Deborah Roberti designs beading patterns. Her website offers some free and some bead patterns available for purchase. I highly recommend her bead patterns, not only are they extremely affordable and easy to follow, but they are very versatile as well. This category highlights some of the possible variations of her Ellipse Bands and Super Sized Bands patterns. The Ellipse pattern is available for sale on Deb's website. Click here to purchase the Ellipse Bands pattern. You can also visit her website, www.aroundthebeadingtable.com or her Etsy store byclicking here.
Ellipse Band MATERIALS (for a 7-inch clasp)
7 yards Bead Thread of Choice Approximately 180 Size 15/0 Seed Beads Approximately 325 Miyuki 11/0 Rocaille Beads, Color 1 Approximately 150 Miyuki 11/0 Rocaille Beads, Color 2 37 size 3mm Fire-Polished or Round Beads 74 Full Sized Tila Beads Clasp of Choice
Ellipse Band Variation MATERIALS (for a 7-inch clasp)
7 yards Bead Thread of Choice Approximately 180 Size 15/0 Seed Beads Approximately 325 Miyuki 11/0 Rocaille Beads, Color 1 Approximately 150 Miyuki 11/0 Rocaille Beads, Color 2 37 size 3mm Fire-Polished or Round Beads 74 Full Sized Tila Beads Clasp of Choice
Ellipse Super-Sized Band MATERIALS (for a 7-inch clasp)
6 yards 8lb Bead Thread of Choice Approximately 150 Size 11/0 Seed Beads Approximately 250 Miyuki 8/0 Rocaille Beads, Color 1 Approximately 120 Miyuki 8/0 Rocaille Beads, Color 2 27 size 4mm Fire-Polished or Round Beads 74 Full Sized Tila Beads Clasp of Choice
Below are the components used in this design example. If you would like to make this version yourself, you will need to calculate the quantities of each item to purchase, depending on the length of bracelet you wish to make, if you want matching earrings, etc.
