# 323 DBR Delica 11/0 MATTE METALLIC PURPLE IRIS - 7.2g Tube

Use these world renown Miyuki Delica glass seed beads for your best results ever!

Get ready to create stunning, unique items with the highest quality glass seed beads in the land!

MIYUKI glass beads famous, and are considered a "world standard" for their high quality, brilliance, and uniform shape. They are highly sought after by fashion designers, artists and bead makers alike.

Quantity per tube:  7.2 grams (1,290 – 1,400 beads per 7.2 gram tube).  This is a guesstimate only, as every bead coating will weigh slightly differently.

Measurements for 11/0 size:  1.6 mm long (from hole to hole) x 1.3mm wide with threading hole .80~.85mm

Threaded length:  approx. 8 beads per centimetre or 20 beads per inch

Quantity per gram:  The average quantity is usually 180-200 beads per gram, but this will be dependent on the coating/finish on individual colours.  When calculating your needs, we recommend you use the 180/g measurement so that you definitely have enough on hand for your project.

Here are some links to the Miyuki website if you want to browse more detailed information on these incredible Miyuki beads.

Key to durability scale. https://www.miyuki-beads.co.jp/english/seed/02.html

Delica durability chart. https://www.miyuki-beads.co.jp/english/seed/07.html

Experience perfection in every bead with Miyuki Delicas, recognized as the most precisely formed seed beads on earth. Manufactured in Japan, they are precision-made and are highly consistent in size, shape, hole alignment and colour.

The manufacturing of Delica seed beads is truly the benchmark for seed beads throughout the world.

The large hole in Miyuki Delica beads have a large threading hole in proportion to their size, and offer the flexibility for multiple needle passes through the same bead, establishing Delicas as the ultimate building block for intricate bead weaving.

Delicas are a fundamental building block in various beading techniques, including geometric beading, peyote patterns, bead forms, bead weaving, and more. Enjoy browsing our extensive collection of colours, coating, opacity, and finish.

Miyuki Delica beads are ideal for creating precise details in beaded designs giving a lovely flat surface due to the consistency in size.  They are perfect for creating precise details in your beaded designs, being popular for embroiderers and embellishments, as well as loom beading, and hand stitching, such as brick, square & peyote stitch projects.

You might buy a colour code years after your previous tube, and the colour will 99.9% be identical.  Each batch is usually perfect in every bead.  It is very unusual to have a malformed bead when buying Delica seed beads.  This makes the Miyuki brand beads an economical way to purchase beads where consistency is key to your design, rather than needing to cull misshaped beads from your pack with other brands.