. The thread comes out of one of them. String 1 4 mm bead and pass the needle down through the 2^nd 6 mm bead.

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As we did in the 8^th step, string 1x 4 mm bead and pass the needle UP through the 2^nd 6 mm bead.

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Pass the needle through all the beads added in two previous steps to strengthen our work.

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Pass the needle through the nearest 4 mm bead towards the tail thread and tie a double knot.

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Pass through one 4 mm bead placed just behind the knot.

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Add one 11/0 TOHO bead between 4 mm SeaStar beads.

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Add the 4^th 11/0 TOHO bead and pass the needle through the SeaStar bead, one blue TOHO bead and another SeaStar bead.

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Pass the needle to the other side of the ball - pass the needle through the nearest 6 mm SeaStar bead.

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… and then through the 4 mm bead

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As we did in the 11^th step, add 1 x 110/0 TOHO bead between 4 mm SeaStar beads.

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Add the 4^th 11/0 TOHO bead and pass the needle through one SeaStar bead and then through the 1^st 11/0 added.

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The thread comes out of the 11/0 TOHO bead. String 4 x 15/0 beads, 1 x 11/0 bead and 4 x 15/0 beads and pass the needle through the opposite 11/0 bead, as shown in the picture.

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String 4 x 15/0 beads, 1 x11/0 bead and 4 x 15/0 beads and pass the needle through the opposite 11/0 bead.

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Pass the needle through two beads – a 4 mm SeaStar and a 11/0 TOHO.

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String 4 x 15/0 beads, 1 x 11/0 bead and 4 x 15/0 beads and, as we did in the 14^th step, pass the needle through the opposite 11/0 bead.

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String 4 x 15/0 TOHO beads and pass the needle through the blue 11/0 bead, as shown in the picture. String 4 x 15/0 TOHO beads and pass the needle through the blue bead at the bottom of the ball.

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Repeat the 17^th, 18^th and 19^th steps and again the 17^th, as shown in the pictures.

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Close up your work. Add 4 x 15/0 TOHO beads between the blue 11/0 beads.

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Tie a knot between the beads, weave the thread under the beads, secure it and trim. Repeat that with the tail thread. Do not cut the thread just behind the knot – it may unweave.

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Repeat the steps to make the 2^nd ball.

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Our beaded balls are done, but it’s not the end...

Stage 2 - a peyote band

Prepare about 50 cm long thread. String 4 x 15/0 TOHO round beads (they make the 1^st and the 2^nd rows) leaving a few cm long tail, which will be used to close up our work.

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Add 1 bead between each 2 beads of the previous row.

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Continue until you have reached the desired length of the band – add 1 bead between each 2 beads of the previous row. Make two bands of 14 rows each.

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Stage 3 – earrings

The tassels are in small, plastic covers. Don’t take off those covers until you have finished your work to prevent the tassels from getting tangled.

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Attach the peyote band to the upper part of the tassel. Both endings interlock like a zipper. Pass the needle through the jetting out beads alternately.

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Tie a double knot, secure the threads and trim.

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Open the eye of the pin with the pliers. Slide the long, straight part of pin into the head of the tassel. Slide the tassel to the open eye of the pin. Close the eye.

Repeat that with the 2^nd tassel.

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Thread in the beaded ball and a cap bead into the pin.

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Bend the pin just above the cap bead. Cut out the unneeded part of the pin. Make a loop using the pliers.

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Attach the earring wires, take off the tassels covers – it’s done.

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I have made more beaded beads and I will show you another version of these earrings.

Ready?

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Beaded balls prepared according the tutorial above.

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Cut the chain into 8 pieces: 2 x 4 cm, 2 x 5 cm, 2 x 6 cm and 2 x 7cm.

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Pick up one chain of each pair and attach it to the eye of the pin. Close the eye.

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Thread in a cap bead, a beaded ball and the 2^nd cap bead into the pin. Bend the pin just above the cap bead. Cut out the unneeded part of the pin. Make a loop using the pliers.

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Attach the earring wire. It’s done.

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Beaded balls have got lots of potential. You can use them in many beading projects. You can create unique necklaces or bracelets. I’ve made earrings, how about you? How are you going to use the beaded balls? We are waiting for your comments on our Facebook group.

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How to make a beaded ball - Fashionable earrings with tassels

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