tripped up to the studio to find leather cord, some nymo thread, needles and some beads - now I have a ton of beads but of course not the ones I need - although I did find some 6mm glass coloured that I thought I'll just do a prototype and see how hard it is
You use the ladder stitch - here is a tutorial http://www.limabeads.com/Learning-the-Ladder-Stitch-T33
The tutorial I followed:
Lots of tutorials on google - not very hard
I like this one now the best from Rings N Things
http://www.rings-things.com/blog/2011/03/08/how-to-make-wrapped-leather-bracelets/#.UwuwDPk7uM4
followed a tutorial on the web - I may have used a bit larger than I should have for beads ? not sure - they said 6 mm - not happy with the way they did the ends and found another I would prefer to follow so the next one will be better and I want 5 wraps in the end
found my button stash ! and used a whole 1 button up
Such a coincidence! I decided to try one, too - just started it on Friday, and am still stitching (because I chose tiny seed beads to make mine!) -
ReplyDeleteYours looks terrific!
I think something smaller - picked up some beads of all places - michaels today - only a bit smaller than the ones I used - turquoise this time - I was eyeing some 8's ? in seed beads - not too small as I have lots of them
ReplyDeletegoing to give it another try