Ask the Experts Attaching Beads to Leather Q&A
Q: How do I attach beads or crystals to leather ~ as in a leather cross or even a halter for a horse?
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Ask the Experts Finishing Silk Thread Q&A
Q: If I am making a necklace with silk thread, do I make a knot at the end using a tube crimp and then crimp the tube or just leave it?
Ask the Experts Fast Seed Bead Stringing Q&A
Q: My wife uses size 14 and size 15 seed beads to make little purses, and she is always saying she wishes she had a way to string the beads onto her needle that would be faster and easier than from a saucer and one at a time. I have heard about a bowl that you turn and the beads string onto the needle; is there such an item? Please let me know if you have any ideas.
Ask the Experts Alternatives to Gold and Silver Q&A
Q: With the price of gold and silver being so high, I'm thinking of using alternative metals, such as pewter or copper. How do other metals compare when used in jewelry?
Ask the Experts Closing Crimp Covers Q&A
Q: How do I close crimp bead covers without marking them? They are too tough to close by hand.
Ask the Experts Metal Beads Q&A
Q: What are liquid silver beads and how do you use them?
Ask the Experts Ribbon Crimp Ends Q&A
Q: How do I use ribbon ends on my loomworked bracelets? Every time I attach one I crush some of the beads because the clamp doesn't seem large enough to cover the beads. I've seen other examples of loom and off-loom bracelets with these ends attached, but I don't know how to properly attach them. Do you have any bar clasps that are made specifically for stitched bracelets and necklaces or some kind of instructional resource on how to use the ribbon clasp on beadwork?
Ask the Experts Heirloom Jewelry Q&A
Q: I have almost a dozen old family beads. I think they were originally on a bracelet but the old thread has rotted. The beads are 20 x 14mm black rounded rectangles, the back is flat, and the front is faceted. They each have two holes running the short way across the bead. I would like to incorporate the beads into a necklace. One problem is how to go back and forth between beads with a single hole and beads with a double hole. Another problem is how to have the beads lay flat. When they are part of a bracelet they lay in a straight line, but of course a necklace curves when it's worn, so the beads tilt. Thank you.
Ask the Experts Bent Needles Q&A
Q: No matter how hard I try, my needles always get bent while I'm beading--what am I doing wrong?
Ask the Experts Flexible Bracelet Stringing Materials Q&A
Q: What is the best wire for making a flexible bracelet and the best stretch cord size?
Ask the Experts Acquiring a Wholesale License Q&A
Q: I don't have a question about jewelry-making but I was wondering if you could tell me how to go about getting a wholesale license? I have no idea how to go about this and I have had no luck searching the internet.
Ask the Experts Dyed Beads Q&A
Q: How do I wash dyed beads?
Ask the Experts Faceted Gems and Cabochons Q&A
Q: What are your items that will hold Faceted Gems and Cabochons? Is it best to use glue? If so, what kind?
Ask the Experts Hill Tribes Silver Beads Q&A
Q: Sometimes it's hard to string large Hill Tribes silver beads onto Accu-Flex® beading wire as the wire curves before it's through the bead hole. And if I'm working with multiple wires, inevitably one makes it through the bead hole, but I have to struggle to get the rest to cooperate. How can I get the wire through without getting frustrated?
Ask the Experts Enlarging Pearl Holes Q&A
Q: I was adding a few pearls to my latest design and some of them wouldn't fit onto my needle. I was able to use other pearls in the same strand to finish the necklace, but how can I make use of the pearls that didn't work the first time?
Ask the Experts Restringing Czech Seed Beads Q&A
Q: I'd like to restring Czech seed beads quickly onto Nymo thread, any ideas on how to do that without taking the seed beads off and stringing with a needle, one by one?
Ask the Experts Basic Jewelry-Making Tools Q&A
Q: What tools do I need to make jewelry?
Ask the Experts Making Consistent Loops Q&A
Q: When working with round and square precious-metal and color-coated wire, how can I make the same size loops so my project has a consistent look?
Ask the Experts Reducing Eye Strain Q&A
Q: How do you recommend I relieve eye strain when working with seed beads?
Ask the Experts Men's Earrings Q&A
Q: What kind of earrings would make good men's earrings to hang dagger or spider drops from? And if I buy the round rubber or leather cord, black, 3mm, for a man's necklace what clasps or crimping beads do I use on the ends to secure and fasten?
Ask the Experts Attaching a Center-Drilled Pendant Q&A
Q: What is the best way to attach a center drilled pendant to a necklace?
Ask the Experts Beads for Leather Cord Q&A
Q: What size beads can you use with leather cord?
Ask the Experts Thread Size for Peyote Stitch Q&A
Q: I am learning to do the Peyote stitch. What size thread do you recommend I use?
Ask the Experts Secure Eye Pins and Head Pins Q&A
Q: What is the most secure way to attach an eye pin or head pin to a design?
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