Genay

Turquoise Brick Stitch Flower Tassel Earrings

Skill LevelBeginner

TechniqueSeed-Beading

Time4-6 Hours

Approximate Size2 1/2 Inches

I love adding tassels to earrings because they have such fun movement! author signature

There are so many ways to incorporate cute little brick stitch patterns into your jewelry designs. With our findings kit, you will have the perfect components to easily add your next brick stitch piece to fun jewelry like these earrings. Cheri made these earrings with the findings kit, and she had plenty of findings left over to make other fun looks. Take a look at the related tutorials below to see what else she made and make sure to watch this Artbeads Cafe episode to learn more about the findings kit.

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Create your brick stitch flower focal using the PDF Diagram below. You will be increasing and decreasing the stitch throughout the rows. Start with a ladder stitch near the bottom of the shape (row 1 on the PDF Diagram) and work your way up. The row numbers and arrows on the diagram indicate which direction you are stitching for each row. Then, weave your thread (or use your tail) back to row 1 and add rows 13-15 (if you have your PDF Diagram printed out, turn it upside down once you're ready to work on these rows).

Brick Stitch Diagram
Basic Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Decreasing and Increasing Brick Stitch Text Tutorial
Brick Stitch Video Tutorial
Genay Earrings PDF Diagram

Once your brick stitch shape is stitched, make sure the thread is coming out of one of the beads in row 15 and add a gold seed bead. Remove the jump ring from a 1-inch turquoise tassel. Bring your thread through the opening of the tassel where the jump ring used to be. Bring your thread back up through the gold seed bead and through the other bead in row 15, as shown in the PDF Diagram. Go back through the gold bead and the tassel several times to strengthen.

Genay Earrings PDF Diagram

Position your thread so that it is coming out of one of the beads at the top of your brick stitch shape in row 12. Loop the thread around a jump ring from the findings kit and back through the same seed bead in the row, as shown in the PDF Diagram. Bring your thread up through the next bead in the row. Loop around the jump ring again and go back down through the same bead. Loop around the jump ring in this manner several times to strengthen. Then, finish and secure your threads.

Genay Earrings PDF Diagram
Bead Weaving Basics: Starting, Ending, and Adding Thread

Open the loop of an earwire from the findings kit and attach to the jump ring at the top of your brick stitch shape. Close the loop.

Repeat these steps to make the other earring.

List of Components
Artbeads Assorted Brick Stitch (And More) Findings Kit (JEWELRYKIT-0001, qty 1)
1-Inch Turquoise Tassel with Ring (10pc pack) (FIND-2444, qty 1)
TOHO Aiko 11/0 Opaque Matte Lt Beige Rainbow Precision Cylinder Seed Beads, 4g Pack (AIKO-409F, qty 1)
TOHO Aiko 11/0 Opaque Turquoise Luster Precision Cylinder Seed Beads, 4g Pack (AIKO-132, qty 1)
TOHO Aiko 11/0 24K Gold Plate Precision Cylinder Seed Beads, 4g Pack (AIKO-712, qty 1)
TOHO Aiko 11/0 Fiber-Optic Marine Blue Precision Cylinder Seed Beads, 4g Pack (AIKO-1523, qty 1)

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Nice choice! All or most of the products needed for this project are shown below with quantities. Sometimes we sell out of components and aren’t able to order more from the manufacturer (we know, it is very disappointing to us, too). Use the opportunity to mix up the design and make it yours by substituting similar products or altering the entire color scheme—it’s up to you!