Project 210-4
Double Strand Copper Pendant Necklace

By Michele DeFay

Sponsor:
Blue Moon Beads®

 
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Materials Needed
Toggle Clasp - #64786
Picture Frame Charm - #64976
Heart Tag - #64906
Spacer Beads - #65036
Metal Dangles - #64896
Crimp Beads - #66136
4 colors of Seed Beads (for this project use Copper, Teal, Aqua, and Midnight Blue)
Glass Pnedant - #64736
Copper craft wire

Instructions

  1. Cut one length of wire approximately 3 inches longer than desired finished length of necklace and secure to the circle end of the toggle clasp with the crimp tube.
  2. String 2 inches of wire with copper color seed beads (hiding the excess wire with beads) and continue the length in the following pattern: 1 teal seed bead, 1 copper spacer, 1 teal seed bead, 1 inch of copper seed beads. Continue this pattern until 3 inches from the end of the wire. String 1 additional inch of copper beads and secure the wire to the bar portion of the toggle clasp. Thread the remaining length of wire back through the seed beads to hide.
  3. Cut a second length of wire 3 inches longer than the first length and secure to the circle end of the toggle clasp.
  4. To create a monochromatic effect of gradually changing colors, follow this pattern. String 3 inches of teal seed beads, gradually mix in aqua seed beads for 1 to 1 ½ inches followed by 1 metal dangle. String 1 inch of aqua seed beads followed by the metal dangle 3 times. String 1 inch of mixed aqua and midnight blue seed beads followed by 1 metal dangle, 1 inch of midnight blue beads only, 1 metal dangle, 1 inch of mixed aqua and midnight seed beads, 1 metal dangle, 1 inch of aqua seed beads, 1 metal dangle, 1 inch of mixed aqua and teal seed beads, 1 metal dangle, 1 inch of mixed aqua and teal seed beads. Finish the strand with teal seed beads.
  5. Secure with a crimp bead and hide the excess tail by stringing back through the beads.
  6. If the glass pendant is pierced directly through from the front to back, attach to the necklace with a wrapped loop using a 3 inch length of wire.
  7. Attach the picture frame charm and heart tag with a jump ring made from copper wire to the loop of the circle portion of the toggle clasp.

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