…compilation of tutorials
A cute idea: knitting a ring with a tiny heart pattern :)
Possibly I will make it myself, I think that it won’t take long ;-))
And if you don’t like the ring, check out the other rings here ;-)
Links:
Knitted Valentine Heart Ring (Valentine Heart Rings – Free Pattern)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘ring’
A long time ago I’ve found the instruction for the braided bead rainbow but when I wanted to present it here at some time the website didn’t exist any more.
So you can imagine how glad I was when I found it back accidentally! :))
So now also for you to make it ;-))
Links:
Braided Bead Rainbow (Instructions / Anleitungen / Schémas) (English, German and French)
=> scroll down to ‘Braided Rainbow English instructions’, ‘Geflochtener Regenbogen Deutsche Anleitung’ and ‘Arc-en-ciel tressé Instructions francaises’
Pantyhose Petals!
When I was a child it was fashionable to make these!
And now everything comes back.
Admittedly the panties are more colourful today – the petals get therefore more beautiful ;-)
Links:
Pantyhose Petals (Handmade Weddings: DIY Ideas from CRAFT Magazine)
Such a pin from old plastic bottles and the like can look really cute, can’t it?
Now I’m debating with myself on whether I should collect these, too.
;-))
Links:
white brooch
via: Jewellery made from recycled stuff – a mini-round-up
via: art for housewives – pin cushions and junk jewellery
I don’t like the necklaces in Dutch Spiral technique soo much, but I tried it out to see how it is.
In principle it’s nothing else than tubular peyote (instructions see below) where you work a bead loop in one place.
Because I didn’t like the very broad loop part with 18 beads in the instruction I only used 6 beads per loop.
Well, I like it and I was especially amazed again about how I get lost in the always similar moves and how much this relaxes me.
Perhaps I will make another looong necklace, just to relax ;-))
Links:
Dutch Spiral Necklace
Google image search result for ‘bead Dutch Spiral’
Tubular Peyote – even count (Tubular Peyote Stitch Instruction) (English)
Tubular Peyote – odd count (Odd count Tubular Peyote Stitch) (English)
Tubular Peyote (Schlauch-Peyote) (German): click ‘Anleitungen’ in the left navigational bar, select ‘Schlauch-Peyote mit gerader Perlenanzahl’ or ‘Schlauch-Peyote mit ungerader Perlenanzahl’
There are soo beautiful stamps, why not make a little piece of jewelry from them?
One way is the already presented lamination, another the beading of stamps.
And with a little more thought I will get other ideas as well ;-))
Links:
Beaded Stamp Pins (Bev’s Freeform Postage Stamp Pins)
Here at unikatissima:
Laminated Stamps Necklace
I presented already the beaded freeform wire crochet and the wire hairpin lace bracelet, but here at wire crochet you can find a lot of tips that you can use making the other items.
Just check it out :))
Links:
Wire crochet (C is for Crochet) – click on ‘W is for Wire Crochet’ in navigation bar
Here at unikatissima:
Beaded Freeform Wire Crochet
Wire Hairpin Lace Bracelet
I have the tutorial about using Organza on polymer clay on my list for a long time already – but not yet tried.
After having no time to work with polymer clay for quite a long time now, I don’t want to buy some liquid polymer clay.
Nevertheless…
Links:
Millifiori and Organza Pendant
When I saw the tutorial on how to make polymer clay Zentangles I thought: ‘Wow! What a great idea!’
Up until now I only sketched my Zentangles and made a lot of things with Fimo and I even thought about making the polymer clay letter cane ;-)
I still have some black and white polymer clay canes, perhaps I can make something with them.
Links:
Polymer Clay Zentangles (Let’s Zentangle !! Making a Zentangle with Polymer Clay) – with a slide show where the steps are very well described
Here at unikatissima:
Zentangles
Polymer Clay Letter Cane
Entries with the tag ‘fimo’
Entries containing the words ‘polymer’, ‘clay’ and ‘cane’
On the photo is one of the first Beaded Art Dolls I’ve ever seen and it impressed me deeply.
I always wanted to make one but haven’t had the time yet.
Up until now I only made my freeform bead embroidery ;-)
But I looked for ‘Bead Art Doll’ already ;-)
In doing so I found a mermaid and a butterfly craftalong (in a craftalong several people work on the same project and compare notes). Furthermore I found a most beautiful bird, a blog entry on the subject of ‘Beaded Art Dolls’ and several wonderful finished Beaded Art Dolls, where I like most the Wise One and the little Alien Doll.
If you want to make one, too, you can get patterns for the dolls here.
Links:
Beaded Art Doll on the photo (Coral beaded art doll (first ever!))
Mermaid beaded art doll craftalong with descriptions
Butterfly beaded art doll craftalong with descriptions
As inspiration:
Blog entry (Use Beads as Art:Beaded Art Dolls)
Photos of Beaded Art Dolls
Wise One
Alien Doll
Google image search result for ‘bead art doll’
Free patterns: Doll Forms & Figures – you find the links on the top left: FREE PATTERNS! Bird Goddess, Tiny Goddess, Butterfly Goddess
Here at unikatissima:
Freeform Bead Embroidery