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Circular Brick Stitch Earrings Jewelry Making Tutorial Designed by Sky Aldovino

Reviewed by XQ Designs

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Descriptions:

Circular brick stitch is a fun and exciting beadweaving technique. You can come up with different designs and incorporate it with other beadweaving techniques. In this tutorial, we will teach you the basics of the circular brick stitch using a ring or earring frame, weaving back and forth while you make a pair of earrings. The tutorial will also give you tips on how to come down a step/bead, or 2 steps down, or more to create a variation of the circular brick stitch. The tutorial is suited for intermediate to advance level, but confident beadweavers will also be able to follow through the pictoral step by step instructions. In case you don’t have a similar earring hoops used to create the Brick Stitch Earring, you will find a simple tutorial at Appendix 1.

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Materials required Tools Needed

4 different colors of seed beads 2 ear wires

Beading thread 2 circular earring hoop/frame with a bail

• Scissors • Flat nose pliers (optional) • Beading needle

Step 1: Cut at least an arm span to 75 inches of thread. Tie a

knot twice onto the earring hoop, leaving about 6 inches

tail.


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Step 2: 1st layer of brick stitches Slide in 2 seed beads.

Step 3: Bring your thread under and around the earring hoop

like shown in arrow, wrapping the earring hoop.


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Step 4: Pull the thread and as you pull insert the thread back

thru the 2nd seed bead shown in arrow.

Step 5: Pull your thread. You’ll have the seed beads lying on top of the earring hoop.


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Step 6: Slide in 1 seed bead then bring your thread under and

around the earring hoop, like you did in Step 3,

wrapping the earring hoop and going back thru the

same seed bead you just added.

Step 7: Pull your thread.


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Step 8: Repeat Step 6 until you reach the other side of the

earring hoop.

Step 9: 2nd Layer of brick stitches Flip your earring so that you have the needle on your

right side again then slide in 2 seed beads


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Step 10: Bring your thread under the bridge or thread, shown in

arrow, connecting the 2nd & 3rd seed beads.

Step 11: Continue to insert the thread into the 2nd seed bead you

just added shown arrow.


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Step 12: Pull the thread and you’ll have 2 seed beads lying on top

of the 1st layer of seed beads Slide in 1 seed bead.

Step 13: Then insert the thread under the bridge or thread

connecting the 3rd & 4th seed beads. Then continuously

insert the thread into the same seed bead you just

added and pull the thread.


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Step 14: Repeat Steps 12 & 13 until you reach the other side of

the earring hoop and done with your 2nd layer of brick

stitches.


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Step 15: 3rd Layer of brick stitches Repeat Steps 9 to 14 and create your 3rd layer of brick

stitches.

Step 16: Stepping 2 seed beads down We are now stepping 2 seed beads down to create the

4th layer.

Coming out of the very last yellow seed bead shown in

white arrow, going inward the earring hoop insert the

thread back thru the next yellow seed bead shown in

black arrow.


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Step 17: Still going inward the earring hoop, continue to insert

the thread into the 3rd white seed bead from the 2nd

layer.

Step 18: This time going outward the earring hoop, insert the

thread into the 2nd white seed bead from the 2nd layer.


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Step 19: Lastly, insert the thread into the 2nd yellow seed bead

then pull the thread.

Note:

If you want to come down a step, or 2 steps down, or

more, your thread should come out the corresponding

number of steps and beads.

Your thread should be coming out of the 2nd yellow seed

bead, in preparation for the 4th layer.


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Step 20: 4th Layer of brick stitches

Repeat Steps 9 to 14.


Repeat Steps 16 to 19 of stepping 2 seed beads down

then repeat Steps 9 to 14 to weave the 5th layer of brick

stitches.


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Repeat Steps 16 to 19 of stepping 2 seed beads down

then repeat Steps 9 to 14 to weave the 6th layer of brick

stitches.


For the final layer, repeat Steps 16 to 19 of stepping 2

seed beads down then repeat Steps 9 to 14 to weave

the 7th layer of brick stitches.


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Step 24: Weaving the picot edges Coming out of the very last yellow seed bead, slide in 3

white seed beads and insert the thread back thru the

next yellow seed bead.

Step 25: Pull the thread and you should have a picot edge.


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Step 26: Continue to insert the thread into the next yellow seed

bead.

Step 27: Slide in 3 white seed beads and insert the thread into

the next yellow seed bead.


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Step 28: Pull the thread. Repeat Step 26 & 27 until you reach the

very last yellow seed bead.

Step 29: To finish off the thread, go back thru the seed beads, tie

a knot and go back thru again several seed beads. Make

your final knot and then cut off excess thread. Do the

same for the tail end you left at the start then attach

your ear wire.


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You have completed the Circular Brick Stitch Earrings.

Hope you like it!

If you have any query or feedback for the tutorial,

please contact me at [email protected].

Please do not distribute, lend or copy.

Do not mass produce.

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APPENDIX 1

Earring Hoops with a Bail Wire Jewelry Making Tutorial

Descriptions:

This is a simple tutorial that will show you the steps how to create the earring hoops, similar to the earring hoops that was used in creating the Brick Stitch Earrings.


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Materials required Tools Needed

20 ga copper wire

• Round nose pliers • Wire Cutter

Step 1: Depending how big you want your earring hoops will be,

cut a 20ga wire and using your nose pliers make a loop

at one end.


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Step 2: Using a round object, a mandrel or a spool shape the

wire into a circle.

Step 3: Then wrap the wire just below the loop.


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Step 4: Cut off excess wire and you're done! You now have your

earring hoops with a bail.


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