…compilation of tutorials
The fabric necklace with polymer clay clasp makes me think of the t-shirt necklace :)
Links:
Fabric Necklace with Polymer Clay Clasp (TShirt Necklace with Polymer Clay Clasp and Matching Earrings)
=> not a tutorial
Here at unikatissima:
Fabric Necklace with Beads
This fabric necklace is made with so-called ‘fabric scrapbook stickers’, that seem to be fabric elements that you can tape into scrapbooks.
However, I am sure that you can also cobble together yourself such a cute necklace :)
Links:
Fabric Necklace (Simple Bloom Necklace Tutorial {DIY Gift})
via: Scrapbook Fabric and Felt Sticker Necklace Tutorial
The fabric wreath brooch is cute, isn’t it? It is knotted on a wire ring and I find that it would greatly match earrings from embellished fabric beads :)
Links:
Fabric Wreath Brooch (Fabric wreath brooch) (Greek)
Here at unikatissima:
Embellished Fabric Beads
I find these bracelets from old saris really beautiful!
In the same way you can easily make matching earrings, pins, beads etc. :)
Links:
Fabric and Wire Bracelets (Recycled Sari Silk and Gemstone Jewelry)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘earring’
Entries with the tag ‘pin’
Entries with the tag ‘bead’
I’ve presented the embellished fabric beads before, the funky fiber beads are similar – and just as beautiful :)
Links:
Tutorial: Funky Fiber Beads
Here at unikatissima:
Embellished Fabric Beads
I find these leather and fabric earrings also very nice, especially because you can make them match nearly everything :)
Links:
Leather and Fabric Earrings (Free Jewelry Project PDF: Earrings from Stitched Jewels)
via: Free Jewelry Project PDF: Earrings from Stitched Jewels
I presented already some entries to the subject plastic bags, but none made beads from.
The basic material is a ‘fabric’ from plastic, they’re making beads from just as paper beads.
I like this combination ;-)
Links:
Plastic Bag Beads (How-To: Turn Bags into Beads)
Here at unikatissima:
Fabric from Plastic Bags
Entries containing the words ‘plastic’ and ‘bead’
During my ‘beading time’ I wrote a (German) tutorial for bead intertwists as on the photo.
Here is the English translation:
Material:
for the bracelet:
additional items:
What to do:
First make a selection of beads and place them at your disposal.
Tip: Uniform colouring connects visually; different forms, sizes and transparency makes it more vibrant.
In this example I used eleven different sorts of blue seed beads, some transparent, some with silver lining and some opaque.
More variety in sizes brings more vitality. The border between vitality and disquietness is to your liking.
Thread beads and make a frame of approximately the right size.
Connect the bead strings from time to time to the borders of the frame.
Weave more bead strings into the frame, connect them from time to time to other strings.
Tip: On the photo the inner bead strings are sometimes multi coloured.
During the work I found out, that this isn’t necessary and that one coloured strings mostly look better.
Continue to weave in bead strings: long strings, short strings, lengthwise, crosswise, over and under.
Tip: When the ‘fabric’ gets tighter it’s easier to work in the bead strings in sections.
On the photo I append about half a dozen white beads to a white string.
Pay attention to make a ‘fabric’ of consistent denseness.
When everything is finished attach any closure, e.g. a bead loop and a colour matching button.
I didn’t make any closure, because the item on the photo wasn’t meant to be a bracelet.
Notes:
Have fun!
This Thursday’s 2nd challenge Beaded Beauties gave me the opportunity to do something I wanted to do for a long time: making Kumihimo beads.
Kumihimo is a Japanese technique to braid beautiful cords, but then: what do I do with the cord? It’s way too beautiful (and too labour-intensive! ;-)) to be used as a shoelace for instance.
I thought that it would make wonderful beads, but usually the braids are finished by wrapping some string around the braid and such beads would be much too long.
Therefore I figured out how to make my own Kumihimo beads.
The technique is far from perfect and I hope that you will try it and give suggestions to enhance the technique.
On the first two photos you see Kumihimo beads I made, the blue ones with cotton thread and the black and white ones with acrylic yarn.
All beads were made with 4 light and 4 dark coloured yarns, but I changed the initial positions on my cardboard Kumihimo disk.
You see at the surrounding seed beads how tiny my Kumihimo beads are.
What to do:
Make your Kumihimo cord. I worked about 20 rounds.
When finished, pull all threads into the bead.
And that’s where the problem lies:
If you make the Kumihimo cord ‘the normal way’ you won’t have enough place into the bead to pull all 16 threads in (8 threads at each side of the bead).
I tried different techniques to ‘reserve’ a place for the thick bunch of threads. The best one I found was making a bundle of 8 threads of the same gauge and using it as ‘filler’, that means, working around them (see third photo).
The Kumihimo beads are from fabric and can be stitched however you want. On this photo I surrounded my Kumihimo bead by seed beads and made a kind of Freeform Peyote Pendant.
Links:
This Thursday’s 2nd challenge Beaded Beauties
unikatissima’s Kumihimo How-to
unikatissima’s Freeform Peyote How-to
I always loved paper beads, but never knew what to do with them. Then one day I created an artist book (more to follow in a later entry) and – eureka! – I found a use for those paper beads: I wanted to use them on the fibers embellishing the spine of my book (see photo). For those beads I used an advertisement flyer from a furniture dealer with lots of sofas in matching colours. They just had the right size for the beads ;-)
To make the beads I used those instructions on how to make paper and fabric beads.
It can also be used to make the fabric beads I mentioned before.
Later on I found an entry at craftster: A bowl made out of paper beads! I stood there in awe!
But I think that I never will make such a bowl – it’s all a question of having or not having patience ;-)
Links:
Instructions on how to make paper and fabric beads
craftster.org: A website with sooo many craft ideas, inspirations and tutorials
A bowl made out of paper beads
Here at unikatissima:
Making Fabric Beads