Shimmer River Bracelet
Shimmer River Bracelet
Stitch an elegant bracelet with shimmering crystals! If you’re looking for a way to show off your favorite crystal colors, then this bracelet is for you. The Shimmer River bracelet features a winding rainbow of flatback crystals bezeled into place with Demi rounds or spacers. This easy design is perfect for showing off these thin seed beads, which come together to bezel the crystals in place without covering up their sparkle. Measuring only about a half inch wide (1.3 cm), the Shimmer River bracelet works up very quickly so you can make them in several different colors.
Pattern
The Shimmer River beading pattern includes:
- 12 pages of step-by-step instructions.
- 37 full color illustrations and photographs.
- Several photos of finished jewelry.
Materials
To stitch this bracelet, you'll need:
- 8mm (ss40) flat back crystals
- Miyuki Half Tila beads
- 10° Japanese sharp triangle seed beads
- 11° and 8° Toho Demi round seed beads, or 3mm and 2.2mm Miyuki spacer seed beads
- 15° and 11° Japanese seed beads
- Beading thread (6lb Fireline)
Dimensions: About 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) wide
Techniques: Circular Peyote and Right Angle Weave (RAW)
Difficulty: Advanced Beginner