Making An Epic Beaded Necklace // Goth Queen Collar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2023
- You asked for it, so I simply had to learn how to make one! This epic beaded necklace was all the rage in 1998 I expect, and I have had my original one for nearly that long. I found it forgotten in an old little box, was excited to wear it, and now I have another one that's brand new and slightly more green!
The Preciosa pattern: i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/70/...
My pattern on pinterest: / 460563499407370101
Close up photos of my necklace: theclosethistorian.blogspot.c...
To make:
Czech glass fire polished beads: 200 size 3mm, 300 size 4mm, 80 size 5mm, 75 size 6mm, 6+ size 8mm, I used 43 teardrops (5x7))
Size 11 seed beads, size 10 beading needles, nylon beading thread
Thread I used: www.etsy.com/listing/61735460...
Beads I used:
Size 3 : www.etsy.com/listing/23033506...
Size 4: www.etsy.com/listing/19931764...
Size 5: www.etsy.com/listing/19387672...
Size 6: out of stock where I got them
Size 8: www.etsy.com/listing/25352186...
5x7 teardrop: www.etsy.com/listing/11659129...
Size 11 seed beads: www.etsy.com/listing/91442208...
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You're like someone's cool single aunt who teaches them how to do weird crafts and dresses in black and encourages them to be their weird little self. I'm here for it.
Life goals
😂 that's one way to see it. Would be curious to hear Biancas take on that comment.
Life goals for sure ✨ Too bad my bother doesn't want kids either, so it falls to my friends to have children so I can fulfill my cat lady witchy aunt duties of teaching crafts and buying sweets
@@TheClosetHistorian There is a reason that tribalism is the natural instinct of humans. We can't all be parents, but we can all spoil children 😈
@@TheClosetHistorianyour friends children are super lucky to have you in their life.😀
I’d love to see more beading projects, particularly with jet beads or the “glowy” beads. I love sparkly things!
Thank you Shari!
I wonder if they make glow in dark beads in varying sizes, I only have like three 8mm sized beads & a 6mm left from a very old amazon purchase 😅
My aunt calls that crow brain where we like weird shiny things or just nicknacks. Im crow brain too lol
Wonderful necklace! In Russia we call it "Mylene Farmer necklace", because it became popular after her concert, but Mylene isn't the first lady to wear it. This necklace was inspired with Art Nouveau, using motifs imitating spiders' bodies. And a spider symbolizes depression.
Thank you Anodine! I must admit I had not heard of this person until I started researching this necklace 😅
I love the necklace! When I do projects like this, I like to lay out the beads I need in the order I need them, one section at a time. That way, I don't have to keep track of what comes next once I start beading.
It's beautiful! I can imagine why they could be expensive, there's so much patience needed! Now you need a gloriously gothy dress to compliment it, but I think it would work with Cicada ballgown too.
This is SO beautiful. Bit of a weird tangent, but I love the way you don’t limit yourself to just sewing on this channel, and how many cool crafts you’ve picked up. In summary, I think I want to be you when I grow up lmao
Thank you Jocelyn!!
Eureka Crystal Beads and Beadaholique both carry good selections of Czech glass in different sizes as well as shapes. I would love to see more beading projects because that necklace is absolutely stunning!
Thank you Allison!
I love how instead of just telling us you didn’t make it, you decided to show us how we could make it ❤. It’s lovely and once again you make me want to pick up *another* hobby 😅…thank you for sharing
Thank you Tiffany! We all need one more hobby...
“Scattered, distracted and sleep deprived”… wait… that’s me. And also constantly getting myself into creative projects that require focus and attention.
Thank you for this video! Once I get all my stuff out of storage, my beading supplies are coming out and I’ll probably do some online ordering. I’ll bet my daughter would LOVE that necklace!
Ive been a beader since i was ten, ( im62) but i could never get my head around bead weaving. I actually could understand it after seeing your demo! Thanks ❤ ill have to try it! 😸
I was a highschool Spanish and mathematics teacher in a private school for over 20 years. My only contact with goth was the high school students. My impressions of goth were not good.
You are an elegant, beautiful woman. Your goth outfits are stunning works of art I would give my eye teeth to have as my own. Your beaded insects are incredible.
All of this to say you have totally reimagined goth in my head. I now see it as another choice for the elegant woman.
Adult goths take things a bit more seriously....so happy exploring!
Thank you Margarita! I wish to be Morticia Addams gothic not teenage rebel gothic indeed 😂🦇
I ALWAYS weave ends in bead woven projects. It would make me paranoid cutting close to the knot too. Nymo is nice to work with. Better than fireline imo, especially for jewellery, because it’s more flexible and drapey. Your necklace is really pretty Bianca, and SO much work!!! Worth it tho, cos she’s a stunner
Thank you Pauline!
Okay I resisted picking up ice dying but I don't think I can resist this hobby lol. I loved beading and jewellery making as a kid and your necklace turned out so beautiful! It's going on the new hobby list.
You are a freakin genius - this necklace is unbelievable. The clothes you sew sans pattern - and you are so interesting and humorous to listen to. Love your channel ❤❤
Thank you!
I can follow knitting and crochet patterns, but beading is so fiddly it drives me insane, so more power to you and whoever else can actually do beading. It's gorgeous, of course 🥰
I have knit and crochet friends that do beading omg the patience and perfection...my forte is crochet and simple jewelry work
I'm definitely interested in seeing more craft projects, as well. This turned out amazing!
Thank you!
Absolutely stunning as always! And now I am looking longingly at my own collection of beads and jewelry making supplies while ignoring the masses of fabric piled up around me, lol
Thank you Amber! I am also buried in fabric and yet bent over beads at my desk, so it's a trend ✨
Meeee Toooo.😂
Thank you more than I can express in words! I've been obsessed with this necklace for decades with numerous failed attempts under my belt. This tutorial may just save my sanity and my marriage lol
This is absolutely stunning!! The level of sparkle and detail is amazing. With the Picasso finish you mentioned, if you made a necklace with red Picasso finish beads, would the finish make the necklace look bloodstained? Because if so, that would really fit a lot of your vampire heiress/suspicious murder mystery guest vibes with several of the outfits and costumes you've made, and that could be very fun.
Thank you! A red one is in the works!
@@TheClosetHistorian I'm so looking forward to seeing it if you decide to post it! I have a feeling it'll look incredible.
When you want a break from necklaces, go and drool over beaded tiaras and crowns. 👑
Oh and you could design a matching bracelet for this stunning necklace. Beautiful work.
Thank you!
@@TheClosetHistorian My pleasure & I hope the beading site links I gave you lend inspiration.
I've been working on a beading project that I at least in part blame you for. I'm making a sheer haori (Japanese coat) with a beaded spiderweb over one shoulder. I've been (not) working on it for a few months, and only starting really picking up steam after getting a better frame to stretch my fabric in. It's finally starting to look cool, but the number of times I've had to re-do a strand because I tacked it to the fabric wrong and accidentally cut the main thread instead of the tacking thread...Oh how I dread the sound of falling beads now.
This haori sounds super gorgeous! I own four vintage ones myself, one men's in the classic black silk, two jacquard women's haori, and a gorgeous black and bright yellow leaf print one with red shibori lining. I love Kimono in general and were money no object would totally collect and display them 😅✨
this sounds like such a cool project!!
😅 I've heard the sound of falling beads. I was completing a five strand necklace a lady wanted done all in seed beads. As I was finishing off the threads my hand slipped and I literally cut through the end of all 5 strands. It sounded like rain. 😅 The shreaking could be heard in town. That was an all nighter since I had to redo the entire necklace for delivery the next day. Lesson learned.
I LOVE your tat. How Beautiful! I think I found another hobby. I'm retired and I now FINALLY have plenty of time to do all the projects I want. I can't understand why people say I'll get board. Life is too interesting to be board.
Beautiful. I love beading but I am very untidy and keep losing all my supplies, which my husband then finds and arguments ensue....
Love the necklace your wearing, I thought like many you had made it😹😹, good for you on taking the plunge into beading it can be so much fun, I do manly seed bead designs with focal points. For a very long time. I have beads in my stash that are over 40 years old🙀, I think it’s time I revisited my stash which has grown over the years.😹😹
A trick to help with complex designs is to not lay out your beads in piles but to layout them out in set groups before you stitch them in to the order that you want them. Over time your mind will develop muscle memory of your design regardless of what is used and you can switch back to the set piles.
Size 5 is not a common size, I don’t think I have any 5mm in that shaped bead in my very extensive collection of beads.
11/0 2mm 3mm 4mm 6mm 8mm 10mm 12mm and so on are the most common which goes up by 2mm and not 1mm.
Try Potomac Beads as they deal with the factories with their own designed beads. I use to buy from them all the time, but they don’t ship to Australia anymore 😼😼
I don’t knot my threads but rather I weave back through at least 3-4 times around the whole piece to ensure they are locked in. The fishing line that I have been using for the past 8 years has not had this issue at all. It’s Berkeley Fireline which comes in many thread weights. As I use 15/0’s and smaller so I use a size 13 needle.
The biggest problem I have found is that you do need more than one supplier of beads if you are chasing a set colour groups as well as shapes. Because of this I deal with 2 companies in the US it use to be 3 but as I said Potomac Beads has dropped shipping to Australia now, and I have 3 companies in Australia, 2 in the UK and one in Yugoslavia.
The uranium beads are safe😹😹😹 they are so low it’s like walking out in the sunshine must admit they doo look nice glowing under UV lights 😹😹
For many of my beading projects that I have designed, I have been collecting the right beads slowly as they pop up on the market.
I think it was great that you dived in and showed as you learned, this is a great way to encourage those who are sitting on the fence that it’s not that hard once you jump in.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow! Just Wow!
What an Amazing necklace, and all that work.
It’s Stunning! 👏🏼✨🍂🕯
Great job 👍 I'm a professional jewellery maker and I always weave the ends in after tying knots - whoever told you not to, just ignore them!
Thank you! And this is the end weaving validation I needed 😅❤
Gorgeous! A real statement piece, yes i love watching these projects.
Thank you Shirlie!
So beautiful 😍 looking forward to seeing you wear this with a glorious outfit. I look forward to seeing your videos every week. Such an inspiration ❤❤😊😊
Don’t know how you read my mind and knew this is exactly the project I wanted to make, but I am very flattered 😂 🖤🖤🖤
Shipwreck beads in Washington state has so many beads…the necklace you made is so beautiful!
Thank you Corey!
Your spirit was with me last night @ Michael's. They have tiny LED moth lights. battery operated.
When you bead long enough, it is relaxing. I haven't beaded in about 7 years. I didn't do necklaces though this looks intriguing enough that I might just try again with this particular pattern.
You have just shown me what my afterlife would be like if I end up in hell. Holy moly that was difficult. You are a legend for getting through that and making such a gorgeous collar.
Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
I do really love the way you communicate and teach. Thank you for your inspirational lovely video. I am an artisan for 40 years now, and I can tell you are a great teacher.
Verónica🌿🦇🖤
Thank you Verónica!!
I am so glad that the American retailer agreed that August is the prep month for the fall prep of September. I was on a bee-line for some goods, and I encountered a stray porcelain pumpkin, which promptly came home with me. I've had enough summer for one year,
Also, I make a lot of very long chains, and I dread doing them on string. Having to knot them every couple of beads so that the necklace doesn't stretch under it's own weight is a pain. Normally, I work by making beaded chains, but there are a few projects that are going to need to be strung, and I live in fear of string breaks.
I bought some fire-line, and the special clips for it, but I still have not worked up the courage ( nor the spoons) to begin that task.
Beautiful necklace. I can see how you'd get confused -- WOW
Thank you Michelle! One wrong bead and I have to undo half the darn thing it feels like eeek Worth it though 😂✨
@@TheClosetHistorian Agreed. Fabulous work.
Awesome!
This is a beautiful piece! It looks to be an excellent addition to the hoard, and something to do while there are no good reasons to leave the house. (The older I get, the fewer reasons qualify as "good".) The folks that don't understand the cost of labor are the ones that complain that they should get a discount. This is a great example of the cost of crafting is the time and patience to do it well.
Thank you Anne!!
This is so beautiful! Thank you ❤
gorgeous work
Stunning! Thanks for sharing ❤
A heartily YES to more projects like this one! ❤
Speechless!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful, loved watching you work and beading vicariously. I don’t have the dexterity to do it anymore so thank you.
Thank you!
This is amazing. Wow.
Fabulous! Loved this
AMAZING
Woe!! That’s freaking amazing ❤
Beautifully 😍 😍 😍
Gorgeous work wow 🤩
SO gorgeous, lovely work!
Very pretty 😀
Impressive. Good job
I literally have findings on the way for my own jewelry making
I love beading! Will gladly watch this all month
You are an amazing artist! You do beautiful work and the necklace is gorgeous. 💞
Thank you!
I'm a costume designer specializing in the crinoline period and late 1800s. I will be trying some of you sewing designs. I love your channel!!! Thank you!
Thank you!
I love this and I NEED this. Thank you for showing how approachable it can be!
THANK YOU so much for doing this!!! ❤
❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you it is beautiful
Stunning!!! I loved watching you make that!!
It is a beautiful piece
Thank you very much for sharing your skills👍🏼
Stunning. 👏🏻 👏🏻
Thank you!
Look, I gotta tell you. I was watching the "move your darts and make seams too" videos (I am a size 12 F cup and had that Madonna type point going on). Well bugger me dead if it didn't work! Perfectly!! You, ma'am, are a freakin magician. Thank you. Yes, that's right - thank you.
Thank you Stephanie!
Beautiful.
Thank you Arvetta!
Just brilliant!! Love it!!
Thank you!
Gorgeous! Bellissimo!
Just started watching, but had to comment that I laughed when you said, "It's a bit of a doozie!" LOL! 😂
Wow! Wow! Wow! This is so pretty! And a lot of work! The iridescence of the beads really makes the whole design pop. I worked at a Claire's store in the early 2000s. Pretty sure we sold the cheap, plastic version of this, lol. I kept mine for a long time. It was nowhere NEAR as beautiful as this.
I still have the Claire's plastic version and wear it regularly. I remember it was 10 euros. It always gets complimented.
@@Hiraeth_Nightshade Yes, that's awesome!! I just recently donated mine to a thrift shop. Now I wish I wouldn't have, lol. But at least I know I can make one!
Gorgeous! Yes, more beadwork videos when you get a chance. I've not really searched for beadwork videos, but that may change now! Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thank you!
That is insanely amazing. 🫨
Hi Bianca, I enjoyed watching and hearing you craft this outstanding necklace. When you mentioned that it was close to reading knitting patterns, that made a connection for me. It looks lovely on you.🖤🧡
Thank you Jayne! Reading the patterns is too difficult for me, I just study the necklaces in the end and hope for the best 😂
Beautiful!!! I see all the work you put in it.
Wow! Stunning.
Thank you!
It was so cool to watch the actual process. Thank you.
Absolutely fabulous! I see what you mean about sellers only carrying a few sizes. I checked Lima Beads where I have shopped online in the past and they have lots of Czech beads but not in all the sizes of each colour. Very frustrating.
Yay! I love to bead!
You’re wonderful! Haha ... gorgeous work and thanks for being real
That's stunning!
Thank you!
Wow, gorgeous!!
Thank you!
Nice to see bead weaving getting some love. It's my favorite craft.
Beautiful
Thank you Pam!
Once again, the almighty algorithm shows me something delightful of yours. 🙂Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you!!
Amazing - Beautiful!!
Thank you Ashley!
Beautiful! It is wonderful 😊
Thank you!
Bianca, I relate to you so much! I love your sense of humor, your style (both fashion and way of life), and your career. I'm sending positive thoughts to your house hunt, I'm on the hunt myself!
Thank you! I hope you find someplace fabulous soon!
Thank you so much! You have removed the anxiety I’ve always have when looking at a project like this. Time to shop for beads!
Magnificent 🖤🖤🖤🖤
This makes me miss our local bead store so badly. My grandmother single handedly kept them open a while I think 😂😂😂.
I love That we all seemingly have the same mat though lol.
ha! Gotta have these little pastel mats 😂
So beautiful! I enjoyed watching the construction, but I think I'll stick to knitting. 😉 (And now Ministry is on the mental jukebox.)
Thank you!
That’s the most epic creation I ever saw 😊absolutely stunning ! Great job 👏🏻 😊😊😊
Beautiful! God bless all creative people❤
Thank you for sharing its beautiful!
Thank you Heidi!
❤️This is stunning
Thank you Nina!
Lovely. Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you!!
Stunning!! ❤
Thank you Adriana!
That necklace is so intricate and stunning, it’s hard to believe I just watched your gifted hands make the entire piece, and so quickly.
So beautiful. Wonderful job, Bianca.
Thank you!
That turned out so lovely!
Thank you!
Very well done Bianca, it's lovely ❤
Thank you Anne!
Thanks you so much for this tutorial!!! is just amazing!!!!
Thank you!