Category: Beads

Paper folded bracelet

Paper folded bracelet

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Of course you don’t see the bracelet on the photo, but my first and only attempt to make such a bracelet.
Better look at the photos in the tutorial on how to make a Starburst wrapper bracelet at craftster.org.
After I’ve finished the little piece on the photo I had enough – it’s such a fiddly work ;-)
If you like this technique, try the tutorial on how to make a wrapper purse!


Links:
craftster.org: A website with sooo many craft ideas, inspirations and tutorials
Starburst Wrapper Bracelet
Chip Wrapper Purse Instructions

Beaded Amulet Bag

Beaded Amulet Bag

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Sharon Bateman shows very interesting beading loom techniques on her website. One of them is an instruction on how to make an amulet bag with a so-called tube-aloo. This tube-aloo is nothing else then a clear tube.
I once tried this technique with a toilet paper tube. I think that the clear tube-aloo is easier to use, but for a try the toilet paper tube really was sufficient.
Because I don’t use amulet bags and still have no idea what else to do with such a little bag I didn’t finish my bag ;-)
But it was an interesting experience and I found the technique not only easy to work but actually ingenious.


Links:
Sharon Bateman
Beaded Amulet Bag

Bead embroidered Paisleys

Beaded Paisleys

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I love bead embroidery and I love paisleys.
What could be better for me than this tutorial on how to bead embroider Paisleys? ;-)
I tried it, but up until now they didn’t exactly look like I wanted them for. So I will try further.
(If you don’t know how to embroider beads, you may want to take a look at the Freeform Bead Embroidery article from yesterday.)


Links:
Bead embroidered Paisleys
unikatissima’s entry: Freeform Bead Embroidery

Freeform Bead Embroidery

Freeform Bead Embroidery

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As I said before I really love freeform work.
I once even wrote a tutorial on freeform bead embroidery (in german).
First I show how to embroider beads (with explaining pictures).
Then I tell how to encase a piece of cardboard with your fabric to use as cheap alternative for an embroidery hoop (with explaining pictures too).
And in the end I show how to begin with your freeform embroidery (which for me is always the most difficult part) (with explaining pictures too).
The item on the picture is a bead embroidered button I once made.


Links:
Freeform Bead Embroidery (in german with explaining pictures)

Here at the blog:
Categorie Freeform
Freeform Needlework

Bead Crochet

Bead Crochet

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I showed before a tutorial on crocheting bead ropes. These bead crochet instructions are different: this time you crochet something like a completely beaded fabric which you can use further for your projects. Use it e.g. for little purses.


Links:
Beadwrangler: A giant website with so many ideas, tipps and instructions that I have not yet finished seeing all of them ;-)
Bead Crochet

Here at unikatissima:
Beaded Crochet Rope

Miniature 3-D Star

Miniature 3-D Star

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I found (and enjoyed ;-)) this article at craftster and then remembered, that I once have seen an instruction on how to fold those little stars how to fold those little stars (the link isn’t available no more).
I tried it once but again my fingers didn’t worked the way I asked them ;-) This time it were the stars that looked clumsy ;-)


Links:
craftster.org: A giant craftsters community
Mini Star Bracelet (original topic title: “It’s Britney Bitch ;)”)

Making a Bead Spinner

Making a Bead Spinner

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Yesterday I presented a how-to crochet with beads. For the rope you have to string beads on a thread which is a boring exercise. When you simply want to string the beads without any pattern you can use a bead spinner. Kimberly Chapman published a tutorial for making yourself a bead spinner out of reused materials.
What a great idea!

 

Links:
Making a Bead Spinner

Here at unikatissima:
Beaded Crochet Rope