~~Cheyenne~~

I am just wondering how do you attach rhinestone banding to your beadwork, do you glue or sew. I've been doing both, but sometimes the glue gets messy. any advice would be very much appreciated =)

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cherokeemom06

I always sew mine. I tried gluing some on set and it pulled loose. The sewing looks a lot cleaner too.

Czechy

Yep, sew it down between every stone. The only place I might put a teeny bit of glue is right at the beginning and at the very end of the band, under the first and last rhinestones.

Eagle Plumes

yep I do it just like Czecky. And to help with neatness I will put a dab of glue on a toothpick and put it on it that way,then I use a close pin to clamp it a bit.

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chazziff

yup ... just like czechy ... hand sew and wit a dab of glue

there are somethings you have to take the time to do ... can try go the "fast" route ... and it will end up lookin like you did ... LOL

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~~Cheyenne~~

yeah thats sounds right czechy, i glued the whole thing the first time and i got glue all over my hands and on the rhinestones, , it looked crazy, then i tried that glueing a small amount just on the first and last stones, it did work better, thanks for posting it looks like i'm going in the right direction, thanks again =)

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~~Cheyenne~~

also when sewing down i sew the string close to the beadwork first then the outer side =)

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Blackbear

I do both but I'm only using a little bit of like jewelry glue to hold it in place well enough that it don't move as I sew it down.

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