Jardin de Glass Necklace Tutorial

Creating the Focal: Glue the pink swirl floral disc bead onto bead backing and allow to dry. Use the iridescent purple beads from the Viola Designer Seed Bead Blend to make a peyote stitch bezel around the focal bead.

Peyote Stitch Bezel Tutorial

Using the two-seed-bead backstitch, create a row of 4mm bicones in Jonquil around the bezel. Create a row of the matte purple and green seed beads from the Viola blend around the Jonquil bicones, again using the two-seed-bead backstitch. Finally, add a ring of 4mm faceted rounds in Fuchsia AB Full Coat around the matte seed beads using the two-seed-bead backstitch.

Two-Seed-Bead Backstitch Tutorial

Trim your bead backing, glue a suede backing to the back of the beading, allow to dry and finish your focal by beading around the edge with the shining green beads from the Viola seed bead blend.

Brick Stitch Edge Text Tutorial

Making the Kumihimo Cord: Create a seed bead cord using the shining green seed beads from the Viola blend, as well as the TOHO 8/0 bead rounds in trans-rainbow green emerald and S-Lon bead cord. You will use the Kumihimo technique to make your cord. Make your cord approximately 9 1/2 inches long.

Kumihimo with Beads Text Tutorial
Kumihimo with Beads Video Tutorial

Making the beaded bail: Find the top center of your beaded focal and bring your needle through the edge bead. Make sure to also bring your needle through some of the backing. String 17 shining green seed beads, followed by a 4mm bicone in Amethyst AB 2x and another shining green seed bead. Bring your needle back through the first edge bead. Bring your thread through the whole loop again to make it stronger.

Custom Beaded Bails Video Tutorial

Go through the next edge bead and repeat the technique from step five until you have seven loops. Slide your newly created pendant onto the Kumihimo bead cord.

Completing the Necklace: Finish one end of the kumihimo cord using a JBB gold-plated pewter end cap and a 2-inch 20 gauge satin Hamilton gold-plated eye pin. String a 8mm bicone in Jonquil onto the end of the eye pin and create a wrapped loop. Cut a length of the satin Hamilton gold-plated big, medium and small oval link chain approximately 6 inches long. Attach one end to the wrapped loop using a 6mm 18 gauge satin Hamilton gold-plated open jump ring. Attach one half of the Nunn Design antique gold-plated pewter leaf toggle clasp to the end of the chain using another jump ring. Repeat this step for the other side of the necklace.

Ending Kumihimo Video Tutorial

List of Components:
Viola seed bead blend (adb0014, qty 1)
TOHO Bead Round 8/0 Trans-Rainbow Green Emerald (TBRD8-179, qty 2)
5328 4mm Bicone Jonquil (5328-JON4, qty 27)
5000 4mm Faceted Round Fuchsia AB Full Coat (5000-FUSABC4, qty 38)
5328 4mm Bicone Amethyst AB 2x (5328-AMY2AB4, qty 7)
5328 8mm Bicone Jonquil (5328-JON8, qty 2)
2-inch Satin Hamilton Gold-Plated 20 Gauge Eye Pin (FIND-0450, qty 2)
6mm Satin Hamilton Gold-Plated Open Jump Ring - 18 Gauge (FIND-0471, qty 4)
JBB Gold-Plated Pewter End Cap (PG-BD004, qty 2)
Satin Hamilton Gold-Plated Big, Medium, and Small Oval Link Chain (BTF-0067, qty 1)
Nunn Design Antique Gold-Plated Pewter Leaf Toggle Clasp (PGA-CL003, qty 1)
Pink Swirl Floral Disc Bead (LMP-0048, qty 1)