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Katie’s Beading Lesson - Fair trade beaded bangles.

 

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Use your favorite Bead Gallery® novelty beads to jazz-up some blank bangle bracelets.

Materials:
Bead Gallery® focal bead of choice
http://www.halcraft.com/products/bead-gallery/
Recycled rubber bracelets from MadewithLoveinBrazil.com.
Head pins, Elasticity cord from Beadalon.com

Tools:
Bail making pliers
http://www.artisticwire.com/product-p/201a-230.htm
Chain-nose pliers
http://www.artisticwire.com/product-p/awa-201e025.htm
Wire cutters
http://www.beadalon.com/tools/Nippers_and_Wire_Cutters.asp

Make a wrapped loop dangle: String a novelty bead or stack of beads onto a head pin. Use mandrel pliers or round-nose pliers to make a large loop that fits over the bangle. Coil the head pin wire around the base of the loop.

Make it stretchy: Cut a bangle (or use a piece of rubber tubing) and pass Elasticity® stretch cord through the hollow tube. Pass through a bead or set of beads and tie the ends in a square knot or a surgeon's knot. Add a drop of jeweler's cement to the knot and press it inside the hollow tube. Cut off any extra cording.


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Katie Hacker

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