How to Make Dangle Earrings with Seed Beads in Ethnic Style

With gray seed beads and dark red felt, you can create your own a pair of ethnic style dangle earrings requiring no special techniques. Ethnic earrings are commonly considered as bold and complicated to make. I came up with a design which is more suitable for daily wearing without losing its ethnic taste. Now follow me to find out how to make seed bead dangle earrings!

Materials and tools for making seed bead dangle earrings in ethnic style:

Felt, Dark Red
Sewing Thread, Gray
3mm Round Seed Beads, Light Grey
Earring Hooks, Antique Bronze
Needle
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun

How to make dark red dangle earrings with seed beads?

Step 1: cluster seed beads on felt

1st, cut out eight round pieces with similar sizes from felt;
2nd, overlap four round pieces as a group and secure with glue;
3rd, cluster some seed beads into a circle in the middle of the round felt. Secure the beads by gluing or sewing.

Step 2: sew seed beads around the round felt

1st, bring needle from inside of the round felt and make overcast stitch with a seed bead in the middle;
2nd, continue sewing along the edge of the round felt by adding a seed bead at each stitch;
3rd, attach an earring hook when getting to the end. Then knot and cut excess thread;
4th, do the same to make the other earring.

Finished!

Dark red and gray look great in this pair of ethnic style dangle earrings. What’s more, the dark colors make these earrings have a taste of vintage. Adding seed beads around the edge of four-layer round felt is also a feature.