Tools, Equipment, & Materials for Making Fashion Accessories PDF

LESSON 1: Tools, Equipment, & Materials for Making Fashion Accessories Objectives: Objectives: Lesson Outline  Tools and Equipment for Making Fashion Accessories  are used to hold, shape, and manipulate Pliers findings in a piece of jewelry. There are jewe...

LESSON 1: Tools, Equipment, & Materials for Making Fashion Accessories Objectives: Objectives: Lesson Outline  Tools and Equipment for Making Fashion Accessories  are used to hold, shape, and manipulate Pliers findings in a piece of jewelry. There are jewelry-grade pliers that will not scratch metal findings. A B C Needle-nose Round-nose Plier Crimp Plier Plier Needle-nose Plier Round-nose Plier Crimp Plier  Flush Wire Cutter This are used to cut or trim wires, headpins, and eye pins.  Mandrels or Bamboo Skewers are used for rolling beads. These metal dowels are usually used to make lamp work beads and can be bought from any glassworks supply store. You can use bamboo skewers if mandrels are not available. Paintbrushes Paintbrushes are perfect for applying acrylic mediums, adhesives, and decorative elements. A variety of small brushes is all you need for jewelry work. Beading Mat used to keep beads from rolling around on your work surface. Awl Tapestry Needles Collapsible Eye Needle Collapsible eye needles are perfect for stringing beads with very small holes. The eye of the needle is very flexible and can squeeze flat through a bead hole. Felting Needles They are actually not needles but are instead thin pieces of barbed metal. Felting needles are used to push wool roving fibers into another piece of wool or fabric to felt the two together.  Materials in Making Fashion Accessories  Fabrics These are useful materials in making accessories. Fabrics that are solid in color or have small-scale prints on them are the best to start with because they will yield the most predictable results. Ribbons can be a wonderful material because it is narrow and has finished edges that do not fray. There are so many specialty ribbons available which you can create with. Beading Threads come in a wide variety of colors and are made from synthetic materials such as polyethylene or nylon. Sewing Machine Threads  Cords and Yarns have a variety of uses in fabric jewelry. There are many different varieties available in knitting and needlepoint stores. Metal Washers are great for creating doughnut- shaped beads. They come in an assortment of sizes and can be bought at any hardware store. Buttons  available in many different diameters and finishes. Wire can be bent and formed into different shapes using a few simple tools. Wire is made with a wide assortment of metals and is available in different gauges; the higher the gauge number, the thinner the wire. used to attach jewelry elements such as beads, charms, and chains. Jump rings come in assorted sizes; it's best to pick the smallest jump ring to do the job.  Headpins are pieces of wire with one end formed into a stopper, either plain or decorative, and come in many different lengths and metals.  Eye Pins are pieces of wire with one end formed into a loop. Eye pins are used to form connections to other elements in a piece of jewelry. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=03rux8TLKdg Terminators  CLASPS are used to close a necklace or bracelet. SEQUINS come in a variety of colors and sizes, shapes, and finishes.  Beads are small objects that are decorative in form and are available in different sizes and shapes. They are made of glass, plastic, or wood. The three main shapes of seed beads are the European doughnut shape, the Japanese tubular shape, and beads with a "cut" out of one or more sides. Some common finishes are matte, opaque, transparent, translucent, iridescent, galvanized, metallic, silver-lined etc. Bracelet Sizer  Necklace Planning Board used to hold the materials you plan to use while you are making a design of a necklace or a bracelet. It will help you foresee the exact image without the use of a string or chain..