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Jewelled Sleeves

12/17/2019

 
Today I'm working on beading the small puffy sleeves which will be at the top of Monica's sleeves. I bought some red rhinestones and glued them all into place last night, so they'd be ready today. Now I have to bead around them to simulate a gold jewellery setting....
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Taking a closer look....
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The beads are very small, and are hard on the eyes, but I'm almost done the first sleeve.

Oh, and I changed my mind about the main sleeves yet again.  I made a test sleeve to see how far up there would need to be lacing, and decided that with her arms being so slender, the eyelets and lacing would take up too much space, so decided to do away with the lacing idea, and make a slender sleeve sewn down to the wrist, and I'd just have to remove her hands to get them on. So now Bianca has paper clips instead of hands.
Donna
12/17/2019 05:39:03 pm

This gown is going to be incredible! I so enjoy your process photos and explanations.

Martha
12/17/2019 05:55:51 pm

I hope so.

That's why I post them, and then later I can put them all together into a Creative Journey album.

Dorothy
12/17/2019 08:31:56 pm

The beading looks beautiful. The groupings look like little jewels.

Lorraine
12/18/2019 11:09:42 am

I don't have your patience so I would probably glue sequins under some of the rhinestones instead of beading all around them. The finished sleeves are going to be gorgeous.

Martha
12/18/2019 12:01:16 pm

I don't like using glue when making doll costumes. Unfortunately I had no choice with the rhinestones.

Jay
12/18/2019 09:44:28 pm

Oh my goodness that beading is amazing! Talk about labor intensive! The beading adds such a sumptuous look. I'm with you about not liking to use glue on doll clothes. But I have a question: how do you glue on tiny rhinestones? I've done it but so hard! Hoping you might have a good method. TIA Martha!

Martha
12/19/2019 07:01:37 am

I used GemTack glue, squirted some on a piece of scrap paper, and used a toothpick to put a spot on the fabric. Getting the rhinestone onto it is the hardest part because I didn't want to get any glue onto the top surface. I dampened my finger (licked it) to press down onto a rhinestone to pick it up and positioned it onto the glue, and pressed it down.

Jay
12/20/2019 01:57:45 am

Thank you. Very helpful. Here's something I tried once that actually worked fairly well. I rolled some Mac's Ear Putty (that I used to set eyes), in a tiny worm like shape. I used the tip of it to pick up a rhinestone. My friend Allison Wonder gave me the idea. I like your idea about the GemTack on a bit of scrap paper and using the toothpick to place the glue on the fabric. Thank you again!


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