https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/vintage-romance-jewellery-set • Posted by Beads Unlimited
Necklace Use the tip of your multi pliers to bend five small loops in an eyepin. This is a little tricky so take your time and squeeze with the flat part of the piers to make the loops even. Make four more looped eyepins.
Cut five 30cm lengths of plastic coated wire. Take one length, thread the end through a crimp, bend into a loop and pass back through the crimp. Squeeze with the hole nearest the plier handles to make a ‘v’ shape. Use the other hole on the pliers to make it round. Repeat for the other lengths and add a crimp cover.
Thread each length of plastic coated wire through a loop in the eyepin. Add a 4mm pearl to each length and pass them through a second looped eyepin.
Thread the beads on as follows: Wire 1 – 1x4mm, 9x6mm, 1x4mm. Wire 2 – 17x4mm. Wire 3 – 4mm, 11x6mm, 4mm. Wire 4 – 21x4mm, wire 5 – 4mm, 13x6mm, 4mm pearls. Thread on a looped eyepin. Mirror the order of the beads for the second half of the necklace. Pull tight and add crimps, trim the excess wire and crimp covers to each length in the same way as step 2.
Thread a 4mm pearl onto an eyepin, trim 1cm above the bead, bend into a loop in the same direction as the eye add the locket and close the loop. Use a 5mm jump ring to attach the loop of the eyepin to the bottom of the looped eyepin in the centre of the necklace.
Cut a 17cm, a 16.5cm and a 16cm length of chain. Attach the longest to the two bottom wires of the necklace with a 7mm jump ring. Add the medium length to the centre wire and the shortest chain to the two top wires. Join the ends of the chain with a jump ring and add a second jump ring. Repeat for the other side and add your trigger clasp instead of the second jump ring.
Earrings Thread nine 4mm beads onto a headpin. Trim 1cm above the bead, bend into a loop and close. Make another and a third with seven 6mm beads on. Open the loop of an eyepin and attach one of the 4mm beaded headpins, close the loop. Thread on a 4mm bead, the 6mm beaded headpin and another 4mm bead. Trim 1cm above the 4mm bead, bend into a loop, add the remaining beaded headpin and close the loop. Attach a 5mm jump ring to the loop top of the centre headpin, add a long ballwire and close the jump ring. Repeat to make a pair.
Cut five 25cm lengths of plastic coated wire. Make six looped eyepins. Attach each wire to a loop in one of the eyepins. Add crimps and crimp covers. Thread on a 4mm pearl to each, followed by a looped eyepin. First section: Wire 1 -1x4mm, 5x6mm, 1x4mm, wire 2 – 10x4mm, wire 3 - 1x4mm, 5x6mm, 1x4mm, wire 4 10x4mm, wire 5 - 1x4mm, 5x6mm, 1x4mm and add a looped eyepin. Middle section: Wire 1 -1x4mm, 10x6mm, 1x4mm, wire 2 – 18x4mm, wire 3 - 1x4mm, 10x6mm, 1x4mm, wire 4 - 18x4mm, wire 5 - 1x4mm, 10x6mm, 1x4mm and add a looped eyepin. The end section is the same as the first. Add the crimps and crimp covers to mirror the other end. Add a jump ring to the middle loop of the end eyepins. Attach a trigger clasp to one and a second jump ring to the other.