[Nfb-krafters-korner] A ribboned barrette

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

The metal barrettes I have also have slits in the main body.  I sure did not know that loop came out!

Are those slits or indentations?

Terry P.


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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] A ribboned barrette

The ribboned barrettes I used to get for my daughters were done by lacing the ribbons to the barrettes.

They would have 3 or 4 different ribbons, maybe a strand of plastic beaded purls, or a strand of lace, anything that you like bunched up to make a pretty bow.

Using a clip barrette, the one that has 3 layers to it, the top where the adornment is the middle which is the u shaped part that puts pressure against the hair, and the bottom which is the locking bar.

If you pop the locking bar out of the barrette, then the U shaped pressure part comes right out.  Now you just have the top part, the part that shows on the hair.  Using a heavy duty thread, you can tie the beginning edge of the thread at one end of the bar. Now wrap it around the ribbon you are going to adorn the barrette with, and the bar.  Pull up a 2 inch high loop of ribbon and then wrap it again with the thread, again pull up a 2 inch loop and wrap them together again with the thread, continuing all the way down the barrette in this fashion.  After you have wrapped all the length of the barrette, go back and wrap again between each loop all the way back to the beginning.  Finally one more time the full length of the barrette and tie it off.

Now place your U shaped piece back in place, and pop the locking bar back into the barrette.


Fluff your ribbon so the layers of ribbon and lace, or beads expand and separate to make a nice full bow.



Dixie
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