Festival Inspired Leather Jewelry - Bohemian Wood Burned Cuffs and Bracelets - Make these DIY leather cuffs and bracelets using pyrography, paint and beads. #michaelsmakers
The other weekend at the C&G class we were looking at ways of embellishing your work. As my work is generally unadorned and bling is a definite no-no, this meant lots of research for me. This is one of my favourite parts of teaching C&G – I have a great excuse to go and look up artists and ideas and techniques and learn more myself. One of the things I came across was making your own beads using straws (an article in a Quilting Arts freebie on embellishment techniques by Gail Ellspermann – you can get it here). As I was looking quickly for lots of different ideas, all I took away was straws, fabric and glue and looking back at the article now, I’ve made mine in a completely different way. So to make my fabric beads, you need: · Small strips of fabric approx 1-2in wide · Old threads, plain, fancy, metallic – whatever needs using up · Drinking straws · Pritt Stick style glue · PVA glue in a bottle with a nozzle (mine was Sainsbury’s own brand kids PVA) · Scalpel knife or very sharp scissors They really are very simple to make, but I did find it quite addictive, making many more than I needed for the class and the artwork I’m going to put them on. 1. Cover one side of the fabric with pritt stick glue. Wrapping the glue covered fabric around the straw 2. Stick this to the straw (below the bend if using a bendy straw or at least 2in from the end if not) at approx 45 degree angle. 3. Wrap the fabric around the straw until you reach the end of either the fabric or straw. Cut off any excess fabric 4. Run a line of PVA glue down the fabric and then wrap the thread(s) you want to use down the straw, rubbing the glue in as you go. Repeat at least twice with the glue, adding more thread if you want. Leave to dry. Drying straws 5. ‘Crack’ the pritt glue by gently squashing the fabric, then pull out the straw. Cut to the desired size using a scalpel knife, and recoat each bead with PVA if need to make firmer or to tidy in ends. Pile of finished straws waiting to be cut As I said really easy! To be contrary, rather than make them in lovely bright colours, I ended up wanting brown beads, although it is amazing how the colour is influenced by even the smallest amount of thread. Beads stitched onto my current work in progress Have you made anything like these? How have you used them? The C&G class came up with some great ideas for embellishment and we sent them away to make an over-embellished sample. I can’t wait to see the results next month.
Lace making is my hobby. It is my joy, my pleasure, and my peace of mind. It excites me and offers an escape from daily toil. But mostly, it rewards me in unexpected ways. I have been dreaming abo…
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Have you seen eWoodStory pendants? They are THE hot ticket item for crafty jewelry, and I am so lucky to get to give away four of these pendants one very lucky Moogly reader! Here's the description from their Etsy page: Our wood pendants and frames are made to help you create! Use embroidery, cross stitch, crochet, knitting, weaving, quilting, painting, or any craft you can imagine, to create unique jewelry and home decor. Our crochet kits with exotic wood elements are fun to stitch, and are sure to be a conversation piece when worn. There are so many gorgeous possibilities
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