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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Cross Index
  • 1. GETTING STARTED:
    • Supplies
  • 2. BEADS:
    • Making Clay Beads
            Using Sculpey III
            Project 1: Sculpey III necklace
    • Making Cornstarch Beads
    • Making Vegetable Beads
    • Making Fabric Beads
            Wrapping and Winding Fabric Beads
            Project 2: Wrapped and wound denim necklace
            Project 3: Denim Earrings
            Project 4: Brocade ribbon necklace
            Sewing Fabric Beads
            Project 5: Pillow Bead Necklace
    • Using Glass Beads
    • Attaching Beads by Hand
            Project 6: Beaded necklace from applique pattern
            Project 7: Quilted and beaded flower barrette
    • Attaching beads by machine
  • 3. CORDS:
    • Covering Cords with Thread
            Using the Serger
            Project 8: Serged and beaded necklace
            Using the Sewing Machine
            Project 9: Twisted satin stitches
            Project 10: Worry doll necklace
            Project 11: Gold and pearls stickpin
    • Making Cords with Filled Tubes
            Tubes from Ties
            Tubes and Decorative Knots
            Beads and Knots
            Project 12: Beads in tube necklace
            Tubes from Collars
            Project 13: Suede tube neckpiece with Sculpey pin
    • Manipulating Threads and Fabric
            Project 14: Pearl cotton necklace
            Twisting Monk's Cord
            Knitting Idiot Cord
            Stitching Rick-rack
            Project 15: Rick-rack necklace
  • 4. CLASPS and CLOSURES:
    • Attaching Commercial Clasps
            Tiger Tail and Crimp Beads
            Bead Tips and Fiber Cords
            Tape and Eye Pin
            Knot and Eye Pin
            Project 16: Minestrone necklace
    • Using Closures for Soft Surfaces
    • Making Adjustable Closures
            Sliding Bead Closure
            Fisherman's Knot Closure
            Project 17: Pins and pendants
            Making a Loop Closure
            Project 18: Suede Scarf
  • 5. SOFT SURFACES:
    • Starting from (soft) Scratch
            Project 19: Fluffy boa wrap
            Project 20: Texas mink
            Project 21: Feather ornaments- lapel pin, hat ornament
            Project 22: Fishing fly earrings
            Project 23: Southwestern pins
            Project 24: Antler button pin
            Project 25: Doll pins- Indian doll, Pin w/ glitz
            Project 26: Muslin and paint pins
            Project 27: Button covers and earrings
            Project 28: Rick-rack earrings, pin or shoe clip
    • Recycling Scraps and Samples
            Project 29: Heart pins and barrettes
    • Making Tassels
  • 6. SOFT CORES AND HARD SURFACES:
    • Using Water-soluble Stabilizer
            Project 30: Lace earrings
            Project 31: Scraps and lace earrings
    • Thread Earrings on Water-soluble Stabilizer
            Project 32: Gold triangle earrings
            Project 33: Gold braid rectangles
            Project 34: Plaid earrings
    • Using Buttons, Bandles, and Beads
            Project 35: Button earrings, old button jewelry
            Project 36: Indian medicine necklace
    • Making Button Bracelets
    • Using Casting Resins, Laminates, and Acrylic Sprays
            Handmade Paper Jewelry
            Project 37: Greeting card earrings
            Project 38: Pentagon paper earrings, commercial plastic and muslin pins
  • Afterword
  • Sources of Supplies
  • Magazines
  • Bibliography
  • INDEX

Title: How to Make Soft Jewelry: Create Stunning Fashion Accents On Your Sewing Machine
Author: Jackie Dodson
Publication Date: TPB:1991
Publisher: Chilton Book Co., Radnor, PA
Page Count: 134
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 9" x 7 1/4"
ISBN: 0801981298

SUMMARY- This book is a scattershot of ideas for making jewelry using different mediums. If the projects don't jazz you, you can still adapt the methods for other uses.



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