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Free - Vintage Style - All Wire Earring Pattern
Category:
JewelryType:
EarringsSkill Level:
Beginner
Basic Skills Necessary:
- basic wire handling skills such as cleaning and straightening wire, and completing a basic binding wrap.If you need more experience with these skills, please see Back to the Beginning Bracelet Tutorialhttp://www.craftsy.com/pattern/jewelry/Bracelet/Back-to-the-Beginning----Bracelet/20367
Pattern Description:
I love these earrings. The style is vintage inspired, and can be made to accent that look even further. I hope you enjoy them, and that the design inspires you......
***07/2012
This is the first tutorial I published back in late 2007. I started to retire it, and changed my mind.
I've updated it to include metric measurements; removed some broken links and added new ones; made some cosmetic tweaks; and oh yes, and changed it to ?FREE.?:))
wrap happy,
Bobbi
Materials:
- Minimum 61" 21 gauge square wire. (And 4" 20g round wire if you plan to make your own ear wires). I used Gold Filled in the tutorial, but Sterling and copper will work just as nice. If you use Sterling, you might want to use Silver Black or LOS, to oxidize your earrings, to add to the vintage style.
- Wire cutters, flat-nose pliers, round-nose pliers, ruler, marker (sharpie), pin-vise, pen knife, masking or quilters' tape, and a short piece of dowel, to bend your wire on. Optional : The quick and easy Earring Thing, from a wonderful Etsy Shop - GlitterCritter - http://glittercritter.etsy.com Lilly's Bead Box, also an Etsy shop htt;//lillysbeadbox.etsy.com, carries the Silver Black I mentioned.
Free - Vintage Style - All Wire Earring Pattern
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About the Designer
My name is Bobbi, and I am a full blown wire junkie. There I said it :), though I have no intention of looking for a 12-step program to "cure" my addiction. lol It is an almost all consuming obsession. I keep a sketch book with me all the time, and drive friends nuts - Very often I'll be in the middle of a sentence, when an idea pops in my head, and I immediately scramble for my book to jot it ...
My name is Bobbi, and I am a full blown wire junkie. There I said it :), though I have no intention of looking for a 12-step program to "cure" my addiction. lol It is an almost all consuming obsession. I keep a sketch book with me all the time, and drive friends nuts - Very often I'll be in the middle of a sentence, when an idea pops in my head, and I immediately scramble for my book to jot it down, or start picking up materials to work it out before the idea falls out of my head. I have even pulled out of traffic, cutting off a police officer in the process to write down my thoughts. I was so intent on my thoughts, I didn't realize I was holding up a "wait a minute finger" to that same police officer. When I finally looked up, explained what I was doing, and showed him my book, he could only shake his head, and warn me drive more carefully.
I have been creating wire wrapped jewelry for almost 25 years, and have been teaching wire wrapping professionally for more than 10 years. New designs I test on myself (and willing guinea pigs, err umm friends) for wearablity and durability. On average, I make tutorial designs roughly 15 to 30 times (honestly - not an exaggeration!) before I write a tutorial to make sure it is easily repeatable, and not just a happy fluke. Bet I could give Zales a run for it's money on ring stock alone :))
Sometimes I miss the normal perks that come with a 'regular job' - you know - vacations, sick days, dental - but only sometimes. When I start to miss them, I just remind myself of the really great perks I do have - like making my own hours, playing with pretty shiny things all day, and working in my jammies if I want too :D
Wrap happy,
Bobbi
http://www.Imaginations-Jewelry.com
http://www.MyWiredImagination.Etsy.com
~~~We all die. "The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. ~Chuck Palahniuk
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