Montana Blue & Gold Bracelets – Netting & RAW
When I bought the Montana Blue beads to make this necklace, I bought WAY too many! I have a better handle now on what quantities of beads I tend to need for projects – but I do still like to have lots of colors on hand. When I make a piece of jewelry I usually want to make something else to go with it – whether it’s earrings, a bracelet or a necklace, or the whole set!
I decided to make a bracelet (or two) to go with the necklace and earrings I had just made, so I whipped up these bracelets using RAW and netting stitch. Also since I had so many beads to use up….
For the netting bracelet, I mapped out the pattern using netting stitch graph paper which is so useful! You can find lots of beading graph paper online, I used the one from Fire Mountain Gems linked below.
For the RAW bracelet, I had two variations of Montana Blue fire polish beads and I decided to use the opaque one (called Pastel Montana Blue for some reason) down the middle and the transparent ones on the edges.
Netting Bracelet: Stitched with size 11/0 Miyuki Montana Blue seed beads, size 15/0 Miyuki metallic gold seed beads, 4 mm Preciosa bicones in Montana Blue, Fireline.
RAW bracelet: Stitched with size 11/0 Czech metallic gold seed beads, 4 mm Czech fire polish in Montana Blue Transparent and Pastel Montana Blue, Fireline.
Finished August 2024
Pattern: RAW is “Bracelet Provence”
Sadly, the RAW bracelet was stolen while I had it on display at a local art show in April 2025. I don’t currently have enough fire polish beads to remake it.