These earrings are a fall variation of our Vipera earrings.
Create a decreasing brick stitch triangle using 11/0 seed beads. Take a look at our Vipera PDF Diagram for the color pattern to use on each row. We used ColorTrends Metallic Warm Taupe beads for the black beads in the diagram, Matte Nickel-Plated Plum/Bronze Iris for the green beads, Silver-Lined Smokey Topaz for the pale blue beads, and PermaFinish Silver-Lined Milky Pomegranate for the off-white beads. You'll also find variations on width and length of the brick stitch triangle in the PDF diagram.
Brick Stitch Diagram
Basic Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Decreasing and Increasing Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Brick Stitch Video Tutorial
Vipera PDF Diagram
Finish your thread at the point of the triangle, leaving a tail long enough to add the earring later.
Before beginning your fringe, you will want to iron or stretch the thread you use, so the fringe doesn't curl up at all. We used a synthetic material for our beading thread, so use a warm iron on a very low setting. Using a setting that is too high could melt synthetic threads.
Add a new thread to create your first row of fringe and make sure the thread is coming out of one of the end seed beads in the first row of the triangle. Using the PDF diagram as a reference, add the first row of fringe. Remember, you can play with the length and pattern of your fringe, as the variations in our diagram show. Also note that we used TOHO 15/0 bead rounds before and after every Miyuki 6mm bugle bead. Instead of adding a 15/0 bead, a fire-polished bead, and a 15/0 bead to the end of each fringe like the diagram shows, we added a 15/0 bead and a Czech glass leaf bead.
After you've added your last bead in the first row of fringe (a leaf bead), go back through the 15/0 bead and every bead before that in the row. Bring your thread up through a couple of beads in the brick stitch before going back down and out of the next bead over in the last row of brick stitch. When creating your fringe, you don't want to pull too tight, but you also don't want the fringe too loose, as that will leave gaps between the beads. With your thread coming out of the bead for the next row of fringe (but before adding any beads for the next row of fringe), adjust the tension so that the beads hang just right. Make sure to check your tension consistently as you add your rows of fringe.
Keep adding fringe coming out of each bead in the last row of brick stitch in the same manner as before. You will use the same thread for each fringe until you run out of length. Then, just add a new thread (make sure it's ironed/stretched). When you've added the last row of fringe, secure and trim your thread within the brick stitch triangle.
Use the tail at the top of your brick stitch triangle to attach the lever-back earring to the triangle. Secure and trim the thread.
Repeat steps 1-7 to create the other earring.
Nice choice! All or most of the products needed for this project are shown below with quantities. Sometimes we sell out of components and aren’t able to order more from the manufacturer (we know, it is very disappointing to us, too). Use the opportunity to mix up the design and make it yours by substituting similar products or altering the entire color scheme—it’s up to you!
These earrings are a fall variation of our Vipera earrings.
Create a decreasing brick stitch triangle using 11/0 seed beads. Take a look at our Vipera PDF Diagram for the color pattern to use on each row. We used ColorTrends Metallic Warm Taupe beads for the black beads in the diagram, Matte Nickel-Plated Plum/Bronze Iris for the green beads, Silver-Lined Smokey Topaz for the pale blue beads, and PermaFinish Silver-Lined Milky Pomegranate for the off-white beads. You'll also find variations on width and length of the brick stitch triangle in the PDF diagram.
Brick Stitch Diagram
Basic Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Decreasing and Increasing Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Brick Stitch Video Tutorial
Vipera PDF Diagram
Finish your thread at the point of the triangle, leaving a tail long enough to add the earring later.
Before beginning your fringe, you will want to iron or stretch the thread you use, so the fringe doesn't curl up at all. We used a synthetic material for our beading thread, so use a warm iron on a very low setting. Using a setting that is too high could melt synthetic threads.
Add a new thread to create your first row of fringe and make sure the thread is coming out of one of the end seed beads in the first row of the triangle. Using the PDF diagram as a reference, add the first row of fringe. Remember, you can play with the length and pattern of your fringe, as the variations in our diagram show. Also note that we used TOHO 15/0 bead rounds before and after every Miyuki 6mm bugle bead. Instead of adding a 15/0 bead, a fire-polished bead, and a 15/0 bead to the end of each fringe like the diagram shows, we added a 15/0 bead and a Czech glass leaf bead.
After you've added your last bead in the first row of fringe (a leaf bead), go back through the 15/0 bead and every bead before that in the row. Bring your thread up through a couple of beads in the brick stitch before going back down and out of the next bead over in the last row of brick stitch. When creating your fringe, you don't want to pull too tight, but you also don't want the fringe too loose, as that will leave gaps between the beads. With your thread coming out of the bead for the next row of fringe (but before adding any beads for the next row of fringe), adjust the tension so that the beads hang just right. Make sure to check your tension consistently as you add your rows of fringe.
Keep adding fringe coming out of each bead in the last row of brick stitch in the same manner as before. You will use the same thread for each fringe until you run out of length. Then, just add a new thread (make sure it's ironed/stretched). When you've added the last row of fringe, secure and trim your thread within the brick stitch triangle.
Use the tail at the top of your brick stitch triangle to attach the lever-back earring to the triangle. Secure and trim the thread.
Repeat steps 1-7 to create the other earring.
