Coastal Coral Bracelet by Molly Schaller
for Halcraft USA, Inc.
Materials:
10427638: 8 20mm pink shell lentils
10150042: 8 12mm faceted white nebula rounds
10467315: 20 medium pink coral sticks
10150033: 12 8mm faceted white nebula rounds
10149771: 10 6mm faceted light sapphire opaque Czech glass rounds
10217222: 10 10mm red dyed quartzite rounds
10447931: 4 6mm cherry quartz rounds
10401850: 12small cherry quartz nuggets
10150022: 8 6mm faceted white nebula rounds
96372: 2 coral and gold 2-hole sliders
9 inches gold link chain
29 6mm gold jumprings
1 gold lobster clasp
31 gold Beadalon ball pins
36 gold headpins
*Note: The number of beads you need is an estimation. Because there is a mix of beads, and you might want a longer or shorter bracelet, you might choose to use a few more or a few less, depending on your taste and the bead sizes you use in each strand.
Tools:
Wire cutters
Round-nose pliers
Chain-nose pliers
Instructions:
- Open a jumpring and slide onto it 1 jumpring plus the pointed part of one coral 2-hole slider.
- Close the jumpring.
- Open a jumpring and slide onto it the lobster clasp plus the pointed part of the other coral 2-hole slider.
- Close the jumpring.
- Cut the gold link chain into two 4.5-inch pieces. Flip over the the coral 2-hole slider
- Use jumprings to attach the first link of each chain to the loops at the opposite end of the coral 2-hole slider.
- Begin making your dangles. Slide 1 20mm pink shell lentil onto a ball pin. Make a wrapped loop and trim excess wire.
- Repeat step 7 for remaining 20mm pink shell lentils, 12mm faceted white nebula rounds, medium pink coral sticks, 8mm faceted white nebula rounds, and small cherry quartz nuggets.
- Slide 1 6mm faceted light sapphire opaque Czech glass round onto a headpin. Make a simple loop.
- Repeat for remaining 6mm faceted light sapphire opaque Czech glass rounds, 10mm dyed quartzite red rounds, 6mm cherry quartz rounds, and 6mm faceted white nebula rounds
- Layout the chain and attached slider. Play around with the dangles to find patterns that you like. Here is how I attached the dangles to this bracelet; I used a jumpring to attach the following groups of bead dangles to every other link of the chain:
- 3 med pink coral sticks, 1 12mm faceted white nebula round
- 2 8mm faceted white nebula rounds, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round
- 1 20mm pink shell lentil, 1 6mm cherry quartz round, 1 small cherry quartz nugget
- 1 small cherry quartz nugget, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round, 1 8mm faceted white nebula round, 1 12mm faceted white nebula round
- 1 20mm pink shell lentil, 8mm faceted white nebula round, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round
- 2 medium pink coral sticks, 1 small cherry quartz nugget
- 2 8mm faceted white nebula rounds, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round, 1 20mm pink shell lentil, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round
- 2 medium pink coral sticks, 1 small cherry quartz nugget
- 1 20mm pink shell lentil, 8mm faceted white nebula round, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round
- 1 small cherry quartz nugget, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round, 1 8mm faceted white nebula round, 1 12mm faceted white nebula round
- 1 20mm pink shell lentil, 1 6mm cherry quartz round, 1 small cherry quartz nugget
- 2 8mm faceted white nebula rounds, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round
- 3 med pink coral sticks, 1 12mm faceted white nebula round
- Attach the same beads in the same order on the second length of chain.
- Use two jumprings to attach the second slider to the end of the chain.
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