After seeing Mummy's absolutely gorgeous Sabine Lippert Sweet Heart earrings I simply had to make up a heart of my own.
The pattern was extremely easy to bead but my goodness by the end of it my needle was totally mangled! It's quite a deceptively clever little pattern that relies on bead sizes for turning the tube into a heart with a strategically placed increase and decrease.
Weaving in the ends was quite a feat because this heart is quite small and with the tiny 15 seed beads in the internal curves I was worried about breakages! Happily I didn't break a bead so all was good. Also, tension is a huge factor when making these hearts - if you have a sloppy tension then it just won't lie flat and be a heart, you have to make sure that tension is good and tight, which is lucky for me because I'm quite a tight beader!
I decided that it really was its own feature so I simply used a heavy gauge jump ring threaded through one of the size 8 beads on the curve and hung it from a length of chain with a nice chunky toggle clasp. I thought about adding some crystals and maybe some other dangly bits but with this one, less is definitely more! It has quite the impact!
Maravilloso trabajo...Saludos...
ReplyDeleteMuchas gracias a todos por sus amables palabras.:D
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