I've been wanting to make some fabric beads for a while -- and happily I made it happen.
I've included the step-by-steps here:
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| you'll want to have a piece of foil - strips of fabrics anywhere from 1/2" -2" wide by 4" long some tacky glue; container to mix glue, paint brush, straws and some hand cream |
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| mix up some of the glue 1 part glue - 1 part water |
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| put a bit of hand cream on for it will keep the glue from overtaking everything |
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| brush glue on -- then lay straw as above; fold it over straw to begin |
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| roll it up! |
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| keep adding more to straw & keep on rolling |
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| let dry on straw then slide each bead off |
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| decorate as desired |
Hope you can find a use for these fun beads.
or try making them with you kids or grandkids.
Happy times!
I have seen them before; in fact aren't they on your necklace shown in your picture next to this tutorial? Now I know how they are made; thanx.
ReplyDeletethey might have been karen, but the ones I am wearing were made with polymer clay wrapped with yarn scraps... hope you give the bead making a try for it is a lot of fun
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