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Make the Bottom of the Pendant

Make a Seed Bead and Crystal Pendant

Make a Seed Bead and Crystal Pendant

Tammy Powley
NOTE: Now the procedure for making this making this pendant varies a little since all crystals aren't exactly the same size. You basically have to continue doing step 5 to cover the bottom part of the crystal. However, once you get near the end of the crystal, you’ll need to make the circle of beads smaller. I did this simply by skipping a bead or two while doing brick. For most of my crystals, I just had to skip one bead per row, but this will depend on the size of your crystal and if it tends to taper at the bottom (which some do).

6. Once you get near the end of your crystal, skip one or two beads in each row of the brick stitch as explained in the note above. The rows should get smaller and smaller.

7. Eventually, your rows should get tiny and consist of only a few beads at the very bottom of the crystal. Go through the last circle at the bottom a few times to reinforce the bottom.

8. Now bring your needle out through a bead at the bottom of the crystal.

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