by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com

Wire Jewelry Idea for
November 23, 2011

Today’s Wire Jewelry Idea is a free pattern! Here’s a holiday-inspired treat brought to us by Suzanne Hollingsworth! Click here to view Suzanne’s simple pattern, O Christmas Tree.

O Christmas Tree Free Pattern by Suzanne Hollingsworth

Suzanne’s O Christmas Tree Pattern is for a dainty Christmas tree that you could easily slip into your Christmas cards this season, or even use as an attachment to a gift tag. In fact, several of us here in the office decided to give it a try!

I will say that a few of us needed a couple tries before we got the bends in the branches just the way we wanted them. You can add a lot of personality depending on how tight you make the bends, and how much you stretch the tree before hammering it into place. Don’t be afraid to use copper wire to practice!

If you’re inspired, don’t stop here: this doesn’t have to be an ornament, it could easily become a pair of earrings (making 2), or a pendant. You can attach ribbon, additional beads, and maybe even some tiny tinsel. Have fun with this pattern!

To present this tree to a special person, you can make 2 small slits in your Christmas card, thread the ribbon through the card, and tie the tree on the card. (If you use beads in your tree and you send it through the mail, you may want to use a padded envelope.) Voila, you’ve got a small ornament gift ready to send in your Christmas cards, for just a bead, a ribbon, and a foot of wire! Happy Holidays!

Tip: Want to print the pattern? Select the whole text of the pattern (click and hold the mouse down at the beginning of the pattern, and drag it to the end of the pattern). Go to Edit > Copy. Open a word processor such as Microsoft Word or OpenOffice Writer, and go to Edit > Paste. Now you can save it on your computer, make changes, and print it!

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At an early age, Suzanne was always busy in her dad’s shop, taking things apart just to see how they worked. The desire to work with tools has never left her. She blames Dale Armstrong for starting her down the seductively twisty wire path, and she hasn’t looked back since! Suzanne is a proud “Cougar Cub”, and she finds stress relief in beading and wire working. When Suzanne is not rescuing a stranded possum or bottle-feeding a calf, she also teaches classes at Beadin’ At The Barn.

Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip
November 14, 2009

Question:

How do you use wire to create a herringbone pattern, say, for a bracelet? I need to know how to thread a bead into the pattern, also.

Answer:

Suzanne Hollingsworth of our Wire-Sculpture Faculty has given us a beautiful Herringbone Bracelet pattern complete with stepped out pictures and written directions.  If you sign-up for our Free Email patterns, you’ll receive this as well as many others. http://wire-sculpture.com/pages/free_wire_jewelry_patterns.html

You may also purchase a kit with supplies to make three of this design here: http://wire-sculpture.com/bracelet-patterns-supply-kits/Suzanne_Hollingsworth_s_Herringbone_Bracelet_Supply_Kit-6240-833.html

Answer contributed by Dale “Cougar” Armstrong

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