Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Marquesa Earrings and bracelet samples


MARQUESA EARRINGS
  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • 14mm rivolis "Jet"
  • SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Blue"
  • 4mm druks "Bronze"

I first blogged about this pair of earrings way back in 2014 HERE. I made them to go with a colorful top that I wear that has the same blue in it. Now I want to make a bracelet that will go with them so I made some samples in the same bead colors using a variety of patterns. I've pretty much decided to make the "Loretta Deco Bracelet" but it's a tough choice because I like them all very much. I also like the "MiniDuo Bands" sample a lot but I'm not sure if I have enough of the MiniDuos. Another reason that I'm leaning toward the "Loretta Deco Bracelet" is because it has some bronze druks like the earrings have. We'll see. Maybe I'll make both bracelets


You can buy Angie Martin's "Marquessa" earring pattern HERE on Etsy.

Below are the bead lists for all of the samples. Click the pattern names to read more information about them.

SAMPLE 1 - Duo Silky Bracelet:

  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Blue"

SAMPLE 2 - Duo Kheops Bracelet:

  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • Kheops® Par Puca® beads "Jet"
  • SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Blue"

SAMPLE 3 - MiniDuo Bands:

  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • Silky beads "Jet"
  • MiniDuo beads "Metallic Suede Blue"

SAMPLE 4 - Camille Variation:

  • 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • Kheops® Par Puca® beads "Jet"
  • Silky beads "Jet"
  • 4mm druks "Metallic Suede Blue"

SAMPLE 5 - Loretta Deco Bracelet:

  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
  • SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Blue"
  • SuperDuo beads "Jet"
  • 4mm druks "Bronze"

SAMPLE 6 - Maya Bands:

  • 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)  
  • SuperDuo beads "Metallic Suede Blue"
  • SuperDuo beads "Jet"
  • 4mm druks "Metallic Suede Blue"
 

4 comments:

  1. Found your blog via Pinterest - great to see so many lovely ideas using the various two hole beads which seem to be so versatile. In the absence of any Silky beads I tried a variation of your Presa Linda bracelet using two kheops triangles in place of one silky. It worked well and I'm now about to acquire some silky beads to make another.

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  2. You have a tough decision to make...I like all of the samples.
    For the earrings, did you use nylon filament as pattern call for or some other thread. Thanks Charlene

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    1. I used Nymo D thread but FireLine would probably work too.

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  3. Oooh! Gorgeous colours! Very striking!

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