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Molly Schaller demonstrates a coral bracelet with dozens of dangles.
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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:

  1. Open a jumpring and slide onto it 1 jumpring plus the pointed part of one coral 2-hole slider.
  2. Close the jumpring.
  3. Open a jumpring and slide onto it the lobster clasp plus the pointed part of the other coral 2-hole slider.
  4. Close the jumpring.
  5. Cut the gold link chain into two 4.5-inch pieces. Flip over the the coral 2-hole slider
  6. Use jumprings to attach the first link of each chain to the loops at the opposite end of the coral 2-hole slider.
  7. Begin making your dangles. Slide 1 20mm pink shell lentil onto a ball pin. Make a wrapped loop and trim excess wire.
  8. 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.
  1. Slide 1 6mm faceted light sapphire opaque Czech glass round onto a headpin. Make a simple loop.
  2. 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
  3. 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:
    1. 3 med pink coral sticks, 1 12mm faceted white nebula round
    2. 2 8mm faceted white nebula rounds, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round
    3. 1 20mm pink shell lentil, 1  6mm cherry quartz round, 1 small cherry quartz nugget
    4. 1 small cherry quartz nugget, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round, 1 8mm faceted white nebula round, 1 12mm faceted white nebula round
    5. 1 20mm pink shell lentil,  8mm faceted white nebula round, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round
    6. 2 medium pink coral sticks, 1 small cherry quartz nugget
    7. 2 8mm faceted white nebula rounds, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round, 1 20mm pink shell lentil, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round
    8. 2 medium pink coral sticks, 1 small cherry quartz nugget
    9. 1 20mm pink shell lentil,  8mm faceted white nebula round, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round
    10. 1 small cherry quartz nugget, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round, 1 8mm faceted white nebula round, 1 12mm faceted white nebula round
    11. 1 20mm pink shell lentil, 1  6mm cherry quartz round, 1 small cherry quartz nugget
    12. 2 8mm faceted white nebula rounds, 1 10mm red dyed quartzite round, 1 6mm faceted light sapphire Czech round
    13. 3 med pink coral sticks, 1 12mm faceted white nebula round
  4. Attach the same beads in the same order on the second length of chain.
  5. Use two jumprings to attach the second slider to the end of the chain.

 

Katie Hacker & Molly Schaller

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