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    February's birthstone is amethyst. Amethyst comes in varied shades of purple from light lavender to deep violet. Its beautiful hues and moderate cost make it an easy choice for jewelry like the described necklace and earrings projects. The necklace uses amethyst beads in different shapes strung on beading wire to create a patterned look. The earrings project strings amethyst beads and spacers on head pins and eye pins with small chain accents and cone beads.

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    February's birthstone is amethyst. Amethyst comes in varied shades of purple from light lavender to deep violet. Its beautiful hues and moderate cost make it an easy choice for jewelry like the described necklace and earrings projects. The necklace uses amethyst beads in different shapes strung on beading wire to create a patterned look. The earrings project strings amethyst beads and spacers on head pins and eye pins with small chain accents and cone beads.

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    February's birthstone is amethyst. Amethyst comes in varied shades of purple from light lavender to deep violet. Its beautiful hues and moderate cost make it an easy choice for jewelry like the described necklace and earrings projects. The necklace uses amethyst beads in different shapes strung on beading wire to create a patterned look. The earrings project strings amethyst beads and spacers on head pins and eye pins with small chain accents and cone beads.

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    February's birthstone is amethyst. Amethyst comes in varied shades of purple from light lavender to deep violet. Its beautiful hues and moderate cost make it an easy choice for jewelry like the described necklace and earrings projects. The necklace uses amethyst beads in different shapes strung on beading wire to create a patterned look. The earrings project strings amethyst beads and spacers on head pins and eye pins with small chain accents and cone beads.

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    BirthStones

    February:

    Amethyst
    If you celebrate a February birthday
    and are passionate about purple,
    consider yourself lucky amethyst
    is Februarys birthstone. From lucid
    lavender to vivid violet, amethysts
    colorations are varied. Take advantage
    of the gemstones breathtaking hues
    and moderate cost, and make an easyto-string necklace. Proclaim the
    power of purple. Paulette Biedenbender

    A
    necklace 1. Determine the finished length of your
    necklace. (Mine is 17 in./43cm.) Add 6 in. (15cm) and
    cut a piece of beading wire to that length.
    String a bead cap, the focal bead, and a bead cap
    and center the beads on the wire.

    B
    2. On each side of the focal bead, string a rondelle,
    a spacer, a rondelle, and a round. Repeat this
    pattern until the necklace is within 1 in. (2.5cm) of
    the desired length.
    BEADSTYLE MARCH 2005

    BirthStones

    C
    3. On each end, string a
    2mm round spacer, a crimp
    bead, a spacer, and half the
    clasp. Go back through the
    beads just strung, tighten
    the wire, and check the fit.
    Add or remove an equal
    number of beads from
    each end if necessary.
    Crimp the crimp beads
    (Basic Techniques) and trim
    the excess wire.

    earrings 1. String a 4mm


    round and a 2 x 4mm spacer
    on a head pin. Make a plain
    loop (Basic Techniques)
    above the spacer. Make
    two more dangles.

    2. Cut pieces of chain in the


    following lengths: 118 in.
    (2.9cm), 114 in. (3.2cm), and
    112 in. (3.8cm). Open the
    loop (Basic Techniques) on
    an eye pin and attach the
    chain segments, beginning
    with the longest. Close
    the loop.

    3. String a cone on the


    eye pin, covering the
    uppermost portion of the
    chain. String a 3mm round
    bead and make a wrapped
    loop (Basic Techniques)
    above the bead.

    SupplyList
    necklace
    faceted amethyst focal
    bead, approx. 16 x 20mm
    (Eclectica, 262-641-0910)
    16-in. (41cm) strand
    6 x 9mm faceted
    amethyst rondelles
    16-in. strand 4mm
    amethyst rounds
    18-22 2 x 4mm spacers
    2 7mm bead caps
    4 2mm round spacer
    beads
    flexible beading wire,
    .014 or .015
    2 crimp beads
    toggle clasp
    chainnose or crimping pliers
    diagonal wire cutters

    BEADSTYLE MARCH 2005

    earrings
    6 4mm amethyst rounds
    2 3mm round spacer
    beads
    6 2 x 4mm spacers
    2 4 x 12mm cones
    8 in. (20cm) fine-gauge
    cable chain
    6 112-in. (3.8cm)
    24-gauge head pins
    2 2-in. (5cm) 22-gauge
    eye pins
    pair of earring wires
    chainnose and
    roundnose pliers
    diagonal wire cutters

    4. Open the loop on a


    dangle and attach it to the
    end link of a chain segment.
    Close the loop. Repeat on
    each chain segment with the
    remaining dangles.

    5. Open the loop on an


    earring wire and attach the
    wrapped loop. Make a
    second earring to match
    the first.

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