How Do You Make Sterling Silver Bracelets With Bulk Chain?
Sterling silver is wonderful to work with in jewelry making. You can make sterling silver bracelets with bulk sterling silver chain and use semiprecious stone or glass beads to enhance your design. For crafters and jewelry designers, here are the steps to help you make sterling silver bracelets. Pick the beads you’d like to use. Pick two different styles to alternate and provide contrast. Choose five or six of each, depending on how long you want the bracelet to be. With the flush cutters, cut your sterling silver chain to 8 1/4″ to make standard sized sterling silver bracelets. Depending on wrist size, from 1/2″ to 1″ will become the dangle. Place each bead on a head pin, and top it with a spacer bead. With your round nose pliers and flat nose pliers, create a perfect loop, but don’t close it. You should have enough wire left on the head pin to wrap around itself a couple of times. Attach the looped beads to the chain at even intervals, starting on one end of the chain. Using the bent
