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Free Instructions : Macaron Bracelet

Learn how to bead weave your own Macaron bracelet, we used our Macaron seed bead box because the colour/ pairings and combinations are endless! We had so much fun choosing and planning which colours worked well together, we went bold...with a dash of clashing! The seed beads in this box are not all exactly the same, but we think this adds to the fun, quirky and tactile character of the bracelet. This project is suitable for beginners with a basic knowledge of bead weaving.

Materials we used 

Seed beads from Macaron seed bead box ( GLVUMX )
2 x 5mm jump rings ( JR5GP )
Star extension chain & trigger set ( EXCH5GP )
2 x 2.4mm metal beads ( MTEA2432 )
Nymo ( NMD24 )


Tools Required 

Size 13 beading needle ( ND13 )
Chain nosed pliers ( BEECN )
A beading mat ( BMT2 )
A sharp pair of scissors 

Legend 

A - colour one ( we used pink ) B - colour two ( we used purple )


Instructions

1. Take a comfortable length of stretched beading thread. Thread 1A, one metal bead, 3A, 1B ( photo 1 ) Leaving a 15cm tail
2. Pass back down the first A you picked up in step 1 ( photo 2)
3. Pick up 2A, pass back up through the last A you picked up in step 2 ( photo 3 )
4. Pick up 2A, 1 B, pass back down the last A you picked up in step 3 ( photo 4 )
5. Pick up 2A, pass back up the last A you picked up in step 4 ( photo 5 )
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5, until you wish to change colours, change your colours on step 4 (photo 6 & 7 )
7. Repeat step 4 & 5 until your bracelet is your desired length. Repeat step 4

8. Pick up 2A, one metal bead and pass up through the last A you picked up in the previous step ( photo 8
9. Pass through the next outside A ( photo 9 )
10. Pick up 1B, pass through the next outside A ( photo 10 )
11. Repeat step 10 for the length of your bracelet, we popped a different colour in a points! (photo 11)
12. Stop repeating step 10 when you get to the second A along from the metal bead, pass through the 2 outside As, metal bead, 2 outside As  (photo 12)
13. Repeat step 10 for the other side of the bracelet (photo 13 ), stop when you reach the second A along from the metal bead 
14. Pass around the outside 2As, one metal bead, and the next 2As. Weave around any thread paths your feel need strengthening. We passed through all the thread paths again
15. Using chain nosed pliers, open up a jump ring, loop it over the metal bead and your extension chain, close the jump ring ( photo 15 )
16. Repeat step 15 with the other end of the bracelet and the trigger clasp ( photo 16 )

You're finished! 


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