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TILA STACKERS (©2021 Deborah Roberti)
As the name suggests, Tila Stackers are created using “stacks” of Miyuki Tila beads of any size and color combination. For my step-by-step text instructions and illustrations, I used Tila bead stacks of Quarter and Half Tila beads (top stacker) but as you can see, the other stackers use different stacker variations and the Tila beads used are listed in the Materials List. You will have fun coming up with stacks of your own. The Tila size and color combinations are infinite.
MATERIALS
Step 1: Thread your needle with a length of FireLine that you feel comfortable working with and add more as you need it. Leaving about an 8-inch tail for attaching the clasp, string a Color1 seed bead, a Color2 seed bead and a Color1 seed bead. Holding onto the tail thread, go up through the right hole of a Quarter Tila bead, Half Tila bead and Quarter Tila bead stack of Tila beads. String a Color1 seed bead, a Color2 seed bead and a Color1 seed bead. Go around and down through the left holes of this same Tila bead stack. Grab your tail thread and tie a tight double knot:
Step 2: Go back around through the Color1 seed bead, the Color2 seed bead and the Color1 seed bead highlighted in RED. Continue up through the right hole of the Quarter Tila bead, the Half Tila bead and the Quarter Tila bead stack highlighted in RED. Go back through the Color1 seed bead and the Color2 seed bead highlighted in RED:
Go around and back across through the Color2 seed bead that you just exited (highlighted in RED):
Step 6: String a Color2 seed bead. Go back around through the Color1 seed bead, the Color2 seed bead and the Color1 seed bead highlighted in RED:
Step 7: String a Color2 seed bead. Go back around through the Color1 seed bead and the Color2 seed bead highlighted in RED:
Step 8: String a Color1 seed bead. Add another Tila bead stack by going up the right hole of a new Quarter Tila bead, Half Tila bead and Quarter Tila bead stack. String a Color1 seed bead, a Color2 seed bead and a Color1 seed bead. Go around and down through the left hole of the Quarter Tila bead, the Half Tila bead and the Quarter Tila bead stack that you just added. String a Color1 seed and go back across through the Color 2 seed bead that you exited at the end of the last step (highlighted in RED):
Step 12: To attach one end of the clasp, string two Color 1 seed beads and a Color 2 seed bead. Go through your clasp and then back through the Color2 seed bead that you just strung:
NOTE: To make your bracelet longer, just add more seed beads than directed in this step and the next. Step 13: String two more Color1 seed beads and go across through the Color 2 seed bead that you exited earlier (highlighted in RED):
Step 14: Go back around through the seed beads highlighted in RED and the clasp several times:
Weave back into the bracelet, knot in several places and then cut your thread. Step 15: To attach the clasp to the other end of your bracelet, thread your needle with the tail thread from Step 1. Go around through the two seed beads highlighted in RED:
Repeat Steps 12-14.
Beads used in my photos NOTE: Bead colors and coatings (and even bead types!) seem to be disappearing at a rate that I can no longer keep up with. I try to find substitutes when I can but "discontinued" and "out of stock" seems to be the norm these days.
Tila Stacker 1:
Tila Stacker 2:
Tila Stacker 3:
Tila Stacker 4:
For more color and bead combinations, click on the photo below to visit the RedPandaBeads.com Gallery of Color Suggestions!
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