Another necklace from Mary Lyon
July 13, 2009 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Make Art Monday, Other Bead & Jewelry Sites
Last week we were able to share a tutorial by Mary Lyon for a lovely lapis necklace. Well, Mary has shared another design with us! This time it is a beautiful two-strand rose quartz collar style necklace. Gather up your materials and tomorrow for Technique Tuesday, we’ll have Mary’s instructions.
MAGNIFICENT TWO-STRAND ROSE QUARTZ
COLLAR WITH PENDANT DROP:
Materials:
Beading wire
12 large faceted rose quartz nugget beads, graduated in size from ¾” to 1¼ inch
1 extra-large faceted rose quartz nugget bead, preferably in a different shape than the 12 other beads
1 2-inch x ½-inch x 5/8ths-inch handcrafted silver dichroic glass 2-hole spacer bar bead
52 4×5mm pale pink pressed glass flower cone beads with AB finish
24 3mm silver flat flower beads
2 6mm faceted Czech fire-polished beads with AB finish
2 6×4mm glass rondelle beads with silver centers
4 3mm round silver spacer beads
2 4mm silver rondelles
2 silver crimp beads
1 inch of sterling silver French wire
6 inches of 16-gauge sterling silver wire
12 inches of 20-gauge sterling silver wire
1 3-inch silver headpin
Jeweler’s glue
E6000 silicon craft cement
Tools:
1 pair of round-nose pliers
1 pair of chain-nose pliers
1 wire-cutter
1 large beading board or steady flat surface
Scotch tape
