A little while ago (I'm writing this at like, 3 in the morning) my mom came in and told me to get off the computer. So I did. But instead of going to bed I stayed up another two hours constructing a little accessory craft XP Sorry Mama. I've never actually done this before so I'm really excited to see how it turns out. I got my old music stave cloth, a paper bag, my scissors, a pencil, some white dry-clear wet glue, and my mini sewing kit (out of it I only actually used my measuring tape and safety pins).
I measured my wrist with the tape, marked a corner of the paper bag with the right measurements, cut out a corner of the bag, and ran it through my fingers to soften it up. Then I measured the cloth so that it would wrap around the strip of paper bag almost perfectly. I cut out the material I needed, set the strip of paper bag in the middle, put a thin line of glue down one side of the material, spread it out with my pinky finger (so that there were no hard bumps when it all dried), and folded it over onto the strip of paper bag. Then I did the same thing with the other side of cloth, just using less glue because some of the glue from the first use kind of soaked through the cloth Xl After that I carefully folded the second half of cloth over onto the first and pressed on it gently. Then I turned it over to make sure the stave design on the outward facing side of the bracelet was straight, and fixed the slight wave in the pattern.
I wrapped the strip around a candle I had sitting on my desk, and pressed small but heavy items on three sides; the left side, the right side, and the area where the two end sides of the strip meet. This way, the strip will dry stiffly into a bracelet shape, instead of straight, if I were to just lay it down flat and put something on top of it. Doing that might make it hard to bend into the circular shape I want when it is finished drying.
Later in the morning when I get up I'm going to put the final (and my most favorite) touch on this craft; silver safety pins to hold the strip ends together. This will give it a nice goth look, as well as serve as a nice decorative accent (the same way a charm would). I'll be sure to put up pictures!~
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