Freebies on Monday - Tutorial: Wrapped Rectangular Pendant

This tutorial from our team member Albina from AroundBeads shows how to make a wrapped rectangular pendant.

Materials for one pendant:
* 1 rectangular shaped gem bead, approx. 1 ¼”x 1 ¼”
* 22ga round soft wire
* with 1 foot of wire you can make 3 wraps around 1 ¼”x 1 ¼” bead.

Tools needed:
* Flush cutter
* Round nose pliers
* Flat nose pliers

Step 1:
Cut a piece of 22ga wire Make a 90˚ bend 1” from one end of the wire. Make a simple loop. DO NOT CUT the wire!

Step 2:
Bend short end at angle of 90 ˚ so both wire ends are parallel.

Step 3: Insert both ends** into bead’s hole, leaving 2 mm “neck” between the loop and the bead. **If the bead’s hole is not big enough for two ends of wire, make a wrapped loop instead of simple loop, trim the short tail, and insert the wire into bead’s hole.

Step 4: Bend the wire on the back of the bead

Step 5: On the distance of about ¼ of the bead, make a bend at the angle of 90?.

Step 6: Wrap once around the bead…



Step 7: On the back side, insert the wire end into “loop”.

Step 8: Tighten carefully.



Step 9: In the middle of the bead, make another bend at the angle of 90˚, wrap around the bead…

Step 10: Insert the wire end into “loop” like in step 7.


Step 11: Continue “stitching” in the same manner until the last stitch.


Step 12: Tighten carefully the wire after finishing the last stitch. Bring the wire to the top of the bead…

Step13: … and wrap 2-3 times around the “neck”.



Step 14: Trim the wire.

This is how your wrapped stone will look like from the front and the back.

If you like straight wires on a front, your pendant is done :) …

Front Back

Step 15:
… Or, you can make “waves”. Using your flat nose pliers, grab the wire and slightly twist.

Step 16: Final
Do the same with the rest wires twisting them in the same direction as the first one. You are done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Please do not distribute, lend or copy. Do not mass produce.

Copyrights 2009 Albina Manning
AroundBeads