How to make fabric beads for glamorous tops

Embroidery

Here’s a tutorial for easy-to-make fabric beads for an instant glamorous top or necklace. You could also use them as a way to embellish a pillow or put a tiny rock in it and use them as table cloth weights for your garden setting.

The quick load-down is:

These fabulous, glamorous beads are made with fabric strips wrapped around simple cotton balls.

Stitch the fabric down

Embellish with contrast-colored shiny glass seed beads in a free –form pattern.

As simple as that.

Don’t they look glorious?

fabric beaded necklaces
source photo & original design: Alma Stoller

previously at: https://almastoller.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-make-fabric-beads-with-cotton.html

Upgrade Your Chic Embroidered Fabric Beads into Unique Ornaments

Great for a Christmas tree, or… a year round decorative statement. Would also be fun in a garland. You probably want to make them a bit larger for this purpose.

Transform Your Fabric Beads into the Prettiest Table Cloths Weights

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The 1,23, How-to Make Your Own Table Cloth Weights


Put a little stone in the center of your cotton ball before you wrap them.
Hang four or six on clips and use them to hold your tablecloth down when the there’s a tat of wind during your summer alfresco lunch on the porch. Yes, life is meant to be easy and fun.

My Idea: is to transform these beaded balls into table cloth weights.

These beads are an easy project to get into bead embroidery. So simple, I’d classify this as ‘summer crafts for kids’.

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