Tuesday, January 27, 2009

How to make heart shape jewellery.

Making the quilling heart shape focal point. Take the metallic paper and create a loose roll that is ½ inch in shape. Now, you need to add the split ring to the head of the eye pin and the base of your earring hook. Close the split ring. You now have one side complete. Then glue and pinch the end to create a teardrop shape. To create the heart shape, from the teardrop all you need to do is to take a sharp tool, like a flat head screwdriver, and make an indention in the center of the teardrop.

If you need to, you can use a sharp sewing needle to pierce the paper heart instead of the eye pin. This can help eliminate any bending of the eye pin. The last step is a way to protect the work that you have completed and is optional. I take a paint brush and paint on a thin layer of decoupage to the heart section. This will harden and prevent the shapes from damages.

Take the heart shape and place the head toward the pin's head. Slowly pierce all layers of paper until you come to the empty middle. Slip in a small bead and continue piercing the rest of the quilled shape. You can also choose the size of your jewellery holder. paper to make a heart pattern thin plywood to cut a heart shape, or purchased wooden heart-shaped plaque
fabric to fit the heart shape.

Industrial hemp can be used for thousands of things, such as hemp seed oil, clothes or even paper. Try making a necklace out of some hemp and see for yourself how versatile it is. Follow these steps to make a hemp necklace--a great gift for friends. You can easily change the look by your choice of fabric - here, we used a patchwork cotton print, but solid print fabric in velvet or satin with matching or contrasting ribbon would have a different kind of charm.

Use the paper pattern to trace a heart shape on thin plywood. Cut out the heart with a scroll saw or coping saw and sand the edges smooth if necessary. If you are making your own heart shape, cut out a rectangle of newspaper that is roughly the size that you want the finished jewellery holder to be. Now I know that a lot of us polymer clay artists like to make these sorts of intricate clay projects. It's kind of a challenge to see how far we can push the envelope, so to speak. Fold the newspaper in half, lengthwise, and place the fold on the left.

You now have the basic padded heart. Using the photo as a guide, measure and cut lengths of thin ribbon to fit diagonally across your heart, with a little extra to fold over and glue to the back. Glue all four ribbons in place. Look at the photo for placement of the hooks in each of the fabric sections. Make sure that any hook is not placed in a direct line with any hook above or below it; you want to provide space between hanging necklaces or jewellery.

This time the effect was very cool. The slicing revealed the inside color of the heart bead and the cane provided a neat patterned contrast. What a neat looking, simple, heart shaped bead! I Love it! Bet it could be incorporated into a jewelry pattern a lot easier than my winged heart could. And it was way faster to make, which means I can make a lot of them all at once.

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