This Teardrop Acetate and Leather Earrings tutorial was one our most popular Make & Takes during the Spring 2019 Twin Cities Bead Bazaar. Learn how to make them today!

Read our previous leather blog on how to coil leather around a licorice leather. This will give you an easier idea at how to coil your leather around the acetate teardrop.

Directions

1. Cut TWO pieces of leather at 24inch each.
2. Add 9 seed beads to each strand of leather cord.
3. Make a loop at one end and fit it on the back side of the teardrop.
4. Do 3 wraps around acetate teardrop.
5. On next wrap, center your first bead on the front of the teardrop and then do a wrap without a bead. Repeat this 8 more times. End with 3 wraps at the end.
6. Slip the leather end through the loop you’ve made in step 3.
7. Holding your coils, pull gently on the single cord, on the opposite side of the loop; you may need to use a pliers.
8. Pull the cord until the loop is situated inside of your coils.
9. Trim your ends.
10. Grasp the loop of your ear wire and turn the loop 90 degrees or until the ear wire hole faces outwards.
11. Open a jump ring and slide through the loop of the acetate teardrop and earwire loop. Close jump ring.
12. Repeat all steps for the other earring.

Items used in Earrings: SB00106, A022070, TC02306, A008807, Z020567