Denim Cubed Bracelet - DIY Jewelry Making Tutorial by PotomacBeads

Hello everyone, I'm Chris and in this video we're going to learn how to make the Denim Cubed Bracelet. The beads we're using for this are part of a curated collection called Denim Casual. If you're interested in seeing the whole collection there will be a link below or you may search for Denim Casual on PotomacBeads.com. So what we're going to use is four millimeter round blue crazy lace gemstones, 1.8 millimeter cube beads in matte metallic blue green iris, 15 oh silver Labrador full seed beads, and then to that we'll add our thread which I'm using size 6 in the green with size 11 needle, and some wire guards, jump rings, and a clasp of your choosing. So we're going to start with putting a cube bead on our thread. We're going to use this as our stop bead and it will be part of our project. So to do that we'll go right back through that stop bead or that cube bead and I'm going to leave a couple inches on the end here. This is a bracelet where we'll work up one side and then we'll come back down the other side. So we'll use this tail thread to when we add our wire guard and then to tie it off. So we added that one cube bead and made it our stop bead. We're now going to add five cube beads. One, two, three, four, five. Push those down to that stop bead and then we're going to go back through beads three and four. We're going to count that stop bead. So we're going to take our thread and go back around beads three and four and it'll create this kind of box. So here's beads three and four. There's three. Grab four and then we'll scoot it down towards the initial two that we have on the bottom here. So see how we created this little cube? We're now going to pick up one 15O and then we're going to go down three of those cube beads, the ones that are in a row. So go down three of those. So we're coming out this third. That's our stop bead that we're going to use later. That's our third bead. Now we're going to pick up one of our four millimeter gemstones and we're going to go up these two cube beads off to the side here. And that's basically it for the one side that we're going to do. So the next one we will add four cube beads. One, two, three, four. We'll scoot those down. We'll then go back through the first two beads and create that little square again. Go through those first two beads. Create the little square. And you'll want to pull down that little cube so it's pick up our gemstone. And go up through those other two. So like I said, this creates one side of the bracelet. And it may start to curve on you a little bit. But once we put the other side down here, it will pull it back so it's pretty straight. So you're going to finish this to the length that you want. The demo piece here has 27 of the gemstones. And from wire guard to wire guard, it's six and a half inches. So that gives you an idea of how many you're going to need. 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So what I'm going to do is I'm coming out of this square cube right here, I'm going to go across and through the cube that has the 15-0 at the top and I'm going to go down one of those cubes just so that we can reverse direction here. So grab, go down the one cube next to it that's right on the top of the 4mm gemstone. So we go down through that cube and now we're facing the right direction. So I'm going to go through the gemstone in this direction and put a 15-0 in between each of these gemstones until we get to the end. So I'll go through the gemstone, we won't put a 15-0 in yet, and then I'm going to grab a 15-0 and then go into the next gemstone, pick up another 15-0, go through the next gemstone, pick up another 15-0, go through the next gemstone. So you'll continue that all the way down until you're coming out of the last gemstone. We won't add a 15-0 at this place. So once you're coming out of the last 4mm gemstone, we're now going to work our way back up the other side. So we're going to pick up six cube beads, three, four, five, six, and then like we did before, we're going to go through the third and fourth cube bead that we added to create that little square. There's the third and the fourth one, so we end up with our little square there. And then what we'll do is we'll pick up a 15-0 and we'll go up three of this line of four cube beads. So we put the 15-0 on, now we go up three of those cube beads, and then we go through the top of that gemstone and then go through the two cube beads. And we have our first little matching, I'll call them arms, I don't know, so a set of six cube beads here with this little 15-0. So now the next thing we're going to do is we're going to pick up four cube beads and then we're going to go back through the first and second cube bead that we added to create that little square. So we'll pick up four, one, two, three, four, and then we'll go through the first two that we just added, there we go, and then we scoot that close to what we have there. So we will pick up a 15-0, we'll go through three of these four cube beads, and then we'll go through the top of the four millimeter gemstone. Then we'll go through those two cube beads that are on the side there, and then we'll repeat. So we'll pick up four cube beads, one, two, three, four, and then we go back through the first two of those four cube beads that we added, we scoot it down, we pick up a 15-0, and we go through three of those four cube beads, and then we go down the top of the next four millimeter gemstone, and then through those two cube beads that are by themselves. Alright, and then you'll do the same thing all the way back up to the top. We'll add four cube beads, we'll make them into a square, add the 15-0, go back down three of those cube beads and through the top of the next gemstone, and then through the two that are hanging out there. So go ahead and finish the rest of the length of your bracelet. So I got all the way to the end, and then these last two cube beads, we're only going to go through the first one. I'm going to add another cube bead, go up through the wire guard, add another cube bead, and go down between those two on the other side. So pick up a cube bead, and the wire guard, and go down the wire guard, we'll pick up another cube bead, and then we're going to go between these two cube beads on this side, and I'm going to head towards this gemstone. So go through that one, heading towards the gemstone. And because this is a bracelet, I like to reinforce the wire guard here. So I'm going to go down through the gemstone, up these three cube beads, so go down the gemstone, not through the 15-0 on the other end, we'll go up these three, like we did prior, these three cube beads, we'll go over to the one cube bead of this pair, and then go up the one that we just added, through the wire guard, and down the one on the other side. So go through that one, up through the cube bead that we just added, up through the wire guard, and down through the wire guard, and through that other one that we just added. And then we'll do the same thing, we'll go through this one cube bead towards the gemstone. So we have our wire guard on at this end, and then what we'll do is we'll go down through the gemstones and that 15-0 in between, until we come to the second to the last gemstone. If you need to switch over to a size 12 needle to get through these 15-0s, go ahead and do that now. I've gone through the gemstones and the 15-0s, and I did go through this last 15-0 before the final 4mm gemstone. So now I'm going to come up through these two cube beads, cross over, and go down these four, so my thread's coming out the end. So I'll go up those two cube beads, and then I'll go down these four, there's two of them, and then the other two. So now I'll pick up my wire guard, and I'll go up the wire guard and down the wire guard, and then I'm going to go through these four cube beads over here, cross over to these two cube beads, get the tail thread out of there, pick up this wire guard, and go up the wire guard, and then down the wire guard, and then I'm going to go up these four beads on the other side, I'm going to go down these two beads, and like I did at the other end, I am going to reinforce it. So I'm coming out of this cube bead here, I'm now going to scoot over and go down these two cube beads, around the wire guard, and back up the other two on the other side. So I'm going to go up these two, go up the wire guard, down the wire guard, and go up these two. And then what I'm going to do is I'm going to continue up these two, go across, down these two, and I'm working my way towards the tail thread so that I can tie it off. My tail thread is over here, so I'm going to cut across, go up these two, down these four, and that's where my tail thread is. So I'll cut across, go up these two, down these four, and then I'm at my initial tail thread. So I'll tie that off in a knot, right over left, left over right, and then burn off the ends here, and then you can attach your clasp of choosing with the jump rings here. And then you have finished your bracelet. Thank you for watching this video of the Denim Cubed Bracelet, which was curated with beads from the Denim Casual Collection, which is listed below. I hope you post pictures on our Facebook page and join us for future videos.