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- Mar 14, 2014
How to Make Native American Beaded Hoop Earrings with Four-Colored Seed Beads
Summary: Want to make Native American beaded hoop earrings? My tutorial is to show a simple way to make them with 4-colored seed beads.
Bold contrasting colors and vivid beading pattern feature in Native American beaded hoop earrings. I am going to show you a simple way to make color match and beaded pattern in later part of “how to make American beaded hoop earrings” project.
Necessities for my Native American beaded hoop earrings:
4mm black seed beads
4mm white seed beads
4mm red seed beads
4mm yellow seed beads
0.8mm silvery copper wire
Jump rings
Earring hooks
Round nose plier
Wire cutter plier
Side cutting plier
How to make Native American beaded hoop earrings step by step:
Step 1: Make bead pattern
1st, cut a 25cm length of copper wire and loop one end with plier;
2nd, slide a black bead, 5 red beads and another black bead onto wire;
3rd, add a white bead;
4th, keep on sliding a black bead, 5 yellow beads and another black bead onto wire;
5th, similarly add a white bead, then a black bead, 5 white beads and another black bead;
6th, add the last white bead and 7 black beads.
Step 2: Finish the earrings
1st, wrap the beaded wire around a cylinder that is 4cm in diameter;
2nd, bend the rest wire vertically with the bead pattern;
3rd, loop the end with round nose;
4th, combine the two ends to a jump ring;
5th, attach earring hook onto the jump ring.
The final look of the Native American beaded hoop earrings:
Great! I have finished off the Native American beaded hoop earrings which are indeed simple to do and beautifully color-matched.