Red Corralling Technique Necklace

I have long admired the beading of Vavara, a Russian beader. She has written a few books, and this is the first necklace I have tried. It is available from bead-patterns.com, and is called "Coral III Necklace". The branches are really easy once you get a rhythm to them. I used two colours of size 10 (from a Czech company who has smallish size 10's) and size 8 seed beads for the main section as fill in's. The main colour was light opaque red, and the contrast (end of branches) was dark opaque red. The original pattern has longer centre branch sections, however I just made all the branches the same length. I also added larger size 8 seed beads to the starting band to make it a little more substantial. This is a really fun technique, and went fairly quickly once I got the hang of doing the branches. I will try some more contrasting colours in the next one. I brought this in progress to a Christmas cookie party, and got rave reviews. I plan to try another one for me. This one was a Christmas present for my daughter. Because she did not want a choker length, I am adding a 5" strip of adjustable back extender.

Black Necklace for Christmas

I made this necklace for my daughter for Christmas. She liked it but wanted a longer catch so she could wear it NOT as a choker. I added a length of adjustable beads to do this.
I used a pattern by Sherry Wayt that I downloaded from readytobead.com. I adapted the design to make it symmetrical.
If you haven't seen this website they have some good patterns for instant download.
I tried to make the centre hang lower, but due to the irregularities of the seed beads, next time I would increase by at least 2 bead increments. This was a fun pattern to do, and I plan to try some further variations.

Baroque Necklace

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These necklaces are from a pattern on Bead-Patterns.com by Charlene Hughes. The silver one on top is the full motif in the pattern. The mauve necklace on the bottom is simplified. This is a right angle weave technique. A free pattern for the technique by Kathy Rice is available on the Fire Mountain Gems Website. This is a great way to use the 4mm square beads.

Teracita Medallion

One medallion of the Tera Cita Bracelet by Melanie DeCoster. This was in beadwork June/July 2007, p. 32. Easy to do, and quick. I added a bail on the top using the same mesh as the base of the medallion. Beads: Charlottes(turquoise), Size 8 (light purple), and 4mm svarovskis, turquoise fire polish 4mm, and gold size 11 seeds.

Chevron Lace Beaded Beads

This is a necklace composed of beaded beads that I made in the Melanie Potter Workshop. They are made with chevron chain, first a tube for the foundation, then circles added on each level of the chain. They are made with size 15 for the lace, and size 11 for the foundation. Lots of potential uses for these beads!!