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Colourful beaded charm watch PDF Print E-mail

Use our free beading pattern to make this beautiful watch with coloured beads and charms.

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Step by step guide for making a colourful beaded charm watch.

You will need:

·        Chain of desired thickness

·        Fob clasp

·        Charms

·        Hollow beads or spacer beads

·        Colourful beads (green memory beads used here)

·        Jump rings

·        Head pins

 

·        Round nose pliers

·        Flat nose pliers

·        Wire cutters

 

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Step 1:

 

Cut the chain into the desired lengths. Take into account the size will increase slightly due to clasp being added.

 

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Step 2:

 

Attach the clasp to the chain using a jump ring.

 

To open a jump ring place round nose pliers inside and gently open. To close, place flat nose pliers on outside and gently close.

 

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Step 3:

 

Lay the chain out straight. Calculate where you would like to place your charms and spacer beads. In this example each is placed alternatively every 2 links in the chain.

 

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Step 4:

 

Attach the charms using a jump ring, to the chosen link in the chain. Here it is done every 8th link.

 

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Step 5:

 

Place a spacer bead onto a head pin. Cut the head pin using wire cutters about 1cm above the bead.

 

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 Bend the head pin around using round nose pliers to create a loop above the bead.

 

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Step 6:

 

Attach the hollow beads to a jump ring and attach the jump ring to the chain. Here it is done every 4th link from the charms.

 

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Step 7:

 

Place the coloured beads onto the head pins. Cut the head pins about 1cm above the beads. Loop the head pins as done in step 5.

 

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Step 8:

 

Place your beads onto your chain. Here they are placed every 2 links.

 

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Step 9:

 

Attach a split ring to the loop on the watch face. Attach this to any free or desired link in your chain.

 

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Step 10:

 

Wear with pride and enjoy.

 

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Congrats!!

You have successfully completed a colourful beaded charm watch.

 
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