"Santa Fe Secrets" ~ Turquoise and Carnelian Bead-Embroidered Cuff Bracelet.

"Santa Fe Secrets"

Turquoise and Carnelian Bead-Embroidered Cuff Bracelet.

Above:  Photo 1 on the left, and Photo 2 on the right.

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Photo 3

In Photo 1 at the very top, where the bracelet appears "flat," is the almost-finished bracelet after the majority of the beading was done.  This step shown here is right before the beaded top is glued to the brass bracelet form (which is then encased so it doesn't show).  Photo 2 above shows the completed bracelet. Inside the cuff and against the brass is UltraSuede fabric - and the brass form is actually "sandwiched" between the beaded embroidered top and the UltraSuede fabric on the inside.  This keeps the bracelet from collapsing, and gives it a bit of added heft. It also makes a clasp or attachment unnecessary.

Then Photo 3 shows the bracelet finished as a cuff.  Because it fits around the wrist, it's much harder to see all the beaded embroidery handwork.  As soon as I finished this one, I was eager to start another.  That's the way it is with almost all of my projects.