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How to make a Firepolish crystals bracelet - Jewellery making step by step

Products used in this project

Items (5)

Qty

Price

Fireline Thread 6lb Size D 0.006in Smoke Grey 50yards

TC300

£8.99

Miyuki Size 15 Round Seed Beads Dyed Sparkle Rose Lined Crystal 8.2g Tube

SB150013

£2.99

CrystaLove™ crystals / glass / round / 3mm / dark silver / lustered / 200pcs

U4614

£2.50

Lobster clasp / surgical steel / 13mm / silver / 4pcs

U3277

£2.89

Jump rings / surgical steel / 6mm / silver / wire 0.7mm / 35pcs

C3708

£1.49

Total Cost

£18.86

You may also need

'Professional' x4 Jewellery Pliers Set with Case

£28.99

John James Pebble Beading Needles Size 10/12 Pk4

£1.99

Information about this project

Designed by: Edyta Rogowska

Difficulty: Beginner

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Edyta Rogowska has prepared a jewellery making tutorial for you in which she shows how to make a Firepolish crystals bracelet. The bracelet is very elegant and sparkly thanks to the crystals. You can wear it double wrapped around your wrist, but it will also make a perfect… crystal choker. Check this out!

It will be easier, if you are familiar with the RAW stitch, but, if not, I’m sure you won’t have any problems with making this bracelet.

Normally, we use two needles with the RAW stitch, but I will show you how to work with just one.

Materials:

15/0 TOHO beads – in Gold-Lustered / Raspberry
3mm Firepolish crystals – in Vitral / Garnet or CrystaLove
12mm lobster clasp – I’ve chosen a fancy one – a silver colour heart with a dolphin
Jump rings – 6mm jump rings – 2 pieces
Jewellery thread – One-G in a matching colour – in claret
Beading needle – a thin one so that it can pass through the tiny beads with ease – size 12 John James
Jewellery tools – sharp scissors or a thread cutter and jewellery pliers

Remember, our tutorial is mainly for inspiration and learning the technique, and the colours presented in the tutorial are only a suggestion. You can find plenty of TOHO beads and crystals colours in Beads Direct so that you can create your bracelet with ease.

Ready? So let’s stitch!

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Prepare a 80-100 cm thread. String 4 Firepolish. Slide them down leaving about 10 cm tail which will be used to finish our bracelet 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 using the working and tail threads.

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Pass through the bead just behind the knot.

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String 3 Firepolish crystals and pass the needle through the bead you exited and pull the thread.

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Pass through the 1^st bead of the beads just added and then the 2^nd one so that the thread comes out of the side bead, as shown in the pictures.

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Repeat the 3^rd step until you have reached the desired length of the bracelet. Remember to pull the thread.

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If you prefer to have a single wrapped bracelet you can finish your work after you have completed 33-35 squares and go to the next step. If you prefer to have a longer bracelet, you need to make about 63-65 squares - for the wrist circumference of 15-16 cm.

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As you have reached the desired length of the bracelet, it’s time to make a circle the clasp will be attached to.

String 5 15/0 TOHO beads and pass the needle through the bead you exited.

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Pass the needle through 3 beads of the beads just added.

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String 5 15/0 TOHO beads and pass the needle through the bead you exited.

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Pass the needle through all the beads to make a circle.

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Pass the needle through 2 15/0 TOHO beads towards the Firepolish crystals.

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Pass the needle through the Firepolish crystal.

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String 5 TOHO beads and pass the needle through the FR crystal parallel to the one you exited, so that the beads go diagonally – on the diagonal of the square.

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Continue adding the beads the same way until you have completed the whole bracelet.

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The bracelet may wriggle a little, but don’t worry – it will straighten itself as we complete the other side.

The thread comes out of the last FP crystal, so now we need to make the 2^nd circle the clasp will be attached to.

As we did in the 5^th step, string 5 TOHO beads and pass the needle through the bead you exited.

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Pass the needle through 3 beads of the beads just added.

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String 5 15/0 TOHO beads and pass the needle through the bead you exited.

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Pass the needle through all the beads to make a circle.

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Pass the needle through 2 TOHO beads towards the Firepolish crystals.

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Pass the needle through the Firepolish crystal.

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It’s time to complete the exterior part of the bracelet.

String 2 TOHO beads and pass through the 3^rd (the middle one) TOHO bead of the beads you previously added diagonally, as shown in the picture.

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The thread comes out of the middle bead. String 2 TOHO beads and pass the needle through FP crystal, so that the beads cross (X), as shown in the pictures.

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Continue adding the beads the same way until you have completed the whole bracelet.

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As you have completed the whole bracelet and the thread comes out of the last FP crystal, tie a double knot, secure the working thread and trim. Do not cut the thread near the knot (it may unweave). Repeat that with the tail thread.

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