…compilation of tutorials
Aren’t those pendants beautiful?
I was totally thrilled when finding the instruction.
Now I must simply purchase some plexiglas, fabric dye and a saw as well as a drill to process them.
I’m sure I will ;-))
Links:
At craftster: Dyed Plexiglas Necklaces
This time it’s no ‘real’ instruction but an inspiration: Embellished Grapefruits Embellished Grapefruits. (Click there for the actual pieces on the thumbnails and see e.g. Two Pods Two Pods.)
Because I’m always impatient I preferred to use a piece from an orange – grapefruits are so big ;-)
While working I had a lot of fun.
I like the embroidery of orange peels nearly as much as embroidery on paper. The most uncommon thing I had to do was to give my needle a wash ;-))
After the embroidery I put the orange peel between several layers of tissue paper in an old telephon book and let it dry ‘flat’.
Actually I had hoped that I can coat it with medium gel afterwards and wear as a pendant, but I don’t really like the ‘flat version’ of my orange peel.
I find worst that the threads now stand up now like croquet wickets, I really don’t like this.
At the next opportunity I will see if I can make it better.
If it works I will perhaps embroider beads on, that should be interesting, perhaps Paisleys or simply Freeform.
Links:
Grapefruit – click there for the actual pieces on the thumbnails and see e.g. Two Pods
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive:
Grapefruit – click there for the actual pieces on the thumbnails and see e.g. Two Pods
Embroidery stitch descriptions (English)
Embroidery stitch descriptions (German)
Here at unikatissima:
Paper Crazy Quilt
Freeform Bead Embroidery
Bead embroidered Paisleys
I found a very cute idea at glassattic: letter canes from polymer clay.
Somebody writes there: ‘I made a nice letter cane using the mosaic “pixels” method taught by CityZen Cane…turned out nice!
….tip: wrap the letter itself with a sheet of background color before adding mthe rest of the background color, to avoid “chinks” in letter’s edge’
In other words they worked in a similar way than for the Checkerboard Cane: they rolled out two different coloured sheets from polymer clay, cut them into stripes and put those stripes together to a ‘pixelated’ letter cane.
The letters from the Celtic Cross Stitch Generator could be used as templates.
Or, if you don’t want to make a letter, perhaps my Cross Stitch Heart!? ;-)
I already prepared the first letter of my name, but I won’t have the time to make such a letter cane very soon.
Sigh.
;-)
Links:
Note about letter cane (check at ‘WRAPPED:’ => ‘……Mosaic’)
In the Polymer Clay Cyclopedia: Checkerboard Cane
Here at unikatissima:
Celtic Cross Stitch Generator
Cross Stitch Heart
I found at craftster an instruction on how to cast pewter in soapstone that I find really great!
Don’t the pieces look beautiful?
I’m considering earnestly to buy some soapstone pieces and some lead free pewter…
Links:
At craftster:
Pewter Casting in Soapstone
I found a short but good tutorial on how to make beautiful jewelry from wire and polymer clay.
At the moment I don’t have any jewelry wire at home and I’m not working with polymer clay anymore, but this tutorial made me feel like beginning once more!
Links:
At flickr: Tutorial Wire Work and Polymer Clay (photos only)
I found a good tutorial again, this time about how to make a needle felted bracelet.
I put it directly on my list, because I think it is great as a base that can be embellished e.g. with bead embroidered Paisleys or bead picots but also with ‘just-embroidery’ like the cross stitch heart, the freeform embroidery or the Embroidery Crust.
Additionally you can make matching earrings and a pendant for a necklace.
Links:
Needle Felted Loop Bracelet
Here at unikatissima:
Bead embroidered Paisleys
Bead Picots
Freeform Bead Embroidery
Entries with the tag ’embroidery’
Cross Stitch Heart
Freeform Embroidery
Embroidery Crust
Because it’s not long to Valentine’s Day any more I’d like to offer a template for you to bead a heart with square stitch (for instructions on how to do the square stitch see links below).
It’s great to make a card but can be made into a piece of jewelry as well.
Click picture to enlarge and then simply print.
And here you can see easily where the name ‘square stitch’ comes from ;-))
Links:
Standard Square Stitch Beading Tutorial
Making Square Stitch Samples Part I – shows also the ‘Circular Flat Square Stitch’
Perlenhobby Anleitungen (German) => click ‘Anleitungen’ in the left navigational bar => click ‘Quadratstich’
I still have some wool for felting and now I found something I want to do from it: a beaded cabochon.
Aren’t they beautiful?
As soon as I find some time I will start with it.
Links:
Needle Felted Bead Cabochon
Here at unikatissima: Entries with the tag ‘felting’
When seeing this tutorial on how to make jewelry from hardware store stuff I feel the urge to drive to the next hardware store immediately and rummage around.
But I will stay strong and wait until the next occasion.
Or perhaps I just sneak off to my basement…
;-)))
Links:
Wire Wrapped Hardware (It’s a Wrap)
Here at unikatissima: Entries with the tag ‘wire’
There are those beautiful beads where one bead sits in another and I’m always asking myself how they’re doing them.
Desiree shows us how you can make a bead into a bead with polymer clay – wunderful!
Links:
Bead-N-Bead (Lost Wax) Project