Create a set of statement earrings with the brick stitch technique and colorful Preciosa Seed Beads. You'll love making fringe with these seed beads.
Create a brick stitch base for your fringe earrings. For this brick stitch piece, we'll be using two beads in the place of one in the stitch. To start your first row, add four dark teal beads to the thread, making sure to leave a tail at least 6 inches long. Come back up through the first two beads added. Add the following pattern of beads in the ladder stitch technique to get the piece started: two coral beads; two cream beads; two turquoise beads; two cream beads; two coral beads; two dark teal beads; two dark teal beads.
Brick Stitch Diagram
Basic Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Decreasing and Increasing Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Brick Stitch Video Tutorial
Your first row of brick stitch its complete. Start the second row on a decrease, adding four dark teal beads to get the stitch started. Then add the following pattern for each stitch in this row: Two coral beads; Two cream beads; Two cream beads; Two coral beads; Two dark teal beads; Two dark teal beads.
Start the third row of brick stitch on a decrease, adding four dark teal beads to get the stitch started. Then add the following pattern for each stitch in this row: Two coral beads; One coral bead and one cream bead; Two coral beads; Two dark teal beads; Two dark teal beads.
Start the fourth row of brick stitch on a decrease, adding four dark teal beads to get the stitch started. Then add two dark teal beads for each stitch in this row, ending on a decrease.
Weave your thread so that it is coming out of the third bead in the last row. Bring the thread through the loop of your earring post and go back down the third set of two beads in the brick stitch row. Come back up through the fourth set of two beads in the brick stitch row and go through the loop of the earring post and back down through the same beads. Come back up through the third set of two beads and reinforce by looping through these same beads and the earring post again. Secure and trim your thread.
Start a new thread coming out of the last two dark teal beads on the first row of brick stitch. Add 18 dark teal beads. Skip the last bead added and come back up through the rest of the beads added. Then, go back up through the last two beads in the row and go down through the next set of beads over in the row.
Add 19 dark teal beads to the thread. Skip the last bead added and come back up through the rest of the beads added. Then, go back up through the same two beads in the brick stitch row. Go down through the next set of two beads in the row.
Repeat the previous step for the rest of your seed bead fringe, adding the following amounts and colors of beads for each fringe piece: 20 coral beads; 21 cream beads; 23 turquoise beads, 21 cream beads; 20 coral beads; 19 dark teal beads; 18 dark teal beads.
Secure and trim your thread by weaving back into the brick stitch piece.
Repeat all steps to make the second earring.
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Create a set of statement earrings with the brick stitch technique and colorful Preciosa Seed Beads. You'll love making fringe with these seed beads.
Create a brick stitch base for your fringe earrings. For this brick stitch piece, we'll be using two beads in the place of one in the stitch. To start your first row, add four dark teal beads to the thread, making sure to leave a tail at least 6 inches long. Come back up through the first two beads added. Add the following pattern of beads in the ladder stitch technique to get the piece started: two coral beads; two cream beads; two turquoise beads; two cream beads; two coral beads; two dark teal beads; two dark teal beads.
Brick Stitch Diagram
Basic Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Decreasing and Increasing Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Brick Stitch Video Tutorial
Your first row of brick stitch its complete. Start the second row on a decrease, adding four dark teal beads to get the stitch started. Then add the following pattern for each stitch in this row: Two coral beads; Two cream beads; Two cream beads; Two coral beads; Two dark teal beads; Two dark teal beads.
Start the third row of brick stitch on a decrease, adding four dark teal beads to get the stitch started. Then add the following pattern for each stitch in this row: Two coral beads; One coral bead and one cream bead; Two coral beads; Two dark teal beads; Two dark teal beads.
Start the fourth row of brick stitch on a decrease, adding four dark teal beads to get the stitch started. Then add two dark teal beads for each stitch in this row, ending on a decrease.
Weave your thread so that it is coming out of the third bead in the last row. Bring the thread through the loop of your earring post and go back down the third set of two beads in the brick stitch row. Come back up through the fourth set of two beads in the brick stitch row and go through the loop of the earring post and back down through the same beads. Come back up through the third set of two beads and reinforce by looping through these same beads and the earring post again. Secure and trim your thread.
Start a new thread coming out of the last two dark teal beads on the first row of brick stitch. Add 18 dark teal beads. Skip the last bead added and come back up through the rest of the beads added. Then, go back up through the last two beads in the row and go down through the next set of beads over in the row.
Add 19 dark teal beads to the thread. Skip the last bead added and come back up through the rest of the beads added. Then, go back up through the same two beads in the brick stitch row. Go down through the next set of two beads in the row.
Repeat the previous step for the rest of your seed bead fringe, adding the following amounts and colors of beads for each fringe piece: 20 coral beads; 21 cream beads; 23 turquoise beads, 21 cream beads; 20 coral beads; 19 dark teal beads; 18 dark teal beads.
Secure and trim your thread by weaving back into the brick stitch piece.
Repeat all steps to make the second earring.
