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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Digital Caveman on August 21, 2020, 01:12:26 pm

Title: Questions about bead work
Post by: Digital Caveman on August 21, 2020, 01:12:26 pm

Does anyone have suggestions on how to attach a bead weaving to leather work? I'd like to trim a new quiver this way somehow.

Title: Re: Questions about bead work
Post by: Pat B on August 21, 2020, 04:53:26 pm

I would stitch it on. You'll have to make the holes with an awl and only penetrate the leather about 1/2 way through. You could just tack it with a stitch every inch or so using the same method.

Title: Re: Questions about bead work
Post by: Digital Caveman on August 21, 2020, 07:32:58 pm

That's kind of what I thought.
I tried hot-gluing the beads at first so I could undo it if I wanted.  This  worked well enough as a temporary solution to get an idea of the finished product, but the glue eventually let go when flexed.

Title: Re: Questions about bead work
Post by: YosemiteBen on August 22, 2020, 09:06:21 am

you can also use a craft glue called E6000. My friends are beaders and that is what they use. it flexes and you can sew through it.

Title: Re: Questions about bead work
Post by: chamookman on August 23, 2020, 01:27:52 am

Titebond II will work also  (=) . Bob

Title: Re: Questions about bead work
Post by: Digital Caveman on August 23, 2020, 04:39:08 pm

Isn't that kind of rigid and brittle?

Title: Re: Questions about bead work
Post by: chamookman on August 24, 2020, 01:54:19 am

not a bit. Bob