Skip to content

Discover our 50% Clearance Sale!

Discover our 50% Clearance Sale!

Free Design: Love Heart Pendant

Follow our free step by step instructions and learn how to make yourself a beaded heart pendant, or make two hearts for a pair of dangly earrings. We love the current pink and red colour trend, choose the same us, or choose your own colour way from our collection of size 11/0 seed beads. Enjoy our free bead project! 

Materials we used

5g size 11/0 Red Opaque Seed Beads ( O1111 )

3g size 11/0 Metallic Rose Seed Beads ( M1112 )

2 x Open Hearts ( MT1EMGP-10 )

2 x Stud Drops ( STDR32 )

2 x 5mm jump rings ( JR5GP )

Gold coloured beading thread ( KO32 )

 

Tools we used

Size 13 beading needle ( ND13 )

Scissors ( SCIMX )

A beading matt ( BMT )

Chain Nosed Pliers 

  1. Cut 1m of stretched beading thread, thread your needle. Tie an overhand knot on your hart (photo 1a) leaving a 20cm thread. Tie another overhand knot , slide the knot so it sits snugly against the loop at the top of the heart (photo 1b)

2. Thread 2 red seed beads, pass your needle through your heart, and up pass through the second seed bead you threaded making sure they sit snugly up against your end knot  (Photo 2a &2b)

3. Pick up 1 red seed bead, pass your needle through your heart and pass back up the through same bead,  position your bead snugly against the last bead (photo 3)

4. Continue step 3 all the way around your heart, until you reach the top loop of the heart 

5. Repeat step 3 once in the loop of the heart ( photo 4 )

6. Pass down through the first seed bead you added in step 2, pass your needle through your heart, and pass back up through same bead ( photo 5 )

7. Pick up 2 pink seed beads, pass under the first bridge of thread along ( Photo 6a ) pass back up through the second bead you picked up in this step ( photo 6b )

8. Pick up 1 pink seed bead, pass under the next bridge of thread along, and pass back up through the same bead ( photo 7 )

9. Repeat step 8 all the way around your heart, when you get to the bottom point of the heart, repeat step 8 twice in the same bridge of thread ( photo 8 ) 

10. Stop when you reach the red bead on top of the loop of the heart ( photo 9 )

11. Pass down through this red bead, through the loop and back up through the same red bead ( photo 10 )

12. Pass down the next pink bead, and the red bead in the row below, through the heart and back up. ( photo 11 )

13. Weave in and secure your thread ( photo 12 )

14. Using chain nosed pliers, open up a jump ring, loop it through to loop of the heart, and onto the chain, close the jump ring

or.... make two heart, and make a pair of earrings! 

...or choose your own colour way! 

Products we used....

  • Sold out
    BMT2-1

    Bead Mat 325x325mm-Pack of 1

    £1.25

    Bead Mat 325x325mm-Pack of 1Our handy bead mats are now coming from a new supplier, they're slightly smaller than those previously stocked but stil...

    View full details
  • ND13-1

    Beading Needles Size 13 Metal Size 13-Pack of 1

    £2.65

    A packet of four high quality hard beading needles in size 13, perfect for use with very fine threads such as Nymo or Super lon D.

  • SCIMX-1

    Stork Scissors Multicolour - Pack of 1

    £4.95

    Stork Scissors Multicolour - Pack of 1An absolutely essential tool for any beadwork. These scissors have fine tips to get into awkward spaces. Rem...

    View full details
  • JR5GP-25

    Jump Ring Gold Plated Metal 5mm-Pack of 25

    £0.60

    Where would we be without the humble jump ring? A tiny but essential bit of kit for connecting, which has recently come into its own due to the pop...

    View full details
  • KO02-1

    KO Beading Thread B White - Reel of 50 metres

    £4.85

    KO beading thread is used for bead weaving seed beads. It was created by Japanese master beader Sonoko Nozue and is of the highest quality pre-waxe...

    View full details
  • STDR31-4

    Stud Drop 5.25x8.15mm Silver Plated - Pack of 4

    £2.35

    We love these little drop studs, they could simply be worn on their own or use the hole at the bottom to add a favourite dangle.

  • MT1EMSP-10

    Open Heart Drop 26mm Silver Plated - Pack of 10

    £5.25

    An open heart charm simple but elegant Charms are ideal for making earrings, pendants or adding to charm bracelets. You could also use them for sc...

    View full details
  • STDR32-4

    Stud Drop 5.25x8.15mm Gold Plated - Pack of 4

    £3.80

    We love these little drop studs, they could simply be worn on their own or use the hole at the bottom to add a favourite dangle.

  • O1111C-5

    Opaque Czech Red Glass Rocaille/Seed 11/0-Pack of 5g

    £1.00

    Seed beads are very small glass beads, also known as rocailles.Seed beads are ideal for making jewellery, they are used for mostly bead weaving whe...

    View full details
  • S11MXC-5

    Silver Lined Czech Mix Glass Rocaille/Seed 11/0-Pack of 5g

    £1.00

    Seed beads are very small glass beads, also known as rocailles.Seed beads are ideal for making jewellery, they are used for mostly bead weaving whe...

    View full details
  • KO32-1

    KO Beading Thread B Gold - Reel of 50 metres

    £4.85

    KO beading thread is used for bead weaving seed beads. It was created by Japanese master beader Sonoko Nozue and is of the highest quality pre-waxe...

    View full details
  • MT1EMGP-10

    Open Heart Drop 26mm Gold Plated - Pack of 10

    £5.25

    An open heart charm simple but elegant Charms are ideal for making earrings, pendants or adding to charm bracelets. You could also use them for sc...

    View full details
  • Sold out
    BEECN-1

    Ergo Chain Nosed Pliers - Pack of 1

    £14.00

    Chain Nose Pliers are useful in many applications, and a quality tool is something you can appreciate. Use this stainless steel ergonomically desig...

    View full details
  • M1112C-3

    Czech Metallic Rose Pink Rocaille/Seed 11/0-Pack of 3g

    £1.00

    Seed beads are very small glass beads, also known as rocailles.Seed beads are ideal for making jewellery, they are used for mostly bead weaving whe...

    View full details
  • BEDCN-1

    Designer Chain Nosed Pliers - Pack of 1

    £14.25

    Chain Nose Pliers are useful in many applications and a quality tool is something you can appreciate. Use this stainless steel, precision-tip tool ...

    View full details