How to Make a Big Statement Beaded Necklace to Match Your Dress

Summer is coming, it's a season to wear skirts for girls, and we need some necklaces to match our skirts. Ever feel boring to wear simple necklace? In this tutorial, I will show you a big statement beaded necklace. It's really a big necklace, right? But it's easy to make. Let's begin!

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To get started, you will need:

2mm White Seed Beads
8mm White Pearl Beads
6mm White Pearl Beads
8mm Green Pearl Beads
0.38mm Tiger Wires
Magnetic Slide Lock Clasps
Flat Nose Pliers
Scissor

Step 1: Make the first beaded chain

1st, cut off about 40cm tiger wire, and string 3 pieces of 8mm white pearl bead and a piece of 8mm green pearl bead on the tiger wire, then across the right tiger wire through the 8mm green pearl bead and pull the tiger wires to tighten the beads;
2nd, string an 8mm white pearl bead and an 8mm green pearl bead on the right tiger wire, and string an 8mm white pearl bead on the left, then cross the left tiger wire through the green pearl bead and pull the tiger wires to tighten the beads;
3rd, repeat the steps to make 10 patterns as the video shows, cut off the top sides of the tiger wires to make sure they are the same length, there are 10 pieces of blue beads and 21 pieces of white purple beads ;
4th, put the two tiger wires together and string 8 seed beads, a 6mm white pearl bead, 6 pieces of seed beads, a 6mm white pearl bead, 6 pieces of seed beads and a 8mm white pearl bead on them, then tighten the end and cut off the excessive tiger wires, 5th, repeat the steps and make 5 beaded chains.

Step 2: Add the five chains to the beaded tiger wire

1st, cut off about 40cm tiger wire, and thread it on the first loop of a slide lock clasp, fold the tiger wire and string a seed bead on it, across the tiger wire to tighten the seed bead;
2nd, together the tiger wires, and string 11 pieces of 6mm pearl beads on them, then part the tiger wires, and string 6 pieces of seed beads on the two tiger wires separately;
3rd, cross the tiger wires through the white pearl bead, then thread the bottom tiger wire across the green pearl bead and thread the top tiger wire across the white pearl bead as the video shows;
4th, string 6 seed beads on the two tiger wires separately and across the tiger wires through a 6mm white pearl bead;
5th, string 2 pieces of 6mm pearl beads on the bottom tiger wire and a 6 mm pearl bead on the top tiger wire, then across the tiger wires through the second pearl bead on the bottom tiger wire;
6th, repeat the steps to make 3 flower patterns, then thread the second chain, then repeat the steps to make flower patterns and thread other three chains;
7th, string 6 seed beads on the tiger wires separately, then together the tiger wires and string 11 pieces of 6mm white pearl beads and a seed bead on them, then tighten the beads and add a slide lock clasp to the tiger wires.

Step 3: Make another two horizontal patterns

1st, cut off about 80cm tiger wire, and thread it across the third loop of the slide lock clasp, then repeat the steps of threading beads.
2nd, cut about 80cm tiger wire , and thread it across the fifth loop of the slide lock clasp, then repeat the steps of threading beads.

Step 4: Add a white pearl beads chain to the bottom side

1st, cut about 60cm tiger wire, and thread it across the 8th green pearl bead and the two white beads on the right, then tie a knot to tighten the tiger wires;
2nd, together to tiger wires and string 22 pieces of pearl beads on them, then string the tiger wires on the 8th green pearl bead on the second chain;
3rd, repeat the steps to string a white pearl beads chain, as for the end, thread the tiger wires across the 8th white pearl beads and green bead, then tighten the tiger wires and tie a knot, cut off the excessive tiger wires.

This jewelry making video on making necklaces with beads is done! It's not so difficult as you imagined before, right? Besides, it's really amazing that just four kinds of beads can make such a charming necklace. We provide video and tutorial for you, just have a try.

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