Blue, Pearl White, and Metallic Gold and Silver Long Brick Stitch Earrings
These brick stitched earrings are real eye catchers! I used blue, pearl white, metallic gold and metallic silver seed beads, all size 11/0. Brick stitching is when I literally use a needle and thread to stitch these tiny beads together.
They are 5.25 inches long from the top of of the ear wire curve to the very bottom of the whole earring, and it is .75 inch wide. They have stainless steel ear wires (nickel free, hypoallergenic, tarnish resistant). To get an idea of how long the earrings will be on you, start from where your ear is pierced and measure down.
All of my jewelry and accessories are handmade by me. Made in and shipped from Lubbock, TX. USA
Let me slow things down a bit and give you the skinny on brick stitching! This is one of the techniques that land under the name of "bead work". It is a process of making earrings by literally stitching beads together with a needle and thread, and in this case the brick stitching comes into it with the way the beads on the - in this case - top of the earrings line up. Brick stitching is my love language! I taught myself to do this particular technique because my mom had always loved these, I remembered them from my childhood. I had a hard time finding them so I just started making them. And no, this is not cheaply made somewhere else and I resell. I make these from stitch to stitch. Each pair of earrings takes me 3+ hours to make, and I love them!