
Bleeding Heart Bracelet
Extract from Jewelry For All Seasons • By Linzi Alford • Published by GMC PublicationsAbout
Jewelry For All Seasons
These dainty little heart-shaped flowers, with their striking bright
pink colors, look so pretty strung along the branches of this shrub
in spring. I wanted to make a really “pretty-in-pink” bracelet,
so chose wire, beads, and chain all in coordinating shades.
A word about wire thickness: to make a sturdy clasp, US
18-gauge (SWG 19, 1mm) wire is most suitable. However,
you can use thinner gauges if you hammer the wire loops
on a steel block after forming them—don’t hammer the
wrapped loopy parts though, as you will distort them.
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Kathy C. favorited Bleeding Heart Bracelet 08 May 01:41
You Will Need
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Step 1
Cut the chain to bracelet length using wire cutters, or simply
undo the links using bent-nose and chain-nose pliers. My chain
was 7in (175mm) long; it could be cut to any length to suit, but
remember that the clasp will add on a few inches (depending how
big you make it) and that you need some slack to be able to fasten it. -
Step 6
Make the hook and eye clasp from US 18-gauge (SWG 19, 1mm) wire, and add to each end of the chain using chain links as jumprings.
Sometimes it is tricky to find the exact color of eyepin you require.
Making your own is easy, and using chain links from colored chain is a great way to match up jumprings if you are working with a less
common color - http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/hook-and-eye-clasps