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Free Beading Instructions: Helixa Necklace and the Russian spiral technique

September 24, 2010, 17:00 pm  Posted by Nathalie Mornu
 

As this week’s beading bonus, I selected the Helixa Necklace from Sarah McConnell’s One Big Beautiful Bead. I just love the elegant rope made with a Russian spiral technique–it’s something I’d like to try my hand at.

If this is something you’ve been wanting to learn, too, click right here for the free instructions as a PDF.

The Helixa Necklace by Sarah McConnell, from One Big Beautiful Bead

 
 
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  • Canarytv2

    No directions tried 5 times nada

  • Ray Hemachandra

    Hi Canarytv2:

    Get the directions here:
    http://www.larkcrafts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Helixa-Necklace1.pdf

    I’ll try to make the links clearer.

    Thanks very much! Ray

  • Canarytv2

    Hey thanks it worked this time

  • Cross

    I love Russian Spiral, and i love the idea of incorporating it with a single glorious focal bead! thanks for the inspiration.

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  • Rhonda Kaya

    It is a beautiful way to frame the focal–the colors of the spiral pick up the colors of the bead…yum!

  • D’Marie Designs

    Thank you so much for sharing ideas and patterns!! <3

  • catwoman62

    Thanks for free download ! I don’t know any of the techniques required for this kind of beading and yet I have tons of seed beads… have always used them for spacers… I gots LOTS to learn yet….