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style savvy
A beader’s guide to fashion
Jamie Hogsett
Holiday in Nice
A super-soft tank with a gorgeous draped
neckline paired with a fun print skirt and
great accessories that feature jade
green, one of this season’s
hottest colors.
This ensemble showcases many spring and
summer trends. It is fun and confident–some-
thing I can imagine wearing while riding a
moped along the southern coast of France.
The bright jade green of the top, shoes, and
handbag gives the outfit a fresh and clean look,
and the quirky, handpainted postcard-style print
of the skirt—a nod to the fashions of the 1950s—is
truly en vogue. The bracelet reflects the hip elements of
the clothing. The prints on the handmade silver components
look elegant and capricious in combination with the bright green, pur-
ple, and orange of the beads. On a warm April afternoon, this look would be very nice in Nice.
R
EFERENCE
:
Textile View Magazine
, Issue 64, Winter 2003.
Clothing from Anthropologie. Shoes and handbag from Nine West.
www.interweave.com
BEADWORK
April/May 2004
Materials
50 faceted 4mm vesuvianite rondelles (green)
10 faceted 6mm Swarovski crystal rondelles (pink)
12 faceted 10mm amethyst rondelles (purple)
2 sterling silver 2-to-1 connectors
2 sterling silver 4-strand spacers
Sterling silver toggle clasp
4 sterling silver crimp tubes
Two 12" pieces of beading wire
Notions
Wire cutters
Crimping pliers
NICE BRACELET
Step 1:
Using 12" of beading wire, string 1 crimp tube and
one side of the toggle clasp. Pass back through the crimp
tube and crimp.
Step 2:
String 2 green, 1 purple, 1 rose, 1 purple, and 1
green. Pass through the single side of the connector,
string 1 crimp tube, and pass through the left hole of the
connector.
Step 3:
String 1 green, 1 rose, 1 green, 1 purple, and 1 green.
Pass through the first hole of a spacer. String 1 green, 1
rose, 6 green, 1 purple, and 1 green. Pass through the
first hole of the second spacer and back through the sec-
ond hole. String 4 green, 1 purple, 1 green, 1 rose, and
3 green.
Step 4:
Pass through the second hole on the first spacer,
back through the third, and through the fourth. String
1 green, 1 rose, 1 green, 1 purple, and 1 green. Pass
through the second hole of the connector and the crimp
tube that was added in Step 2. Crimp the tube and trim
the wire close to the tube (Figure 1).
Step 5:
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 with the second wire, the other
half of the clasp, and the second connector.
Step 6:
String 1 green, 1 purple, 1 green, 1 rose, and 1 green.
Pass through the first hole of the second spacer, back
through the second hole, and then through the third
hole. String 3 green, 1 rose, 1 green, 1 purple, and 4
green. Pass through the third hole on the first spacer and
back through the fourth. String 1 green, 1 purple, 6
green, 1 rose, and 1 green. Pass through the fourth hole
on the second spacer.
Step 7:
Repeat Step 4, stringing 1 green, 1 purple, 1 green,
1 rose, and 1 green, and crimp to the second connector
(Figure 2).
(
Jamie Hogsett is projects editor of
Beadwork
magazine.
Figure 1
Figure 2
RESOURCES
Amethyst: Lucky Gems, (212) 268-8866,
Silver: Saki Silver, (513) 861-9626,
Swarovski crystals: Fusion Beads, (206) 782-4595,
Vesuvianite: Dakota Enterprises, (612) 298-7371,
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April/May 2004
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