KRIYA-TIVE KALEIDOSCOPE: jewelry making

POM POM EARRINGS

by Ramya Anand - February 15, 2018

JUTE / BURLAP JHUMKA AND EARRING TUTORIAL

by Ramya Anand - June 20, 2017

Hello Friends, Welcome back!! Today's post is about jute jewellery making. Jute jewellery is becoming very famous now not only because of its light weight and unique aesthetics but also because its environmentally friendly. It is fashionable and goes well with casual attire.This is my first attempt in working with jute.i thoroughly enjoyed the process as making and decorating these earrings are easy and less time consuming compared to other types of handmade jewellery. I have a short pictorial for making the earrings. At the end of this post I have mentioned some links from where you can buy jute sheets online in India as well in US.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Jute sheets of different color
2. Scissors
3. cardstock
4. Fabric glue
5.Glue gun
6. jewellery making rope or thread( waxed cotton thread)
6. Beads and stone chain for decoration
7. ruler , compass and pencil

JUTE JHUMKAS:

I referred the tutorial by Radhika of hobbycrafts blog for making this. I modified the process a little to make the jhumkas more sturdy.

Cut two circular pieces from card stock . The radius of the circle is the height of the jhumka .
Draw lines crossing the center of the circle.
Cut the pieces into sectors as shown in pic3.
The bigger sector makes a larger cone and smaller sector makes a narrow cone. Here I have chosen a broader cone as it will be easy to embellish.
Finalize the shape and size of the jhumkas before proceeding to cut on the jute sheet as jute sheets are expensive.
Paste the cut card stock onto the back of the jute sheet to make it more sturdy.
Mark the point where the fold will come and embellish the rest of the jute fabric.
Join both the ends of the sector to make the shape of a cone (jhumka) using a glue gun.
Slightly trim the top of the cone to make a hole to insert eyepin.

JUTE EARRINGS:

To make one earring we need two pieces of jute fabric cut in the desired shape .
Paste the jute sheet onto a thick paper. Here I have used a watercolor paper.
Cut the pasted portion of the paper and paste the other jute sheet on its back. So it will be two jute sheets sandwiched in between by a thick paper.
Since the edges of the jute sheets are fuzzy we have to glue the jewellery thread to get a neat finish.
Decorate the earring with sequins or bling or wooden beads.
Punch a small hole at the top and attach jump ring.

I made two more earring by following the above procedure.

Hope you all liked this post. See you soon with another interesting post.

Links to buy jute sheets:

In India: http://itsybitsy.in/search/?q=jute+sheets

US: http://burlapfabric.com/colored-burlap/colored-burlap-sheets?zenid=k4207t0ihec05ri1u6mf6bjjo0

Radhika's blog for jute earrings tutorial: http://radhika-hobbycrafts.blogspot.com/2015/09/jute-jhumkas.html

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MANDALA DESIGN PAPER EARRINGS

by Ramya Anand - March 18, 2016

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TUTORIAL OF MAKING THREAD EARRINGS + 2nd BLOG ANNIVERSARY

by Ramya Anand - November 01, 2015

Hello Friends, Exactly on the same date TWO years back , I started this blog. Its been an amazing two year journey in which I have learnt a lot from my fellow crafter's and the challenges I participated. I thank all my blogger friends and readers for their support and encouragement given to my blog. Keep visiting my blog and do provide your comments/ feedback.

Now moving onto today's post. Today I am sharing with you all the tutorial of making Peruvian thread earrings. I have made a post on these earrings last year ( see that post here).That was my first attempt and I was not satisfied with the result. I found the making of the coil to be extremely difficult as the wire which I had was little thick so I didn't continue making them. Last month when I had been for shopping I accidentally bought a thin floral wire instead of a thick one for flower making. Since the golden floral wire I bought was easily pliable and flexible I decided to try making thread earrings.

I followed the tutorial of Ikologee but modified it a little according to the supplies I had.

Materials Needed :

1. Thick floral wire ( 22 gauge)
2. Thin floral wire ( 26 gauge )
3. Embroidery or silk thread
4. Cutter and plier
5. white glue

Silver wire - Thick gauge wire
Golden wire - Thin wire used for making coil

Procedure: VERSION 1: Making coil

Cut two thick wires of equal length. Take the thinner wire and start winding it around the thick wire.
The windings must be equidistant and close to each other. This is the most crucial step. If you didn't get it properly the first time try it as many times till you get a neat coil.

Wrap it around a circular object to remove any bend in the coil. Then join both the ends of the coil together and twist the wire tightly to form a tear drop shape. Take a single stand of embroidery thread and make a knot at the twisted portion. Start reeling the thread starting from the center of the tear drop.

Continue to reel up the thread in the direction shown till it passes through every winding of the coil. Once finished make a knot at the top and trim the excess thread.

Similarly take a different color thread and start reeling it from the right side.

Make a small coil using the backside of a paint brush. Apply glue at the twisted ends and knots and slide the coil as shown. Make a loop at the top with the thick wire.

VERSION 2: Using small beads

Those who do not want to wind coils but still wanted to make thread earrings can use small beads and gear locks instead of thin wire.

Cut a piece of thick wire and add a gear lock at its one end. Add the beads one by one and add another gear lock at the other end. Twist the ends of the wire together.

Start reeling the thread in between the beads and finally glue a small coil at the top.

Notes:

1. In the first step while cutting thick wires make sure they are of equal lengths. Leave some space about 2 cm long and then start winding the thin wire. Similarly leave some space after winding the coil maybe 5 cm. The length of the winding in both the wires should be the same to get two similar shaped earrings.

2. It is better to wear rubber gloves while winding the coil as the sharp ends of the floral wire might hurt your fingers.

3. While trimming the excess wire be very careful to avoid sharp ends.

4. Start reeling the thread exactly from the center point of the earring then only all the winding will be covered. If you start from some other point you will be passing some winding without reeling.