“Belvedere” Earrings

Material (for one pair of earrings)

Matubo 10/0 (approx. 6 grams)

Matubo 8/0 (16 pcs)
15/0 Japanese seed beads (16 pcs)
3mm firepolished beads (16 pcs)

Jump rings, earring findings, accent beads and

embellishment (textile or chain tassels) of your
choice

Beading needle and thread (Nymo, Fireline...)

Difficulty: For beginners/intermediate

1 | Design and tutorial by Nela Kabelova (www.gianelle.beadforum.cz) www.matubobeads.com

You can use as many colors of Matubo 10/0 as you wish. 4) … until you reach …
In this pattern I am using three colors – light turquoise (A)
as the base color, dark turquoise for the corners (B) and
yellow for the edges (C).
If you’re trying this pattern for the first time I recommend
doing the same – or at least using different colors for the
base and for the corners. Once you get the grasp of this
technique, you can try this with only one color.

If you never did any geometric beading before, I recommend 5) … the end of the row.
trying the “Beaded Triangles” pattern (available at This is what you should
www.matubobeads.com) first. get.

1) String five 10/0s, color

A and one 10/0, color B.
Repeat four times total.
Then slide all the beads to
the end of the thread and
tie a square knot to form 6) At the end of the row
a circle. make a step-up by passing
through the first A you
added in this row (as
2) Add one A. Skip the shown in the photo).
nearest A bead in the row
and pass through the
second next bead in the
row (peyote stitch).
7) In the gap above an A
add another A, skip the
lower A and pass through
the next (upper) A in the
3) Repeat step 2 … row.

8) In the next gap above

an A add another A, skip
the lower A and pass
through the next (upper) A
in the row.

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 9) In the gap above a B 14) Then add two Bs and
add two Bs, skip the pass through the second B
“original” B and pass in the corner.
through the next (upper) A
in the row.

10) Repeat steps 7, 8 and 15) Repeat steps 12 – 14 …

9 until you reach the end
of the row.

11) At the end of the row 16) … until you reach …

make the step-up by
passing through the first
A you added in this row.

12) In the gap above any 17) … the end of the row.
bead add an A, skip the Again, don’t forget the
next lower bead and pass step-up (you can even
through the next upper make it it one step, while
bead in the row. adding the last bead in the
row).

13) Repeat step 12 until 18) In a similar way add

you reach the first B bead one more row – in the
in the corner. gaps above a single bead
add one A …

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 19) … like this … 24) On the edge of the
square we’ll be adding one
A in each gap, just like we
used to do in previous
rows …

20) … and in the corner 25) … but in the corner

add two Bs … instead of two Bs add just
one B.

21) … like this. 26) You should get

something like this.

27) And since this is the

22) And again, when you last row on this side you
reach the end of the row don’t have to make the
don’t forget the step-up. step-up at the end of the
row.

28) Weave through beads

23) Then add one more to get to one of the
row – but there will be “upper” As in the middle
one slight difference. row – as shown in the
photo.

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 29) And just like in steps 34) This is what you
7 – 22 … should get.

30) … add three more rows 35) Now if you look

… carefully you might notice
that each bead on one side
fits perfectly into a gap
on the other side and vice
versa – including the
corners.

31) … to the other side of 36) Now we need to zip

the square. both sides together.
The thread is exiting from
one of the upper beads.
Don’t add any new beads
and just pass through the
nearest upper bead on the
other side of the square
…
32) The principle is still
the same – one A bead in 37) … and again ...
each gap along the edge,
two B beads in the corner,
step-up at the end of
each row.

33) Just like this.

38) … and again.

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 39) Even when you reach 44) … the end …
the corner. Exit the last A
on one side, pass through
the first B on the other
side …

40) … then pass through 45) … of the row …

the middle B on the first
side again …

41) … and then through 46) This is how the result

the second B on the should look like. If you did
second side again. not make any mistake, both
sides of the square should
be seamlessly connected
together.

42) And then keep 47) Look up the middle row

connecting the upper beads on the edge of the square.
just like in steps 36 – 41 There are five A beads in
… this row. Weave through
beads to get to the second
one (as shown in the
photo).

43) … until you reach … 48) Add one C and pass

through the next (third) A
bead in the same row.

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 49) Add one C and pass 54) … until you reach …
through the next (fourth)
A bead in the same row.

50) Then weave through 55) … the end of the row.

beads to get to the second
bead in the middle row on
the next edge of the
square. I usually follow the
thread path that is shown
in the photo and go
through the B beads in the
corner.
56) Weave through beads
51) Like this. to get to the single B
bead in the corner.

57) Add one 15/0, one C,

one 3mm FP and one C and
52) Now you’ve reached then pass through the
the second bead in the nearest C in the row (as
middle row on the next shown in the photo).
edge.

58) Add one C and pass

53) Repeat steps 48 – 52 through the next C in the
… row.

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 59) Add one C, one 3mm FP, 64) Add one C and pass
one C and one 15/0 and trough the next group of
pass through the next (C, 3mm FP, C, 15/0).
single B in the next corner.

60) Repeat steps 57 – 59 65) The thread is exiting

… from the 15/0. Add one C,
one 8/0 and one C and
pass through the next
group of (15/0, C, 3mm FP,
C).

61) … until you reach the 66) Repeat steps 63 – 65

end of the row. …

62) Pass through the 67) … until you reach the

nearest group of (15/0, C, end of the row.
3mm FP, C).

63) Add one C and pass 68) Make the step-up by

through the next C in the passing through the
row. nearest upper C in the row
(as shown in the photo).

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 69) Add one 8/0 and pass 74) … until you reach the
through the next upper C end of the row. Then tie
in the row. a few half-hitch knots and
cut off all the remaining
thread. The earring is
finished.

75) Use jump rings to attach earring findings and other

70) Then pass trough the optional embellishment to some of the 8/0s on the edge of
next group of (C, 3mm FP, the earring.
C, 15/0) and also through
the first C from the
corner (you should exit
right before the corner
8/0).

71) Skip the 8/0 in the

corner and pass through
the next C in the corner
and also through the next You can also make a necklace by making five such
group of (15/0, C, 3mm FP, components and connecting them together with jump rings
C) … and chains.

72) … and also through the

next “upper” C.

73) Repeat steps 69 – 72

…

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 Matubo 10/0 10060/28171
Colorways:
Matubo 8/0 43020/86805
Miyuki Round 15/0 4203
Duracoat Galv. Gold
Matubo 10/0 63030/86875,
3mm FP 60150/84100/86805
03000/65491
Matubo 8/0 63030/43400
Miyuki Round 15/0 2008
Matte Met. Patina Iris
3mm FP 60110/84100/65901

Matubo 10/0 60020/85105

Matubo 8/0 00030/85106

Matubo 10/0 00030/28001 Miyuki Round 15/0 4203

Matubo 8/0 23980/81002 Duracoat Galv. Gold

Miyuki Round 15/0 2002 3mm FP 63130/15496

Matte Metallic Silver Gray

3mm FP 23980/81002

Matubo 10/0 23980/28703

Matubo 8/0 00030/27000
Matubo 10/0 90080/86875, Miyuki Round 15/0 401F
03000/37000 Matte Black
Matubo 8/0 90080/86805 3mm FP 63130/15496
Miyuki Round 15/0 190 Steel
3mm FP 93200/15496

Matubo 10/0 63130/84110,

63130/15695, 83120/43400
Matubo 8/0 83210/43400
Miyuki Round 15/0 4203
Duracoat Galv. Gold
3mm FP 63130/15496

10 | Design and tutorial by Nela Kabelova (www.gianelle.beadforum.cz) www.matubobeads.com