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Fringed Amulet Bag Necklace From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-210

Vary your fringe designs to give your own Amulet Bag Necklace more movement.

Guest Sharon Bateman shares her technique for creating an amulet necklace complete with fringe.

Materials:

1 hank each of size 11/0 Czech seed beads in Blue Iris & Yellow
Size ‘D’ Nymo or silamide,
35 6-9 mm pearls
64 6mm cobalt blue druks,
96 4mm turquoise druks,
Clasp of choice
Terminal of choice.
Sharondipity Tiny Tube Loom
Scissors
No. 12 needle

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D

1. String one warp thread strand on the loom around 26 times (figure A) for 26 warp threads onto the Tiny Tube loom. (Follow instructions with loom.)

2. Pre-thread no. 12 needle, pre-beaded with 11/0 Czech seed beads in Blue Iris.

3. Take needle and thread up and under the weave thread from left to right so that the first 25 beads are "parked" between the warp strands. Then run the needle back right to left over the top of the parked beads to secure them. Tighten beads into place.

4. Repeat until the entire warp on the loom has been beaded (figure B)

5. Take the bag off the loom. It is tube shaped. Run it quickly through your hands to get the proper shape. Fold one end shut and stitch up with a half hitch or flanker stitch (figure C).

6. Along the bottom of the bag, work a 2-legged branch fringe (figure D). Follow the graph for bead placement and combination of techniques and beads.

7. Work a mandala edging along the top edge of the bag.

8. Add a row of simple fringe along the front of the bag.

9. Add a pre-beaded strap onto each side of the bag, using the 2 halves of your clasp on the ends.

GUESTS :

Sharon Bateman
Author of Findings and Finishings
Web site: www.sharonbateman.com