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0:00:07.200,0:00:11.309 Hi this Megan with Beadaholique.com
I today I'm going to show you some
0:00:11.309,0:00:14.359 different ways of finishing off
0:00:14.359,0:00:17.920 loom bead weaving.
So when you
0:00:17.920,0:00:20.359 pull your piece off of the loom
0:00:20.359,0:00:23.869 you have your work threads running along
0:00:23.869,0:00:26.970 that would be nice and long and loose
0:00:26.970,0:00:29.410 You need to find some way
0:00:29.410,0:00:33.810 to finish those off.
It is possible especially with a
0:00:33.810,0:00:35.390 narrower apiece
0:00:35.390,0:00:36.440 to just
0:00:36.440,0:00:39.170 tie your threads bring them to the back
0:00:39.170,0:00:40.420 and weave them in
0:00:40.420,0:00:43.230 if you have a wider piece
0:00:43.230,0:00:47.040 you start to have an awful lot of threads
to weave in into the top few rows of beads and
0:00:47.040,0:00:50.650 especially if your beads are smaller it might
not work
0:00:50.650,0:00:53.330 I personally like to
0:00:53.330,0:00:54.489 to put
0:00:54.489,0:00:58.920 bead loom weaving on a backing
0:00:58.920,0:01:02.630 So I'm just gonna show you with a couple
different
0:01:02.630,0:01:04.780 ways that I've
0:01:04.780,0:01:08.430 experimented with and found
0:01:08.430,0:01:10.710 one of them is to
0:01:10.710,0:01:14.620 sewing your weaving onto
0:01:14.620,0:01:18.820 a fabric or leather and the
other one is
0:01:18.820,0:01:21.930 to glue you're weaving into a bezel
0:01:21.930,0:01:25.400 but either way the first thing that you
need to do
0:01:25.400,0:01:27.570 tie off
0:01:27.570,0:01:30.440 the threads
0:01:31.280,0:01:35.370 Take your threads into little pairs of
two
0:01:35.370,0:01:37.329 and I've already done this on the other
ones here
0:01:37.329,0:01:40.680 going to show you on the last one.
0:01:40.680,0:01:43.330 Take your two threads
0:01:43.330,0:01:47.770 Do an overhand knot
0:01:47.770,0:01:54.020 loop it around
0:01:54.020,0:01:56.829 and then before you pull it tight
0:01:56.829,0:02:00.070 take a needle
0:02:00.070,0:02:02.860 put the needle
0:02:02.860,0:02:05.600 in the knot close to the bead weaving
0:02:05.600,0:02:08.509 If you ever done pearl knotting, this is
very similar to what you do with the
0:02:08.509,0:02:10.769 tweezers in pearl knotting
0:02:10.769,0:02:15.019 as you pull keep the knot close to the
beads
0:02:15.019,0:02:18.849 and then just slide the needle off.
0:02:18.849,0:02:20.609 So once you're
0:02:20.609,0:02:23.549 threads are nice and knotted then
0:02:23.549,0:02:25.999 you can trim them down
0:02:25.999,0:02:28.529 you don't want to cut them too short
0:02:28.529,0:02:31.279 just give them
0:02:31.279,0:02:34.859 about an inch maybe a little bit less
0:02:34.859,0:02:36.419 so it can get nice and
0:02:36.419,0:02:40.589 securely tucked underneath there
0:02:40.589,0:02:41.759 So
0:02:41.759,0:02:45.509 as you can see and this choker here
0:02:45.509,0:02:47.349 I've taken this piece of
0:02:47.349,0:02:49.129 bead loom weaving
0:02:49.129,0:02:50.899 and sewed it onto
0:02:50.899,0:02:52.639 a piece of ribbon
0:02:52.639,0:02:55.819 and turn that into a choker.
0:02:55.819,0:02:59.049 I'm going to show you quickly just how you
sew that down.
You can use ribbon.
You can
0:02:59.049,0:02:59.969 use
0:02:59.969,0:03:02.559 ultra suede.
You can use
0:03:02.559,0:03:04.700 any kind of canvas or fabric
0:03:04.700,0:03:05.919 So it's really
0:03:05.919,0:03:09.429 up to you what kind of look
you're going for
0:03:09.429,0:03:10.879 just cut your backing
0:03:10.879,0:03:12.369 to the same
0:03:12.369,0:03:13.410 size and shape
0:03:13.410,0:03:15.939 If you wanna do something like this
0:03:15.939,0:03:21.319 where it extends past the ends.
Make sure you planned ahead before you cut
0:03:22.239,0:03:23.769 I'm going to
0:03:23.769,0:03:26.959 take to some nylon beading thread
0:03:26.959,0:03:29.249 and beading needle
0:03:29.249,0:03:33.389 I'm gonna tie a knot on the end
0:03:33.389,0:03:35.539 I'm going to do a regular sewing knot if you
0:03:35.539,0:03:38.949 don't know how to do a regular sewing knot
by rolling off your finger
0:03:38.949,0:03:41.519 all you need to do is
0:03:41.519,0:03:44.430 make a knot
0:03:44.430,0:03:48.859 and go through several times.
That's a surgeon's knot
0:03:48.859,0:03:51.689 and pull tight
0:03:51.689,0:03:53.289 If your knots not
0:03:53.289,0:03:56.169 large enough to keep it from going
through the fabric
0:03:56.169,0:04:03.169 then just make another one right on top
of that
0:04:09.759,0:04:13.350 From the corner here inside a little bit
you go
0:04:13.350,0:04:15.799 out to the edge
0:04:15.799,0:04:18.370 and you want to be just below
0:04:18.370,0:04:19.839 the corner
0:04:19.839,0:04:21.299 right where your
0:04:21.299,0:04:27.469 first row of beads going to sit
0:04:27.469,0:04:29.939 take your beaded piece
0:04:29.939,0:04:36.229 put the knots to the backside
0:04:36.229,0:04:37.490 and line that
0:04:37.490,0:04:40.090 up
0:04:40.090,0:04:42.979 on your backing fabric
0:04:42.979,0:04:46.699 backing material
0:04:46.699,0:04:49.780 and then you can see your threads coming out
right next to that
0:04:49.780,0:04:50.959 hole there
0:04:50.959,0:04:57.959 go all the way through the first row
0:05:05.029,0:05:06.749 and then just
0:05:06.749,0:05:09.520 take that little stitch
0:05:09.520,0:05:15.839 at the edge of your backing material
0:05:15.839,0:05:17.429 loop it
0:05:17.429,0:05:19.060 from the bottom up so that it
0:05:19.060,0:05:21.650 grabs that until
0:05:21.650,0:05:24.139 now go through
0:05:24.139,0:05:29.009 a bead
0:05:29.009,0:05:30.660 and then go
0:05:30.660,0:05:32.919 from the bottom
0:05:32.919,0:05:34.819 up through your backing material
0:05:34.819,0:05:38.820 and make sure that you have your needle
0:05:38.820,0:05:42.220 coming to the inside of the threads that
are running through there so it can
0:05:42.220,0:05:44.669 hold down
0:05:44.669,0:05:47.280 pull that tight so that the thread sits
0:05:47.280,0:05:49.799 between the beads
0:05:49.799,0:05:50.460 and then
0:05:50.460,0:05:53.679 you're going to go to the next
0:05:53.679,0:05:58.370 bead over
0:05:58.370,0:06:00.669 and you're going to continue this way
so
0:06:00.669,0:06:02.680 from the bottom
0:06:02.680,0:06:05.800 up through and make sure it's on the
other side of the threads that run there
0:06:10.579,0:06:17.579 and through the bead
0:06:19.150,0:06:26.150 and keep going until you get to the end
0:06:42.830,0:06:47.449 and
once you get to one of the sides you're going to make sure that your
0:06:47.449,0:06:48.899 threads are underneath it
0:06:48.899,0:06:52.550 tucked nicely in
0:06:52.550,0:06:56.400 and you're just going to do a whip
stitch which is just around in a spiral
0:06:56.400,0:06:57.399 catching
0:06:57.399,0:07:00.119 both pieces in each stitch
0:07:00.119,0:07:04.529 what you want to do is go from the bottom
up for your backing material
0:07:04.529,0:07:07.449 and then catch the thread bridge that's
between
0:07:07.449,0:07:11.809 the two beads on the end
0:07:11.809,0:07:15.169 and back around from the bottom
0:07:15.169,0:07:22.169 up between the next two beads and catch
that thread at the end
0:07:23.389,0:07:25.180 You're just going to continue
0:07:25.180,0:07:32.180 down the length of the piece
0:07:35.079,0:07:40.930 make sure that your thread's still tucked
in as you work so they don't stick out
0:07:40.930,0:07:43.709 and that's going to give you a nice secure
0:07:43.709,0:07:45.119 foundation
0:07:45.119,0:07:48.240 you can see the back is very neat.
It just gonna have tiny little
0:07:48.240,0:07:49.849 stitches showing
0:07:49.849,0:07:52.769 when you get down to the bottom you're
gonna secure this end the same way you
0:07:52.769,0:07:54.009 at this end
0:07:54.009,0:07:56.499 turn the corner and go all the way down
0:07:56.499,0:07:59.889 and if you need this add more
thread as you go
0:07:59.889,0:08:01.990 You can tie off the beads
0:08:01.990,0:08:07.069 and weave in your ends the same as you
do in bead weaving
0:08:07.069,0:08:10.409 That's how your going to sew this onto
a backing
0:08:10.409,0:08:11.349 like in this
0:08:11.349,0:08:13.759 kind of use
0:08:13.759,0:08:16.750 and one of the other ways I want to show
you is how to glue it into a bezel which is
0:08:16.750,0:08:20.580 really quick and easy
0:08:20.580,0:08:23.939 first thing you're going to do is take E6000
0:08:23.939,0:08:26.939 on a toothpick or a scrap piece of wire
0:08:26.939,0:08:29.889 some kind of applicator if you have the
E6000 fine tip you can
0:08:29.889,0:08:33.050 just do it straight from the bottle
0:08:33.050,0:08:37.670 the tube
0:08:37.670,0:08:39.440 just spread a thin layer
0:08:39.440,0:08:42.909 on the back side of your piece.
If you have a front side and a back side that
0:08:42.909,0:08:44.790 you prefer
0:08:44.790,0:08:48.990 make sure you do this on the back
0:08:48.990,0:08:51.800 then I'm going to take
0:08:51.800,0:08:55.130 you loose threads
0:08:55.130,0:08:59.010 fold them to the back
0:08:59.010,0:09:02.410 You're going to get glue on your fingers
make sure you don't get it on the front
0:09:04.500,0:09:09.600 it on the front
0:09:09.600,0:09:12.340 and try to make sure that you get your threads
0:09:12.340,0:09:19.340 always around so that the knots don't show
from the front
0:09:23.790,0:09:26.080 you don't want this to be
0:09:26.080,0:09:28.480 too
0:09:28.480,0:09:31.340 glupey.
Don't use too much glue
0:09:31.340,0:09:38.340 because it won't lay flat
0:09:46.880,0:09:48.860 and you can also use
0:09:48.860,0:09:50.430 your applicator to
0:09:50.430,0:09:52.620 get those down
0:09:52.620,0:09:54.910 into the glue
0:09:54.910,0:09:57.510 once you have those glued down
0:09:57.510,0:10:00.900 you don't need to let them dry all the way
0:10:00.900,0:10:05.170 because you're going to be adding more
glue to the bezel and just
0:10:05.170,0:10:07.480 glue it down now
0:10:07.480,0:10:11.020 the tricky part about this is that you
want to get
0:10:11.020,0:10:12.680 glue into all the corners
0:10:12.680,0:10:14.410 and the edges of the bezels
0:10:14.410,0:10:16.580 pretty quickly before it starts
0:10:16.580,0:10:19.280 to dry
0:10:19.280,0:10:24.840 so be thorough but be quick
0:10:24.840,0:10:28.110 you want to give yourself pretty
generous layer.
You don't want so much
0:10:28.110,0:10:30.590 that the glue seeps right through the
beads
0:10:30.590,0:10:32.520 but that wanna make sure that the
0:10:32.520,0:10:34.240 glue is gonna get
0:10:34.240,0:10:37.530 up into all the beads
0:10:37.530,0:10:44.530 all the way into the corner all the way to
the edges
0:10:50.810,0:10:57.400 take your piece
0:10:57.400,0:11:00.650 and make sure that the knots
0:11:00.650,0:11:02.140 are tucked in
0:11:02.140,0:11:04.480 using the back of
0:11:04.480,0:11:05.970 the wire you used for
0:11:05.970,0:11:12.970 the applicator for that
0:11:15.530,0:11:18.010 and then you're gonna just let that
dry
0:11:18.010,0:11:20.150 nice and thoroughly
0:11:20.150,0:11:25.250 making sure that all the beads on the
edges in the corners are tucked in
0:11:25.250,0:11:29.710 push down
0:11:29.710,0:11:32.470 So that's another way that you can
finish
0:11:32.470,0:11:34.100 your loom weaving
0:11:34.100,0:11:37.670 you can experiment and come up with all
different kinds of ways to do
0:11:37.670,0:11:39.990 your own finish on it.
You could
0:11:39.990,0:11:44.850 string the work threads into beaded tassels
or
0:11:44.850,0:11:49.050 just tie them together.
If you wanna make a loop you can kind of play around but
0:11:49.050,0:11:52.870 there's a couple of ideas for what
I like to do when finishing
0:11:52.870,0:11:53.210 my work.
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