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Fire-Polish Beaded Watch Band From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-207

A dazzling way to keep time.

Sheilah Cleary shows host Jackie Guerra how to create a gorgeous glass-beaded watchband.

Materials:

Watch face with two holes
A two-hole clasp
88 four-millimeter fire polish beads
Approximately 150 size 13 charlotte beads (or about 8" of one strand),
A two-hole clasp,
48 inches of .012 Beadalon wire
Wire cutter

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String beads in this pattern. Here, Cleary points to charlottes.

1. Cut Beadalon pieces

2. Thread a piece of Beadalon through one of the holes in the watch face and center it.

3. Follow the schematic and pick up the beads for side one.

4. Pass wire up through loop on the right side of the clasp.

5. Then, pass wire through two of the fire polish beads and tie a knot.

6. Pass wire through the next fire polish bead and pull the wire until the knot pops into the bead and tie another knot.

7. Pass the wire through another bead and pull the wire tight again until knot is inside the bead and trim the wire tail.

8. String the sequence on side 2 and bring the wire up through the same loop in the clasp.

9. Pass the wire through 5 charlottes

10. Pull up any extra slack in the wire and tie a knot.

11. Pass the wire through the 4mm bead and pull to "pop" the knot into the FP bead.

12. Repeat Step 9, 10 and 11, trim the wire.

13. Repeat steps 2 through 12 for the second hole on this side of the watch face.

14. Repeat steps 2 through 13 for the other half of the watch band.

GUESTS :

Sheilah Cleary
Owner
Artistic Expressions
PO Box 2451
Costa Mesa, CA 92653
Phone: 949-587-2879
Fax: 949-587-2889
Email: shebeads@aol.com
Website: www.shebeads.com