How to Make Beautiful Marine-style Beaded Bracelet within 30 Minutes

Summary: In this project of pearl and crystal bracelet, you’ll learn the way to make beautiful marine-style beaded bracelet by using simple beading techniques! Super for the upcoming summer season!

How to Make Beautiful Marine-style Beaded Bracelet within 30 Minutes

By following today’s beaded bracelet making instructions, you can transform a handful of glass pearls and bicone crystal-like ones into a beautiful beaded bracelet, with less than 30 minutes! This pearl and crystal bracelet is gonna be a great take on vintage classic and innovative vogue!

Supplies needed for pearl and crystal bracelet:

8mm Glass Pearls
6mm Bicone Glass Beads
3mm Round Seed Beads
0.38mm Tiger Tail Wire
Crimp Beads
Lobster Claw Clasp
Round Nose Pliers
Wire Cutter Pliers
Side Cutting Pliers

Supplies needed for pearl and crystal bracelet

How to start the beautiful beaded bracelet?

Step 1: Cut a length of 0.38mm tiger tail wire to approximately 150cm. Slide the clasp and fasten at the center by using a crimp bead.

fasten clasp at center of wire

Step 2: Add one 3mm seed bead per wire. Cross through another one then for creating the first beaded loop.

Step 3: On either end, add one 6mm bicone glass bead and four 3mm seed bead. Then, bring the wire back through the first seed bead to make a seed bead loop.
Repeat the same processes with the other end.

start to add beads

Step 4: Cross the two wires through one 8mm glass pearl.

cross the two wires through one 8mm glass pearl

Step 5: On either end, add three seed bead, thread through the 4-seed bead on adjacent seed bead loop and then pass through the first seed bead to create another 4-seed bead loop.
Repeat the same processes with the other end.

make one seed bead loop at each side

Step 6: Add one 6mm bicone glass bead per wire. Next, cross through another 3mm seed bead. So far, we’ve finished one basic unit for the entire beautiful beaded bracelets.

finish the basic beaded unit

Step 7: Repeat the steps 2~6 for several times until get a desired length for bracelet.

repeat all processes on above for getting an ideal length

Step 8: Collect two wire ends, string one crimp bead, pass through the other jumpring on clasp. Pull the wire snugly and then squeeze the crimp bead by using pliers.

connect the starting and ending

Step 9: Weave the wires backwards to tuck the excess. Cut the leftover wire if necessary!

tuck the leftover wires in adjacent beads

Done!

Finished Beautiful Marine-style Beaded Bracelet within 30 Minutes

Learn to make beautiful marine bead bracelets is becoming all the rage, and you may also long to bead one for your own this season? Pick up your favorite beads and go for it!

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Comments (2)

Jun 22, 2015 at 12:42 PM Flavia Stanciu

Very nice example! You can also work this cross weave bracelet with double needle or even with one needle in right angle stitch, by passing more times over the seed beads and crystals.