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Elegant Tila Bead Bracelet Free Beading Pattern

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Add the Clasp
Elegant Tila Bead Bracelet Free Beading Pattern

Adding the clasp to the bracelet.

Jennifer VanBenschoten
To add the clasp, make sure you are exiting from one of the two centermost holes on the Tila beads. (Not the holes on the edges of the beads where you just added the embellishment.)

Pick up 2 size 15 beads, 1 Swarovski crystal, 7 seed beads, one half of the clasp, and 7 more seed beads.

Skip 12 seed beads and pass needle back through 2 seed beads, the Swarovski crystal and 2 seed beads. Stitch through the other centermost Tila bead hole, across the two Tila beads, and back through the hole you were exiting at the beginning of this step.

When adding the bar end of the toggle clasp, make sure that the loop is loose enough and large enough that the toggle can easily pass through the loop. You may have to add or remove beads as necessary.

Repeat the thread path twice more to secure, then weave back into the beadwork, tie a knot, weave in a bit more, and then trim your thread close to the beadwork.

Repeat for the other half of the clasp.

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