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- Nov 07, 2013
DIY Flower Jewelry - How to Make a Sunflower Bracelet with Beads and Felt
Summary: Wondering how to make a flower bracelet with beads? How about making a sunflower bracelet together with me today? You must be attracted by this personalized sunflower!
Bright sunflowers have many positive meanings that are adorned by a lot of people. When a sunflower meets with a bracelet, what sparkle will be created between them? Seeing this sunflower bracelet, you will get a clear idea! Let’s have a look at how to make this sunflower bracelet with beads now!
What do you need for making this sunflower bracelet?
Felt (Yellow & Dark Green)
Flower Cloth
6mm Colorful Acrylic Beads, Round, White
12mm Colorful Acrylic Bead, Round, Yellow
6mm Wood Beads, Abacus, Red
3mm Elastic Cord, Black
Sewing Threads (Green & Gold)
Needle
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun (Not Shown)
How to make a sunflower bracelet with beads?
Step 1: make the base of bracelet
1st, cut out two strings of elastic cords measuring your wrist;
2nd, cut out two strips from flower cloth measuring 2cm shorter than elastic cords;
3rd, wrap each elastic cord with a cloth strip and secure with glue;
4th, glue one end of two elastic cords together to link two cords.
Step 2: make a felt button closure
1st, cut out three or more strips from dark green felt;
2nd, wrap the linked end of elastic cord with one felt strip and secure with glue;
3rd, wrap the other end to cover the exposed elastic cords and make a button at the end. For making the button closure, I folded the excessive elastic cords a little and wrapped them with a felt strip, then glue for securing. You can make it better if you have a more ingenious way;
4th, try whether the button closure works well.
Step 3: make two felt flowers
1st, cut out seven small rectangles from dark green felt and seven from yellow felt, measuring 4cm long or so;
2nd, trim them into triangles with round edges;
3rd, running stitch the bottom side of the yellow felt and pull the thread tightly to gather the side as a petal;
4th, make another six petals in the same way and thread them to make a flower;
5th, do the same to make a dark green flower;
6th, here are two felt flowers.
Step 4: add beads
1st, glue the yellow felt flower on the dark green one with staggering each other;
2nd, glue a 12mm yellow bead in the center of the felt flower with a circle of red wood beads around;
3rd, glue the felt flowers on the bracelet in place;
4th, glue two circles of 6mm white beads at each side of the bracelet, like four small white flowers.
Here is the final look:
Really hope you like this sunflower bracelet! I don’t know why, when I look at this bright sunflower with red beads, a good mood comes to me. Wish it can bring you the same feeling too!