Best Of | Tumble Diy | A Gourd Bracelet
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
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With tumble inward total swing, too looking dorsum on our yesteryear 10 years, nosotros constitute this favorite inward the archives from our yesteryear contributor, Caitlin of The Merrythought. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fun projection using gourds which nosotros idea was worth mentioning for those of you lot who may accept missed it or are novel to :
I was lately wandering or too thus our local farmer's market/pumpkin piece too saw a big bin filled amongst dried gourds. My caput was spinning amongst all the DIY possibilities! I've been actually into piling my arms total of bracelets lately too I idea a natural gourd bracelet would live on a swell addition. Plus it was a fun novel challenge since I had never delved into the basis of gourd crafting.
What you'll need:
-Dried gourd
-Dust mask
-Pencil
-Miterbox saw
-Belt sander
-Course sand paper
-Mod Podge too paintbrush
-Woodburner
-Shoe polish
How to build it:
-If you lot can't uncovering a pre-cleaned gourd, you lot volition accept to soak your gourd inward H2O for 15-20 minutes too scrub off the dirt too nighttime mold amongst lather too a wire pot scrubber. And allow it dry out completely earlier starting fourth dimension your project.
-Use a pencil too cups (that isn't likewise much wider than your wrist) or other bracelets to line 2 lines or too thus the exterior of the gourd.
-Cut off the terminate too take away the dried seeds too membrane. Make certain that you lot are wearing a mask during all of the cutting too sanding processes, gourd dust tin irritate the respiratory system.
-Cut next the 2nd work that you lot accept drawn on too you lot volition accept a fossil oil bracelet shaped gourd. You tin conk 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, build the sides of your bracelet fifty-fifty too smooth.
-Using course of education sandpaper, take away whatever left over membrane from the within of the bracelet too circular the edges of the within of the bracelet.
-Use Modpodge to coat the within of the bracelet. You volition in all likelihood demand a few coats.
-Sketch out some designs on your bracelets too purpose the woods burner to line over them.
-Use shoe smooth to comprehend over the exterior of your bracelet. Follow the directions according to the build you lot buy.
Hope you're enjoying all of the loveliness that tumble has to offer!
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