Beading Cuff–What a Cool Idea
Posted on 07. May, 2010 by Gail Yellen in Blog
I love to bead but hate always having to sit in my sewing room because I need a table for the beads. Here’s a beadi-licious beading cuff I saw in The Alabama Stitch Book a couple of years ago and finally got around to making one. Not only does it allow you to bead anywhere (as long as you have decent light), but it’s very motion efficient as well. Your beading needle will pick up the beads easily and quickly from low tack painter’s tape. Since I saved so much time using this cuff, I can spend it trotting back to the bead shop because I discovered that I’m about 8 beads short for this project! (I’ll post pics of the Collage It! sweatshirt jacket that I’m working on.)
It takes about 2 minutes (if that) to construct. Just cut off the cuff ribbing from a sweatshirt.
Trim off the seam and open the double layer of ribbing to make it a single layer.
Serge or stitch a new seam.
Cut a hole for your thumb. The ribbing has a lot of stretch so it doesn’t have to be huge.
Place a piece of low-tack painter’s tape around the ribbing and stick your selected beads to the tape.
The cuff will protect your skin from the adhesive and keep your beads close at hand (no pun intended!)