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Cat's Eye & Casbah Bead Bracelet Project

This lovely bracelet is a great project for all skill levels! You'll need basic stringing skills, and a little wire wrapping to create the optional decorative drops on the clasp. You can review those techniques, here:

Parts Needed:

Casbah Beads in Silver or Gold
3mm x 6mm Donut Cat's Eye
Swarovski® 6mm Pearls
Swarovski® 6mm Bicones
Small Turkish Style Spacers in Silver or Gold
5mm Bali Style Spacers in Silver or Gold
2mm Round Beads in Silver or Gold
Medium Toggle (no wire wrapping required) OR
5mm Closed Ring in Silver or Gold AND
10mm Flat Lobster Clasp in Silver or Gold
1.5" Headpins in Silver or Gold
Crimp Beads in Silver or Gold
.018" Beading Wire in Bright or Bronze
OR

Bracelet Pattern

2mm Round
6mm Crystal
2mm Round
4.5mm Turkish Spacer
3mm x 6mm Cat's Eye Donut
5mm Bali Style Spacer
Casbah Bead
5mm Bali Style Spacer
3mm x 6mm Cat's Eye Donut
4.5mm Turkish Spacer
2mm Round
6mm Crystal
2mm Round
4.5mm Turkish Spacer
6mm Pearl
4.5mm Turkish Spacer
2mm Round
6mm Crystal
2mm Round

Continue as shown in the photo

Lengths and Colors Shown:

To help you design your bracelet - I've included a couple different color combinations, and where to start to the pattern to achieve three different lengths, depending on your size requirements.

Green Turmaline Bicones
Light Green Donuts
Cream Pearls
Antique Silver & Sterling Metals

As pictured, this bracelet measures 7" long, not including the decorative drops.

Ruby Bicones
Pink Donuts
Rosaline Rose Pearls
Antique Silver & Sterling Metals

As pictured, this bracelet measures 7 1/2" long, not including the decorative drops.

Dark Sapphire Bicones
Sapphire Donuts
Cream Pearls
Antique Silver & Sterling Metals

As pictured, this bracelet measures 7 1/2" long, not including the decorative drops.

Purple Velvet Bicones
Light Violet Donuts
Creme Rose Pearls
Antique Silver & Sterling Metals

As pictured, this bracelet measures 8 1/4" long, not including the decorative drops.

The jewelry you make from this design is yours do with as you please. You may make it as often as you like without any restrictions. For example, you can make this jewelry for yourself, for friends, or to sell. I do not require that you give credit to me for the design.

While I assert no rights over the finished jewelry, the photography/images and text on this page are copyrighted as follows:

Copyright 2007 by Erin Weik. Licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution-No Derivs version 2.5. You are free to copy, distribute and display this work for commercial and non-commercial use. You must attribute this work to Erin Weik and www.123bead.com. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder. For the long version of this license, please see:
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