Soirée is a stunning statement necklace featuring a mesmerizing Czech glass button as both focal piece and clasp. The slim braid is made from a blend of Delica beads that perfectly complements the button. Embellished down the center and along both edges, the Soirée necklace drapes like fine fabric and is lightweight and comfortable to wear.
The Soirée Kumihimo Necklace Video Class is delivered as a downloadable PDF that includes 8 pages of fully illustrated written instructions (41 close-up photos) and links to over 2 hours of step-by-step videos. Nothing will be shipped to you. If you want to print out the written instructions, you'll need to have a printer. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to open the PDF file. You will need internet access to play the videos.
Each step of the project is a separate video to make it easy for you to follow along with whatever stage of the necklace you're currently working on.
This is not a kit. No materials are included.
- approximately 20" (not counting the tassel)
- approximately 26" (not counting the tassel)
Soirée should not be your first beaded kumihimo project. Soirée is a kumihimo necklace for competent braiders. No previous bead stitching or braid embellishing experience is required. Soirée is not difficult, but it does require working with very small beads and paying very close attention to details.
Previous experience with the basic round braid (kongoh gumi) on the foam disk is required. If it has been awhile since your last beaded kumihimo project (or if this is your first time with one of my projects), please review our Beaded Kumihimo Starter Guide and Understanding the Braid before beginning your necklace.
Complete necklace kits are available for the Soirée and we highly recommend that you buy one to ensure that you have exactly what you need to be successful.
If you choose to purchase the video class without a kit, please understand that we cannot provide technical support if you attempt to make material substitutions. You must use the exact size and types of beads/button/thread called for in the supply list.
The Soirée supply list does not include color names or numbers, so the "video class only" option is best for beaders comfortable making their own color selections and willing/able to search for their own materials.
The following materials are needed to make a Soirée necklace:
- Superlon micro
- size 11 Miyuki Delica beads
- size 8 Toho Demi beads
- 3mm Czech fire polished beads
- 36mm Czech glass button with metal shank (Button size is critical! No subsitutions!)
- size 8 Miyuki seed beads
- size 11 Miyuki seed beads
- size 15 Miyuki or Toho seed beads
- One-G or KO beading thread
Design by Rebecca Ann Combs ©2022 Rickbecca Publishing LLC
Distributed under license by Design & Adorn LLC.
You have my permission to sell necklaces you make using this Soirée tutorial as long as:
- You credit me, Rebecca Ann Combs, as the designer.
- You are not mass producing them. (Max 12 Soirée necklaces per year.)
Please note that copying, teaching or sharing my Soirée pattern is prohibited.
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