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An elegant shape - that's easy to make. Just in time for Valentine's Day. But wearable all year 'round. Stitch all 7 rows in about an hour or so. Turn your Strawberry Hearts into elegant earrings - or use them as lariat ends. Once you've mastered the basic technique, invent your own variation. If you're new to beading, welcome. You can do this technique. Just set aside one quiet hour - and watch your heart structure take shape. Each Chinese Strawberry Heart takes 168 beads - plus 1-3 beads for the bottom tip. In this video, I used American-made metal seed beads in size 8/0. For the Strawberry Heart Earrings in the thumbnail photo, I used size 11/0, which create a lightweight heart that's perfect for earrings. The 8/0 beads create a heavier heart that most ear lobes won't like. You can find these metal seed beads on Etsy in the Bead Parlor Beads Shop linked below. Just search for “metal beads.“ (I am not affiliated with Bead Parlor Bea
