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Tutorial 4: Holiday Red necklace

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This necklace is made with three small pendants,
each one a simpler version of the

Grey Rose

Montee pendant

shown in tutorial 3. I

recommend that you also see the

Orange

Circular

tutorial to understand the basic

procedure.

Step 1: A full circle of picots was attached to a

circular structure of about 0.5 inch in diameter

(see Orange circular pendant for more

information). One and a half feet of 28 gauge

wire is enough for this pendant, since it does

not have the fancy edging create in Tutorials 2

and 3. This pendant used African resin beads,

but you could use a garnet or carnelian as well,

combined with seed beads.

Step 2: The inside circle was made of rose

montees, which are rhinestones pronged and

attached to an cross-shaped track (shown at

left). Since these are rare to find, you can also

use rhinestones that are connected and sold by

the yard, cutting them loose from each other

(show to the right).

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Step 3: The rose montees are attached over the

wire structure, using a simple overcast wiring.

Notice how the number of rose montees is

considerably smaller than the outer beads. There

are 12 outer beads and only 8 inner rose montees.

Step 4: The center element is a slightly larger

clear rhinestone mounted on prongs. The back

of the rhinestone is open, allowing the wire to

be slipped through it and back to the structure.

Step 5: The wire is then woven on the picots

until it reaches about one third of the perimeter

and slipped through the rhinestone again. This

is repeated about a third of the way, so that

the rhinestone is fastened three times (top and

twice at a third of the way). Notice how the

spacing is not even because the number of

inner rose montees cannot be divided equally

by 3.

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Step 6: Wrap the tail end of the wire around one

of the picots tightly and cut short. Remember to

cut towards the front of the pendant, so that there

is no chance of scratching the wearer. Add a bail

made of 18 or 16 gauge wire.

Step 7: Repeat the entire process twice,

creating another two pendants.

Add them to the front of a simple chain,

spacing out evenly. Add a clasp and you are

ready!

You are welcome to try to make necklaces

similar to this one for personal or commercial

sale. Thanks and enjoy!

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