How To Make: Heart XBase Cuff

Welcome to my fourth and final xbase tutorial

The three tutorials before this were the standard xbase, the dna xbase, and the zigzag xbase.

This is an one and half x high base.

You can continue the pattern and make two full heart which will make this a 3x high base.

You can also do this with one or two hearts but I like doing it in four.

Supplies you will need are

2-5 colors of beads in this tutorial I will be working with 3

Color 1, Color 2, and a base color.

You will also need scissors and elastic string (I use bead n stretch from Walmart)

The Single

Lets get started with our single!!

Start by adding on one color 1 bead

Then you will add 8 base beads 

Then one color 2 bead

Then you will add on your 8 base beads

Repeat this until you have at least 2 of each color.

You should end up with something like below.

 

Row 2

This xbase can be a little tricky! Don't feel bad if you have to redo rows sometimes.

 Start by going through a base bead that is two beads away from a color 1 bead.

So it will be the third bead from the color 1 bead. 

String on one base bead and two color 1 beads.

Then go into your color 1 bead on the single.

It should look similar to the picture below

To continue on...

 You put on two color 1 beads and one base bead.

Count two base beads and then string into the third.

Next string on three base beads.

Count two base bead from the one you are strung though and go into the third.

You will then put on one base bead and two color 2 beads

Go into the closest color 2 bead 

String on two color 2 beads and one base bead. 

Count two base beads and string into the third.

Then string on three base beads and count two away from the one you are strung though.

Go into the third bead away.

Continue this pattern all the way around. 

You should end up with something like the picture below.

Tie off, apply polish if desired, and cut off extra string.

Row three

 Start by going into a base point bead going towards a section of color 1 beads

String on one base bead and two color 1 beads then go into the closet color 1 point bead.

String on three color 1 beads then go into the next color 1 point bead.

Then you will put on two color 1 beads and one base bead.

Go into the closet base point bead.

Put on one base and two color 2  beads and go into the color 2 point bead.

Then you will put on three color 2 beads then string into the next color 2 point bead,

Then you will string one two color 2 beads and one base bead.

Go into the next base point bead. A repeat the previous steps.

You will continue with the steps all the way around.

Tie off, apply polish, and cut off extra string.

You should get something similar to above!

Row 4

Yes this one has an extra row to it because it is one and half xs high.

String into a point bead that is will put you going towards the opposite color point bead.

Here I decided to go into a color 2 bead.

Put on three base beads and go into the point bead of your next color (for me color 1)

*If you wish to make another row of hearts you would be putting on base, color, base instead of three base.

String on your color beads (color 1) and go into the color point bead.

Put on three color beads and string into the next point bead.

Then start over with three base beads and your next color beads.

Continue this all the way around.

By now you can see the hearts showing up in the design.

Tie off, apply polish, and cut off extra string.

Finishing Off

This is the last row for those of us who are only doing 1 row of hearts.

Go into any point bead and string on two base beads then string into the next point bead

This will be continued all the way around until the end.

Pull tight and tie off.

Apply polish if desired and cut off extra string. 

 

Contact

As always I am welcome to all comments, questions, and suggestions. 

You can always contact me through this blog or you can go to any of the links below.

IG: @fuarie ♥ Twitter: @Fuarie ♥ Email: malakxfuarie@gmail.com

How to Make: DNA xbase

Welcome

Here is the second tutorial on Xbase cuffs. 

This one and the following will just be on how to make the different designs in your xbase.

These xbases might have other names then what I put on here.

The names will be DNA, Zig Zag, and Heart.

The DNA xbase is 1 x high.

The Supplies you will need are at least three colors of beads. Base color, color 1, and color 2

You will need elastic string and scissors.

Optional supplies are a needle and clear finger nail polish (this is to help bind knots)

The Single

You will start by stringing on two base color then four beads of color 1.

Then string on two more base beads.

Next string on two of your color 2 beads.

Then you will repeat. 

2 base, 4 color 1, 2 base, 4 color 2

Continue this until you have three sections of each of your color 1/2  beads.

Remember to end in color beads and not base beads.

Tie off into a single.

Row 2

Okay so here I will talk about rules. 

These rules will just be an easier way to remember how to make this cuff when working it a different way.

String though a color 1 bead that will still have other colored 1 beads in front of it.

So here is a Rule. If you are over colored beads use base beads.

So you will string on three base colored beads

Then string into the last color 1 bead.

 Here is another rule.
When over your base bead string on colored bead.
You string on two of the color you went through and one of the color you are going into.
So now that you have strung on your beads go into the closest color 2 bead.

So remembering the rules the next steps would be to string on three base and go into your last color 2 bead.
Then you would string in 2 color 2 beads and 1 color 1 bead then go into the closest color 1 bead.

Continue this all the way around.
Tie off and then use finger nail polish if desired.
The out come should look similar to this.

Row 3

Okay so this whole  row is just a rule.
String though a middle or point bead of any color bead
String on two beads of that same color then one base
String into the point or middle bead of the closes base.
String on on base and two of that same color.
Go into the next color.
The you use that color to follow the same rule. Two color, one base.

Continue this all the way around.

At the end tie off and then apply polish if desired.

Cut off extra string!

Finishing Off

Start by stringing into a colored bead.
The rule here is if your over base you will be using color and if you are over color you will be using base.
So since this is over base you will be using two of the color you just went through.

Then string into the next middle color bead.

Then you will be over color so by the rule you will use base.

String on two base and then go into the next middle or point colored bead.

This should be the opposite color then what you started with.

 Continue this all the way around.
You should be able to see from the pictures above what I was talking about in the rule.
Over base is the color you just strung though and over color is base.
Don't forget to pull tight and tie off.
Use polish if you wish and cut off extra string.

When it is does it should look like this.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me
IG: @fuarie Twitter: @Fuarie Email: malakxfuarie@gmail.com