- Find a video somewhere.
- Take this one for example, also from YouCanMakeThis.com:
- Select it (Esme found it easiest to select the last word before it and the first word after it and paste the whole thing, like this:
Keep reading! Here’s a few more photos so you can see the details! - Go to your blog, without stopping to copy something else on the way like Esme did the first time
- Open a new post
- Hit ctrl-v and by some miracle of nature the video will appear. Unless it doesn't and a bunch of letters and symbols show up instead. In that case, publish your post then look at it. You may be surprised to find that those letters and symbols have blossomed into a video!!! If, on the other hand, you find that the letters and symbols just made a mess, then you'll want to go to a blog where they know what they're doing because Esme just got lucky on this one...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
How to Make Fabric Covered Beaded Necklaces - Studio5 Time!
by Kim on November 30, 2009
Good Monday morning! Are you ready to start a fun project this week? Here’s one I think you’re going to love because it takes minimal materials and time, yet has fantastic results!
I had the opportunity to show how to make these on NBC/KSL’s Studio5 program today! Check out the video below! We also including the step-by-step photos on how these trendy (and oh-so-cute!) necklaces and bracelets were put together!
Materials Needed:
- 1/8 yard fabric
- wood beads or marbles
- large safety pin & a straight pin
- sewing machine
- wire-trimmed ribbon (optional flower)
- toggle (optional)
Step 1: Measure around your bead and add 1/2 inch. This will be the width of your fabric strip. Since my bead measured 2 inches around, I cut a fabric strip 2 1/2″ x the length of the fabric (45″).
Step 2: Right sides together, sew a 1/4 inch seam along the long side of fabric. Do not sew the short ends at this time. You are doing this in order to form a tube.
Step 3: Attach a large safety pin to end of tube in order to turn the tube right-side-out.
Step 4: Find the middle of your tube by folding it in half. Place a pin there.
Step 5: Insert a bead or marble into the tube. Push it through the tube until it stops at the straight pin.
Step 6: Tie a knot right next to the bead. Remove pin and tie a knot on the other side of the bead. This becomes your center bead and an equal number of beads will be placed on each side of that middle bead. Continue to tie a knot inbetween each bead.
Step 7: To finish the ends, simply tuck the raw edges inside of the tube and topstitch. I used a different colored thread just for clarity in the photos, but I’d suggest using the same color thread as your fabric.
Now, you can leave this as is…or…you can embellish it even more with a flower (or two!) Fabric flowers are so popular now. And while there are so many different ways to make them, I’m going to show you an extremely EASY way to do one from ribbon! And did I mention it is super cute?!?
Here’s what you want to look for: wire-trimmed ribbon! You know the kind — you’ll find it all over the Christmas aisles of any store, as well as in the ribbon department.
All you need to do is pull the wire from one of the ends. See what happens? It starts to GATHER your ribbon! Of course, this is exactly what happens when you have a basting or gathering stitch along one side of fabric. But by using wire-trimmed ribbon, you save yourself a step! (I always love that!)
Keep tugging and watch that ribbon ruffle! Then take a needle and thread and sew the layers together (a little dab of hot glue works, too!)
Here are some more photos of what we did with ribbon flowers! We used the same gathering technique on fabric, tulle, mesh, and more. Plus, take a look at some variations that 2 of our team members, Sherrie and Rachel, created with this simple necklace technique!
Have fun!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
PUEBLO PARTY LARIAT
Friday, September 11, 2009
Pinky
Tell me, really, is pink not your favorite color? This delicate little necklace was strung with a random mixture of seed pearls, silver rounds, glass rounds, pink glass rounds, a few Swarovski crystals and maybe a couple of other things I can't remember. The pendant is one inch square, enamelled base metal. I do not use components containing lead. At 17" it is a short necklace, perfect for wear with v-necks, turtlenecks, jackets, lingerie,...