Fall, 2025, Emeritus Jewelry Class

Materials Needed:
3 ½ coils bracelet-size memory wire
About 21" of asst. beads
Notes about beads: Don’t use long, tubular or oval beads because they won’t go around the curve of the wire. Also, avoid too many heavy beads.
Tools Needed:
Memory wire cutter
Round-nose pliers

Craft Wire Projects #18 & 19: Wire Looping for Earrings, Necklaces and Bracelets on Head-pins & Wire

 

Week 5, 10/2/25, NO CLASS/YOM KIPPUR

Week 6, 10/9/25, CORD PROJECTS 

Tools Needed for this week's projects

Tools Needed

Scissors

Ruler

Cigarette Lighter
Round-nose pliers
Knotting Tweezers
Chain-nose pliers

Cord Project #522, Many-Strand Knotted Bracelet with Sliding Closure

 

Materials Needed

20 feet of .7mm. waxed polyester cord

About 120 Size 8 seed beads (8/0)

 

Cord Projects #9 & #12: Plain or Knotted Necklace on Bead Cord, w/Bead Tips
AND
Cord Project #13: Floating-Design Knotted Necklace on Bead Cord, w/Bead Tips

 

Materials Needed
(300-400) 18-gauge jump rings with 3.5mm. inner diameter (Susan’ #36)
(24”) of 1.5mm or 2mm round leather cord
2 Foldover crimps
2-4 small, heavy jump rings (Susan’s #14)
Clasp set
If adding beads:
7-15 head pins
7-17 approx. 6mm. beads

Chain Maille Project #55: 3-in-3 Chain Maille Bracelet 

 

Week 8, 10/23/25, Bead Weaving Project #524) Bead-Framed Flowers Bracelet

 

   

 

Week 9, 10/30/25, Craft Wire project #93, Wire-Beaded Flowers Necklace & Earrings

 

   

Materials Needed for 18” Necklace (8 Wire-Beaded Flower Segments, plus nine 3-bead segments of

plain, wire-wrapped beads & two 1-bead segments of wire-wrapped beads)

(66) 4mm. round or faceted beads, Color A (48 for flower petals & 18 for sides of the 3-bead, wire-wrapped segments)

(16) 4mm. round or faceted beads, or bicones, Color B (for top & bottom of flower segments)

(10) 6mm. round or faceted beads, Color C (8 for centers & 2 for 1-bead, wire-wrapped segments at ends of necklace)

(9) 8mm. round or faceted beads, Color C (centers of 3-bead, wire-wrapped segments)

4 yards of 26-gauge craft wire

1 clasp set

 

Materials Needed for Earrings (2 Wire-Beaded Flower Segments, plus 2 headpin dangles)

(12) 4mm. round or faceted beads, Color A (for flower petals)

(6) 4mm. round or faceted beads, or bicones, Color B (4 for tops bottoms of flower segments & 2 for dangles)

(2) 6mm. round or faceted beads, Color C (flower centers)

20” of 26-gauge craft wire

2 head pins

1 pair earring wires

 

Tools Needed

Round-nose pliers

Chain-nose pliers

Wire side cutters

 

Week 10, 11/6/25, Cord Project #519, Beaded Flowers Kumihimo

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9yYlsGjlWA

 Materials Needed

20 feet of #18 Superlon cord (TEX 210)

282 Size 6 seed beads – 140 Color A & 140 color B

32” of 28-gauge wire (to make needles)

12” of 24-gauge wire

Pair of large end caps (43-900)

Toggle clasp

 

Tools Needed

Scissors

Ruler

Wire flush cutters

8 flexible bobbins

1 oz. fishing weight

Large safety pin

Kumihimo disk

Chain-nose pliers

Round-nose pliers

 

Cord Project #191, Kumihimo Bracelet with Seed Beads

Materials Needed

20 feet of #18 Superlon cord (TEX 210)

282 Size 6 seed beads – 5 colors

32” of 28-gauge wire (to make needles)

12” of 24-gauge wire

Pair of large end caps (43-900)

Toggle clasp

 

Tools Needed

Scissors

Ruler

Wire flush cutters

8 flexible bobbins

1 oz. fishing weight

Large safety pin

Kumihimo disk

Chain-nose pliers

Round-nose pliers

 

 

Week 11, 11/13/25, Craft Wire Project #171, Bracelet: WIRE BRAIDING or WEAVING with Sets of 2 Wires

 

Materials Needed

3” of tape

14 ft. of 20-gauge, dead-soft craft wire, cut into twelve 13” pieces

& one 12” piece

4” of 18-gauge craft wire

18” of 24-gauge craft wire

 

Tools Needed

Spring Clamp                                   Wire flush cutters

Nylon Jaw pliers                              Ruler

Round-nose pliers                            Chain-nose pliers

Hammer & Steel Bench Block or Anvil

 

 

 

Week 12, 11/20/25, Bead Weaving Project #485, Half Tila Architectural Bracelet

Materials Needed
About 100 Half Tila Beads
2 yards of Size D beading thread: Superlon, Fireline, etc.
Clasp set
2 jump rings: 18 ga, 4.2mm inner diameter (Susan’s #36 rings)
Tools Needed
#10 beading needle
Scissors
2 pairs of chain-nose pliers

 

WEEK 13, 11/27/25, NO CLASS/THANKSGIVING

 

 

Week 14, 12/4/25, Macrame Project #515, Triple Macrame Bracelet w/sliding macrame

Materials Needed
6 yards of .7mm. Waxed Polyester Cord
Round beads w/holes large enough

     to fit 1 strand of cord

2 smaller beads with holes exactly large enough

     to fit 1 strand of cord
4” of tape

Tools Needed
Ruler 
Scissors
Macrame Board

(3 or 4) T-Pins
Cigarette lighter
Knotting tweezers (optional) 

 

Week 15, 12/11/25, Chain Maille Project # 517, Sheet Metal & European 4-in-1 Chain Maille Earrings

Materials Needed

24-gauge sheet metal or 2 pre-made shapes

1 pair earring wires

22-gauge wire

Small jump rings (size tbd)

Small beads (optional

Head pins (optional)

 

Tools Needed

Metal shears

Ball peen or other texturizing hammer

Steel bench block

2 pairs chain-nose pliers

Dapping block

Round-nose pliers

Wire flush cutters

Metal file

Ruler

Extra-fine tip black Sharpie

Metal hole punch

 

 

Week 16, 12/18/25, Holiday Party at Susan’s House, address to be announced later

 

 

 

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