One Way of Backing a barrette - Page 2

Blackbear · 08-05-2003, 03:37 AM

Nya-weh ! :D

Tibiki Kinew · 08-19-2003, 08:46 AM

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Originally posted by NancyJo
Yeah, the plastic is kind of hard to sew through....but I've found out that Pringles Chips lids are kind of a thinner plastic and a lot easier to sew through....that or I cut the plastic a little smaller than the barrette. Anyway.....it's just what I use and thought I'd pass it on.
Thanks for letting me know about the barrette's.....I've been using those spring-kind of barrette's, and they come apart or the parts come off and get lost....so I really like those 1 peice barrettes.
Anyway....as always, I enjoy reading the demo's you do.
Keep it up!!!!

Ever try the plastic dividers from a binder ,,,they work even better and can be cut and shaped with any small utility knife!!!

Tibiki Kinew · 08-19-2003, 08:51 AM

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Originally posted by Blackbear
Nya-weh ! :D

Meegwetch bear!!!
I do the wampum stich in beading, that works so much easier and if I make a mistake in the pattern I can cut it out and replace it anytime. Never need a loom again. I am working on my pipe bag and it has a pattern of ~ 10 x 16 inches,,,that's a lot of beads!!!

Tibiki Kinew · 08-19-2003, 08:55 AM

As per the glue I use Goop from walmart, it is great and stays flexible. To protect the beads after I am done with a project and I want to keep it from getting distroyed i put two layers of podge on it. Also from walmart or any other craft shop,,,brushes on milky and dries clear.

Candy · 08-19-2003, 02:42 PM

Thanx, Blackbear! That should back my loom stuff a lot better than what I've been doing.:D

butterflypulse · 09-08-2003, 02:24 PM

I did not use a stiff layer in my last barrette, but if you wanted to, you could sandwich the butter lid plastic (i love that idea) between your beadwork and a leather layer. On my last barrette, I measured a piece of leather the same size as my beadwork. Then I sewed three hem binding clips onto the leather (I find these are so much easier to snap into place...you can find in arts and crafts section, like 50 for $2 or something). Then I sewed the leather piece onto the beadwork, using a combination whipstitch/fringe, I think you call it. Basically, for edging you can take two beads out, away from piece, then three more, then two down towards piece to form loop. Then go back up through last two, over adding three more and down adding two more. I know it's confusing and I'll try to add pics later if I ever get a digital. It's been done before, I know, but I like it. If you don't want this edging, you could just whipstitch in thread that matches your background or border color of design. But seriously, you have to try the hem binding clips if you haven't already. I always carry a dozen in my bag and they are such lifesavers. Also, you can make a quick dangle barrette by stringing two strands of beads though the hole which conveniently comes in those clips...have to..stop..rambling :-)

Lillypop · 10-30-2003, 09:46 PM

Wow I usually bead it first, then add another pice of leather with two holes in it, and the clasp in the middle of the two then sew the two together. Or if it's the other kind then I just find a stick and put two holes in the leather then bead both of them. Just adding my styles to the potluck! lol :p

Blackbear · 11-02-2003, 02:22 AM

Well it's always nice to have another's perspective and hints!!!

VIP4life · 11-08-2003, 06:23 AM

I don't even use leather on any of my barretts anymore, instead I use vinyl. They last so much longer. After my hair gets braided it's still pretty damp from all the hairspray and goop that stays in your hair. After a while my leather barretts would start streaching and breaking. Plus it's easier to edge bead. I use the same stuff for my barretts. Vinyl is water proof.:p ,and sweat proof.:p

hummingrose · 03-15-2004, 01:51 AM

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Originally posted by Blackbear
Menie...go to the craft archives and check out my applique tutorial... you would do the same around a cabachon.. Key things to remember though, don't crowd your beads... after you put them on the needle , bring them down to the end of your thread and place them where they need to be, then put your needle through whatever you are beading on, right in front of the hole on the last bead, not next to the cabachon or row of beads before and then bring back up behind the last two beads in the center where the holes are...in other words, not next to what you are beading but keep in a straight line so to speak. Also don't put on more than four beads at a time.

Thank you so much for the advice! I have never beaded anything, except for one pair of looped earings that I never finished or even remember how to complete. You made it so much less complicated. Thank you. Also, do you have any techniques or advice you can share with me, a beginning beader? I am Cherokee and would like to start out beading in a traditional Cherokee way, but I don't know any natives here in Washington who will teach me to bead, much less in a Cherokee traditional way. Any help is appreciated. Thank you

Blackbear · 03-16-2004, 09:44 PM

the cherokee use the same stitches pretty much everyone else uses.. there is'nt really a particular outstanding cherokee way of beading that i know of. I would suggest buying horace goodhue's off loom beading book or sadie starr's first beading book. Both are illlustrated well and in plain english and easy to understand. Also they are full of the basics of beading, but the sadie starr gives you ideas to embellish and add your own touches.

native_doll06 · 04-13-2004, 01:12 PM

thanks for the helpful tips...maybe i will try and back my barretts cause I've been having my auntie back some of my stuff cuz I don't know how*bows head* :dontknow: ...

Blackbear · 04-13-2004, 06:47 PM

I don't know how to make this any simpler honestly... if anyone has any suggestions on how I can make this thread simpler to understand I would appreciate it

**Azhe'ni** · 05-28-2004, 11:53 AM

Hey one problem I have when putting the leather on the back is that my pellon I sew it on sticks out and you can see white in some places. I can't cut to close to the edge cua it will snip the threads. So what do anyone suggests to use instead of pellon? I like using canvas but it does the same thing. What is this crib liner everyone keeps talking bout?

Blackbear · 05-28-2004, 11:12 PM

they are all gonna do the same thing.. but if you are using dark beads on white.. try coloring in the spots that the dark beads will go with a like color marker before beading it and then I have cheated and used a marker on the edge as well.. and then it does'nt really show through teh edge beading either.

08-05-2003, 03:37 AM	#21 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,618	Nya-weh ! :D __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

08-19-2003, 02:42 PM	#25 (permalink)
Candy Junior Dancer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Close enough to I-70 to smell the fumes. Posts: 100	Thanx, Blackbear! That should back my loom stuff a lot better than what I've been doing.:D __________________ He who laughs last thinks slowest.

09-08-2003, 02:24 PM	#26 (permalink)
butterflypulse Fancy Shawl Dancer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Newport News Posts: 38	different idea - try hem binding clips I did not use a stiff layer in my last barrette, but if you wanted to, you could sandwich the butter lid plastic (i love that idea) between your beadwork and a leather layer. On my last barrette, I measured a piece of leather the same size as my beadwork. Then I sewed three hem binding clips onto the leather (I find these are so much easier to snap into place...you can find in arts and crafts section, like 50 for $2 or something). Then I sewed the leather piece onto the beadwork, using a combination whipstitch/fringe, I think you call it. Basically, for edging you can take two beads out, away from piece, then three more, then two down towards piece to form loop. Then go back up through last two, over adding three more and down adding two more. I know it's confusing and I'll try to add pics later if I ever get a digital. It's been done before, I know, but I like it. If you don't want this edging, you could just whipstitch in thread that matches your background or border color of design. But seriously, you have to try the hem binding clips if you haven't already. I always carry a dozen in my bag and they are such lifesavers. Also, you can make a quick dangle barrette by stringing two strands of beads though the hole which conveniently comes in those clips...have to..stop..rambling :-) __________________ "This is not a black and white world...in order to survive the colors must be swirled" -LIVE

10-30-2003, 09:46 PM	#27 (permalink)
Lillypop Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Milwaukee,WI Posts: 1	Wow I usually bead it first, then add another pice of leather with two holes in it, and the clasp in the middle of the two then sew the two together. Or if it's the other kind then I just find a stick and put two holes in the leather then bead both of them. Just adding my styles to the potluck! lol :p __________________ I make the world taste good

11-02-2003, 02:22 AM	#28 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,618	Well it's always nice to have another's perspective and hints!!! __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

08-19-2003, 08:55 AM	#24 (permalink)
Tibiki Kinew Listen to my heart! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pikwakanagan, Yes Golden Lake Ontario Posts: 718	As per the glue I use Goop from walmart, it is great and stays flexible. To protect the beads after I am done with a project and I want to keep it from getting distroyed i put two layers of podge on it. Also from walmart or any other craft shop,,,brushes on milky and dries clear.

11-08-2003, 06:23 AM	#29 (permalink)
VIP4life Senior Dancer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Away from you Posts: 537	I don't even use leather on any of my barretts anymore, instead I use vinyl. They last so much longer. After my hair gets braided it's still pretty damp from all the hairspray and goop that stays in your hair. After a while my leather barretts would start streaching and breaking. Plus it's easier to edge bead. I use the same stuff for my barretts. Vinyl is water proof.:p ,and sweat proof.:p

03-16-2004, 09:44 PM	#31 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,618	the cherokee use the same stitches pretty much everyone else uses.. there is'nt really a particular outstanding cherokee way of beading that i know of. I would suggest buying horace goodhue's off loom beading book or sadie starr's first beading book. Both are illlustrated well and in plain english and easy to understand. Also they are full of the basics of beading, but the sadie starr gives you ideas to embellish and add your own touches. __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

04-13-2004, 01:12 PM	#32 (permalink)
native_doll06 Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: I live on a rez Posts: 50	thanks for the helpful tips...maybe i will try and back my barretts cause I've been having my auntie back some of my stuff cuz I don't know howbows head :dontknow: ... __________________ LIKE A MOTH TO THE FLAME BURNED BY THE FIRE, MY LOVE IS BLIND CAN'T YOU SEE MY DESIRE?

04-13-2004, 06:47 PM	#33 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,618	I don't know how to make this any simpler honestly... if anyone has any suggestions on how I can make this thread simpler to understand I would appreciate it __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

05-28-2004, 11:53 AM	#34 (permalink)
Azhe'ni Shuut uup..are ya serious Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,338	Hey one problem I have when putting the leather on the back is that my pellon I sew it on sticks out and you can see white in some places. I can't cut to close to the edge cua it will snip the threads. So what do anyone suggests to use instead of pellon? I like using canvas but it does the same thing. What is this crib liner everyone keeps talking bout?

05-28-2004, 11:12 PM	#35 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,618	they are all gonna do the same thing.. but if you are using dark beads on white.. try coloring in the spots that the dark beads will go with a like color marker before beading it and then I have cheated and used a marker on the edge as well.. and then it does'nt really show through teh edge beading either. __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

05-29-2004, 08:31 AM	#36 (permalink)
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