Flutterby Butterfly Friendship Collection Tutorial

In this Tutorial you will learn to make a versatile butterfly component, that can be used to make earrings, pendant or be part of a more complex design. By securing two mirror images together, you can form a complete butterfly. This makes the perfect 'Best Friend' and/or 'Mothers Day' gifts, as you can make a pair that are a mirror image of each other, so together they make a whole butterfly but the friends or Mother and daughter have half each.

There are 3 pdf files included with this lesson:

Flutterby butterfly tutorial:
Level: Intermediate
Page count: 14
Steps: 17

3 Wire Wrapped Bail tutorial:
Level: Easy
Page count: 14
Steps: 19

Simple Earwire tutorial
Level: Easy
Page count: 5
Steps: 5


As you can see from the barrette image, these butterflies can also be used as components and integrated into more complex designs. They pair perfectly with the barrette kits.


As with any written instruction, please read through at least once before starting.

Abby’s experience running tutorials on this wonderful craft shines out in the clarity of the step-by-step instruction and detailed pictures for each project. To Abby, teaching is all about getting the detail right and taking out the guess work so the maker can concentrate on the end result of a beautiful piece of jewellery.

We look at many techniques including:
•Forming a frame
•Hammering a section (optional)
•Weaving with wire
•Attaching beads
•Coiling and binding

You will need (not included, listing for tutorial only)

Tools:
 round nose pliers
 chain nose pliers
 flat nose pliers
 nylon jaw Pliers
 flush cutters
 bench block (optional)
 hammer (optional)
 tape measure

Materials:
 18-gauge wire
 28 gauge wire
 3 mm Rondelles