An Tumble Diy | A Gourd Bracelet
Wednesday 16 October 2013
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I was late wandering to a greater extent than or less our local farmer's market/pumpkin spell together with saw a big bin filled alongside dried gourds. My caput was spinning alongside all the DIY possibilities! I've been actually into piling my arms amount of bracelets lately together with I idea a natural gourd bracelet would hold out a peachy addition. Plus it was a fun novel challenge since I had never delved into the earth of gourd crafting.
What you'll need:
-Dried gourd
-Dust mask
-Pencil
-Miterbox saw
-Belt sander
-Course sand paper
-Mod Podge together with paintbrush
-Woodburner
-Shoe polish
How to construct it:
-If you lot can't discovery a pre-cleaned gourd, you lot volition bring to soak your gourd inwards H2O for 15-20 minutes together with scrub off the dirt together with night mold alongside lather together with a wire pot scrubber. And allow it dry out completely earlier outset your project.
-Use a pencil together with cups (that isn't every bit good much wider than your wrist) or other bracelets to line ii lines to a greater extent than or less the exterior of the gourd.
-Cut off the destination together with take the dried seeds together with membrane. Make certain that you lot are wearing a mask during all of the cutting together with sanding processes, gourd dust tin irritate the respiratory system.
-Cut next the 2d line of piece of occupation that you lot bring drawn on together with you lot volition bring a stone oil bracelet shaped gourd. You tin decease along to cutting a few to a greater extent than bracelets out yesteryear tracing to a greater extent than cups or only eyeing it.
-Using a belt sander, construct the sides of your bracelet fifty-fifty together with smooth.
-Using course of report sandpaper, take whatever left over membrane from the within of the bracelet together with circular the edges of the within of the bracelet.
-Use Modpodge to coat the within of the bracelet. You volition likely demand a few coats.
-Sketch out some designs on your bracelets together with operate the woods burner to line over them.
-Use shoe smooth to encompass over the exterior of your bracelet. Follow the directions according to the construct you lot buy.
Hope you're enjoying all of the loveliness that tumble has to offer!
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