Recently, a friend, who is also an all-things-fiber fanatic, came over and showed me a few things to do with those eeny weeny fabric scraps I can't part with. Among her many clever ideas were how to make fabric beads. Fast-forward to last week when I was making a prototype of my new Pocket Purse design (pattern is now in my Etsy shop) and I started fooling around with this idea. Wanna have some fun? It is so dang easy, I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it myself. Here are the easy squeezy steps:
First, lay a piece of fabric, ribbon, whatever, vertically....
Next, lay lots of little bits horizontally...
Place a coffee stirrer-type straw at the bottom...
And start rolling.
Put a dab of glue at the end just before rolling it all up.
Et Voila!
For one of the beads in the top photo, I wrapped wire around it and spaced glass beads every so often.
Soooo fun!
(Also see "Fabric Leftovers" by D'Arcy-Jean Milne for more ideas.)
1 comment:
i LOVE this idea!!! what fun and funky fiber beads!!! thanks for the tutorial.....i'm gonna give this a try!! xox, :))
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