DragonStone Bracelet
Free Jewelry Making Pattern

By Kim Connors - www.Bead3.com

DragonStone Bracelet Free Beaded Jewelry Making Pattern

Materials
1 – Antique Silver-Plated 12x6mm Lobster Clasp
1 – Antique Silver-Plated Head Pin
9 – Antique Silver-Plated Eye Pins
14 - Silver-Plated 19mm Gauge 5mm Jump Rings
2 - Antique Silver-Plated 3x10mm 5 - Petal Bead Caps 
2 - Antique Silver-Plated 8x5mm Corrugated Bicone Metal Beads
6 - Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone Metal Beads
5 - Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Glass Crystal Rondelles
1 – Fire Agate 12mm Semiprecious Rounds
2 – Fire Agate 13x18mm Semiprecious Ovals

Some Illustration Colors vary from Actual Stone Colors.

Step One – Create Drop and Links

DRSTB1Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle Drop (1) - Add 1 – Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Glass Crystal Rondelle to a head pin.  Create a loop above the Rondelle.  Make a 90° bend in head pin above the Rondelle.  Using round nose pliers (or any pliers you have) hold the head pin near the angle and bend it around the pliers to make a loop.  Wrap down around head pin creating as many coils as you can.  Trim any extra.  

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Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle Link (2) - Add 1 – Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Glass Crystal  Rondelle to an Eye Pin. Create a 90º angle in the Eye Pin above the last bead you added.  Using a pair of round nose pliers hold the Eye Pin in the angle you created and wrap the eye pin around the pliers creating a loop.  Trim the excess eye pin next to the 90º angle you first created making a matching loop in the eye pin. Repeat 1 time.

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Antique Silver-Plated 8x5mm Corrugated Bicone Link (2) - Add 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 8x5mm Corrugated Bicone Metal Bead to an Eye Pin. Create a 90º angle in the Eye Pin above the last bead you added.  Using a pair of round nose pliers hold the Eye Pin in the angle you created and wrap the eye pin around the pliers creating a loop.  Trim the excess eye pin next to the 90º angle you first created making a matching loop in the eye pin. Repeat 1 time.


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Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle and Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone Link (2) - Add 1 - Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone, 1 – Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Glass Crystal Rondelle, and 1 - Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone  to an Eye Pin. Create a 90º angle in the Eye Pin above the last bead you added.  Using a pair of round nose pliers hold the Eye Pin in the angle you created and wrap the eye pin around the pliers creating a loop.  Trim the excess eye pin next to the 90º angle you first created making a matching loop in the eye pin. Repeat 1 time.


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Fire Agate 13x18mm Semiprecious Oval Link (2) - Add 1 – Fire Agate 13x18mm Semiprcious Oval to an Eye Pin. Create a 90º angle in the Eye Pin above the last bead you added.  Using a pair of round nose pliers hold the Eye Pin in the angle you created and wrap the eye pin around the pliers creating a loop.  Trim the excess eye pin next to the 90º angle you first created making a matching loop in the eye pin. Repeat 1 time.



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Fire Agate 12mm Semiprecious Round Link (1) - Add 1 - Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone Metal Bead, 1 - Antique Silver-Plated 3x10mm 5 - Petal Bead Cap, 1 - Fire Agate 12mm Semiprecious Round, 1 - Antique Silver-Plated 3x10mm 5 - Petal Bead Cap, and 1 - Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone Metal Bead to an Eye Pin. Create a 90º angle in the Eye Pin above the last bead you added.  Using a pair of round nose pliers hold the Eye Pin in the angle you created and wrap the eye pin around the pliers creating a loop.  Trim the excess eye pin next to the 90º angle you first created making a matching loop in the eye pin. 


Step Two - Assemble Bracelet

1. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the loop of the lobster clasp and the loop of 1 -Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle Link.  Close the jump ring.

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2. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the other loop of the Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle Link from Step 1 and the loop of 1 - Antique Silver-Plated 8x5mm Corrugated Bicone Link.  Close the jump ring.  

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3. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the other loop of the Antique Silver-Plated 8x5mm Corrugated Bicone Link from Step 2 and the loop of 1 - Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle and Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone Link.  Close the jump ring.  

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4. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the other loop of the Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle and Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone Link you added in Step 3 and the loop of 1 – Fire Agate 13x18mm Semirprecious Oval Link.  Close the jump ring.  

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5. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the other loop of the Fire Agate 13x18mm Semirprecious Oval Link from Step 4 and the loop of 1 - Fire Agate 12mm Semiprecious Round Link.  Close the jump ring.  

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6. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the other loop of the Fire Agate 12mm Semiprecious Round Link from Step 5 and the loop of 1 – Fire Agate 13x18mm Semirprecious Oval Link.  Close the jump ring.  

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7. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the other loop of the Fire Agate 13x18mm Semirprecious Oval Link from Step 6 and the loop of 1 – Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle and Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone Link.  Close the jump ring.  

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8. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the other loop of the Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle and Antique Silver-Plated 4mm Corrugated Bicone Link from in Step 7 and the loop of 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 8x5mm Corrugated Bicone Link.  Close the jump ring.  

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9. Open 1 – Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the other loop of the Antique Silver-Plated 8x5mm Corrugated Bicone Link you added in Step 8 and the loop of 1 - Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle Link.  Close the jump ring.  

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10.  Open 1 -  Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring and add the other loop of the Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle Link from Step 9.  Close the jump ring.

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11. Open 1 -  Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring and add the 5mm jump ring from Step 10.  Close the jump ring.

12. Open 1 -  Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring and add the 5mm jump ring from Step 11.  Close the jump ring.

13. Open 1 -  Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring and add the 5mm jump ring from Step 12.  Close the jump ring.

14. Open 1 -  Antique Silver-Plated 5mm Jump Ring; add the 5mm jump ring from Step 13 and the loop of the Red Topaz AB 6x4mm Crystal Rondelle Drop.  Close the jump ring.

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You are done!!   These instructions make a bracelet that is adjustable up to 8 1/2 inches long.  If you would like a shorter bracelet you can remove the first and last Links.  

We hope you enjoyed this beading project!  For more beads and supplies please shop on our website at www.Bead3.com.

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