del mar spiral tubular

This spiral tubular necklace is also made with hand-made seed beads of various sizes (approximately 11s for the smaller ones and 8s for the larger ones).  The 11s are various colors in the blue, green, and gold shades.  The 8s are black pearl and a glassy greenish blue. 

wrap spiral rope stitch with large accent beads necklace

I love this color combination - I had some great pewter square beads and large glass accent beads to add to this one.

"organic" spiral rope stitch necklace

I enjoy using rock beads and other "organic-looking" materials.  This spiral rope stitch was one of the first beading patterns I learned.  Once you get the hang of it, you can easily complete a shorter necklace during a movie. 

wrap tubular peyote with teeny-tiny beads

This took forever, but well worth the wait.  I used nonuniform hand-made seed beads ranging from size 10 to 13.

pink, crystal, and black pearl tubular peyote necklace

Using nonuniform beads in a tubular style gives a bit of texture to the piece.  Here, I used light pink and crystal size 11 seed beads and size 8 black pearl seed beads.

tubular necklace with pendant

This is one of the first tubular necklaces that I made.  I added a large accent bead for a centerpiece.  The clasp sits at the base of the pendant.