How to Make a Vintage Beaded Bracelet with Bronze Seed Beads

In this beading jewelry tutorial, I will show you how to make a vintage bracelet mainly using 2mm bronze seed beads and 6mm Czech glass beads. The bronze color makes the bracelet more vintage. If you like vintage jewelry, I believe you will fall in love with this DIY vintage beaded bracelet!

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To get started, you’ll need:

2MM Bronze Seed Beads
Black Oval Glass Beads
6MM Abacus Glass Beads
6MM Czech Glass Beads
Tiger Wire
Jump Rings
Lobster Clasp
Crimp Beads
Flat Nose Pliers
Scissors

How to make a vintage beaded bracelet?

Step 1: Cut off about 120cm tiger wire, remove the curved tips.

Step 2: Slide a lobster clasp onto the middle of the wire, thread both wires to a crimp bead and pinch it with flat nose pliers.

Step 3: Slide a seed bead onto both wires, add 2 seed beads onto each wire again, cross both wires through another seed bead and tighten wires.

Step 4: Add a Czech glass bead and a seed bead onto each wire, cross both wires through a black oval bead and tighten wires.

Add a seed bead and a Czech glass bead onto each wire again, cross both wires through a seed bead and tighten wires.

Step 5: Make the basic pattern A for vintage beaded bracelet Slide a seed bead onto each wire, thread both wires to an abacus bead, and add a seed bead onto each wire again, cross both wires through another seed bead and tighten wires.

Add a Czech glass bead and a seed bead to each wire again, cross both wires through a black oval bead and tighten wires.

Add a seed bead and a Czech glass bead to each wire again, cross both wires through a seed bead and tighten wires.

Continue to repeat basic pattern A several times until get your desired length; this is the length of the DIY vintage beaded bracelet.

Step 6: Slide 2 seed beads onto each wire, cross both wires through another seed bead and tighten wires.

Step 7: Make the Pattern B for DIY vintage bracelet

Pass one wire back to the previous beading path until get to the first Czech glass bead, add 7 seed beads to the wire, then pass the wire to the next seed bead and Czech glass bead, and tighten.

According the previous beading path, pass the wire to next seed beads and abacus beads until get to the next Czech glass bead, then add 7 seed beads to the wire again, pass the wire to the next seed bead and Czech glass bead and tighten.

Do the rest in the same method until you get the last Czech glass bead.

Add beads to the other wire, and make the other side wire in the same method.

Step 8: Cross both wires through the next seed bead and tighten wires, and then conceal the extra wires by passing the beading path to fix both wires.

Step 9: Use a jump ring to connect the lobster clasp.

Well done! This DIY vintage beaded bracelet is done! Are you fascinated by this vintage beaded bracelet? Just need some patience and beading skills, you can finish such vintage beaded bracelet by your own. Have a nice try!

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