Hello my DIY family,
It’s been a while I pop here to share my creations with you. I’ve been so occupied with my art but i am am back today. Last week, I got disconnected with the art I was working on and so I decided to pause it for a while. Being someone that hates to stay idle, I decided to pick up my beads and create something beautiful.
This particular style of bag has been on my mind to create since last year but I didn’t try it out because it’s very complex. Guess what? I decided to try it out last week. I didn’t even know what came over me😂. I will not deceive you guys, this eventually becomes the most difficult and complex beaded bag I’ve ever made. The style of beading it is completely different from what I was used to. I watched tons on videos on YouTube before I was able to get a grasp of it. I’m just glad I pushed myself because the end result was worth all the stress😌😌😌.
In this blog, I will be taking us through the process of how I achieved the bag. Stay tuned with me🥰.
MATERIALS USED
The materials needed include:
- Silver beads(or any color of your choice)
- 0.7mm fishing line
- Scissors
PROCESS
- The first step is to make 23 rings of the silver beads. After that I adopted the reduction method by reducing one ring at both ends until I have a triangular shape. At the tip, I leave it open as seen below.
- Next, I completed the other side by using the addition and subtraction method. At the top, I was subtracting one ring while at the bottom, I was adding one ring. I continued this process until I got to the desired length I wanted.
- Upon reaching the desired length, I stopped and closed the remaining space up using the reduction method alone. Once it’s all closed up, what I had was a rectangular shaped bead as seen below.
- Once the main body of the bad is completed, I started heading the sides. Ofcus, this didn’t follow the pattern of normal beading. I used the addition and subtraction method here too as seen below.
A close up look of the addition and subtraction method
- Finally, I close up the sides by joining the sides together. For the first time, since I’ve been making beaded bags, here I didn’t join by adding any beads to it. I just joined using fishing line alone. Fascinating right?
- Afterwards, I started elongating the sides to form an handle by using the addition and subtraction method too.
- Lastly, I closed the handle and added some length and joined them both together.
FINAL LOOK
