…compilation of tutorials
Actually it’s time to bead me a nice necklace, e.g. this spiral chain.
At least I find that I should ;-)
She says that it is an easy stitch that is worked quickly.
Once I tried the stitch and I find that she’s right.
Only I gave the necklace away and took (of course!) no photo before.
Well, I have to make it again, this time for me ;-)
Links:
Spiral Rope Chain
You can do a lot with wire – even hair pin lace!
Looks wonderful, the bracelet, doesn’t it?
Oh yes, my list ;-))
But I have already a self-made hair pin lace loom ;-))
Links:
Hairpin Lace bracelet : Amber Waves
Hairpin Lace – Creating the Basic Strip (English)
Hairpin Lace (Gabelhäkeln) (German)
via: Hairpin Lace (English and German)
Google search result for ‘hair pin lace’
Google image search result for ‘hair pin lace’
Google search result for ‘Gabelhäkelei’
Google image search result for ‘Gabelhäkelei’
Here at unikatissima: Self-made Hairpin Lace Loom
Finally a beaded bead again ;-)
I like this one very much, the shape is more dynamic than the one of the easy Peyote beads that I presented at the paper beads.
I haven’t tried them yet (of course!) but I will one day ;-)
Links:
Beaded Bicone Bead
Here at unikatissima:
Making Paper beads
Entries with the tag ‘beaded beads’
Even if the ‘pendants’ don’t really match my liking, I find the idea and the workmanship really great!
In fact she only wrotes as ‘instruction’: “I don’t really have a process on
how I make them it’s a trial and error thing.”
That means that it is my part to realize something to my liking – as necklace, as earring, as pin and so on ;-))
And I have already some tutorials for buttons ;-)
Links:
Button Collage Necklaces (New Collage necklaces)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘button’
Entries with the tag ‘necklace’
Entries with the tag ‘earring’
Entries with the tag ‘pin’
I really like wire jewelry and therefore the wire heart fits my interests well ;-)
Here I found somebody who shows her wire heart, beautiful, isn’t it?
My list grows looonger! ;-)
Links:
Wire Heart (Heart within a heart tutorial)
Wire Heart
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tags ‘wire’ and ‘jewelry’
While surfing I found a beautiful spiral button.
I have to give it a try ;-)
If I don’t like it, I can still come back to my own spiral beads ;-)
Or to the folded spirals.
Or the crochet spiral ;-)))
Links:
Spiral Button Free Bead Pattern
Here at unikatissima:
Beaded Spiral Beads
Folded Spirals
Crochet Spiral
I’ve seen different tutorials for new watch straps but I always find it difficult how to attach them.
With the fabric watch-strap cover this is no problem because the original watch strap simply gets a ‘suit’.
Inventive idea!
Links:
Fabric Watch-Strap Cover
I made some nice necklaces from very narrow polymer clay beads where the bead colours are blended – and I wanted to present them now.
That’s what you do:
First make a Skinner Blend (a ploymer clay slab with a colour blend).
I blended it from light green to blue.
Cut the slab in stripes and wrap them around one or more kebab skewers – not too firm or you get problems taking them off, later.
Join the edges thoroughly and with care so that the beads won’t fall apart later.
At the top of the photo you see a piece of light green polymer clay, that will become contrasting beads.
By the way: If you don’t have a pasta machine for the Skinner Blend (never use a pasta machine used for polymer clay for food again!) you can find hints on how you can manage without it via the links below.
Cut the wrapped slab with a small knife down to the skewer at regular intervals, I made my future beads about 3 mm wide.
Bake the polymer clay following the instructions and get the beads off the skewer(s) carefully.
On this photo you see my light green contrasting bead that I put between the others to make it look more interesting and you see a silver bead where I don’t remember how I coloured it.
I think that I used silver coloured metallic powder that I bought for some Mica shift projects.
I threaded my beads on a self-dyed violet silk cord and made the clasp from a black braided band and a big, round light green bead.
And that is a red necklace with Skinner Blend beads that I gave away – I’m sorry for the poor quality of the picture, when I took the photo at that time I didn’t know how to make good photos.
On both sides of the black central bead I let the colour blend go from light to dark red and loosened it up with narrow black beads.
The earrings are simply cones that I rounded at the top and that I carved slightly horizontally to make them match the necklace.
Links:
Skinner Blend
Don’t have a pasta machine?
Making A Jellyroll Cane Without A Pasta Machine
via: Glass Attic – Pasta machines – click on ‘No pasta machine?–other ways …guide rails’
Pasta Free Skinner Blend (Video)
Here at unikatissima:
Polymer Clay Mica Shift
I found a beading tutorial for a beautiful necklace, the St. Petersburg necklace.
Doesn’t only look wonderful but seems to be easy to make, but I have to try this yet ;-)
Links:
St.Petersburg Necklace
Additionally I found (but unfortunately I can’t remember how) a PDF-file with this tutorial: Stitch a St. Petersburg to make a lariat or necklace designed by Hatsumi Oshitani (PDF – ca 600 KB)
I’ve seen several mini dress-form jewelry stands already but I find an instruction on how to make it yourself muuuch better ;-)
I really have to take a look for appropriate dolls at my next junk market visit ;-)
Links:
Mini Dress-Form Jewelry Stand