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tuff5224 Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2014-02-24 7:28 AM Subject: anyone here do beadwork?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 368	I am attempting getting into doing some beadwork for hatbands and such for myself.. anyone on here willing to share tips, tricks, etc?
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jjhajek Reg. Jul 2005	Posted 2014-02-24 10:08 AM Subject: RE: anyone here do beadwork?
Location: naz, tx	I do quite a bit. What kind of questions do you have? It's verrrrry time consuming! lol! Esp if you have a short attention span.....
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tuff5224 Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2014-02-24 12:20 PM Subject: RE: anyone here do beadwork?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 368	I tried on a cheap loom that I bought at a local craft store and seem to have the steps figured out... I have watched alot of youtube videos and read things. I was not happy with the "cheaper" stuff that I bought so I ordered some stuff from beadshop.com. Impatiently waiting on that to get here! What kind of loom do you use? Handmade? One that you bought? I was finding it difficult to get a loom that would work for a lengthy piece like a hatband... my hat measured to be 23 3/4 inches. I was also not able to find anything about attaching the two ends together to make the continuous band, but I decided to go with a version I saw in a video that used some suede cord and pony/transition beads.
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tuff5224 Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2014-02-25 7:54 AM Subject: RE: anyone here do beadwork?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 368	bump
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jjhajek Reg. Jul 2005	Posted 2014-02-25 8:29 AM Subject: RE: anyone here do beadwork?
Location: naz, tx	I have a couple of looms that I have bought. I have one from crazycrow.com that is very adjustable. Just looked it up and its on sale! Pretty low cost investment.... http://www.crazycrow.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CCTP&Product_Code=4976-002-037&Category_Code=510-300-000 Cheap looms and beads are no bueno. They just makes it harder to make a piece that looks good. On my hatbands, I just sew small strips of soft leather on the ends so they can be tied on the hat. I would think it would it would be tough to make it the right size to fit on a hat with the ends sewn together..... But I'm not always great at making things the right size. lol
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