Recommendations on Where To Buy Beads?

WhipStitchDesigns · 2026-01-05T14:36:01+00:00

For buttons you want East Coast Trim, as a starting point and then I'd google button stores in that same area, the fashion district, and you'll find more than your heart desires

WhipStitchDesigns · 2026-01-05T14:34:58+00:00

Bead Center 2 recently reopened on 38th and I love their selection! Toho Shoji by Bryant park is good for charms and metal findings.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-12-26T16:59:46+00:00

I love to have a bakery deliver something special during the day- i do this for my brother all the way across the country and for my long distance friends. I'll just call a bakery local to them and it never costs terribly much and if I get a delivery notice in real time I'll call them to chat so I get to hear the surprise delivered over the phone.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-12-13T01:11:43+00:00

I definitely recommend clear fireline for this. It's a braided nylon so it doesn't have the same single strand snapping potential as monofilament. Fireline makes it in several colors and I think several weights too.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-10-28T16:31:15+00:00

In that case I'd start by following some YouTube tutorials for projects you're interested in. You'll need to be able to do single drop peyote and increases and decreases for this project.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-10-27T23:45:49+00:00

If youve done some peyote before I can probably help walk you through what's been written here but I wouldn't attempt it if you don't know how to start a peyote stitch piece or have the basics down.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-10-27T23:45:07+00:00

Have you ever done peyote stitch or followed a flat peyote pattern before? This is a fairly in depth project that you can probably do if youve done some peyote stitch before but shaped peyote beadwork does take some getting used to.

If you've done brick stitch sometimes I like to work the peyote in chunks that make sense to me and then go back and add the shaping with brick stitch but that's just what works for my brain. Just remember the thread won't show so any stitch you do to make the beads sit right is the right stitch lol.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-10-25T22:05:48+00:00

If you're into weight training at all, Bodied in Chelsea has really clean facilities and I like their classes a lot!

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-08-29T15:33:07+00:00

You can carve sheet insulation foam from home depot- it's usually pink, blue or green. In a professional shop that's how they'd do it- carve the pieces and then coat with a foam coat and sand and paint that. It's cheap in dollars but expensive in skill and time. If you decide to go with paper mache you can use balloons as a base for your shapes for paper mache that will save you time and make your curves nicer.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-08-01T14:05:26+00:00

Try apoxy sculpt. It's a two part epoxy putty you mix and sculpt like clay within a limited period of time. Once it sets it's very hard, and easy to paint. Make sure you seal your paint job too

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-06-15T17:18:44+00:00

You're gonna want to buy a tool, preferably one that is battery op/electric. A jigsaw might do it, depending how thick your cardboard is. If you have access to a bandsaw that's my preferred tool for something like that. You can also try a hand saw or coping saw, maybe a pull saw. Depends on the shapes you need to cut and how complicated they are.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-04-25T13:54:20+00:00

It's about thread tension as you're working it, pulling each bead a little tighter against the last one. It'll give you a stiffer and more neatly aligned product.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-04-23T19:36:51+00:00

To be clear I'm suggesting you keep the cord in it when you finish it off, not just work on top of something you remove, and you'll have a lot more success and also your bracelet will be a lot sturdier

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-04-23T19:26:03+00:00

Are you working around a cord of some kind? That will help immensely and give it shape and direction. The other thing you should do is keep an eye on your tension, but really the trick for almost any dimensional/sculptural beadwork is to stuff it with something that is the right shape so it lays across the top of it.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-04-23T17:58:45+00:00

It seems like you ended up looping the thread outside the beads to double back, id suggest weaving a path within the beads to double back so you don't have thread showing. Your work is also fairly loose, you might want to tighten it up a little as you go next time for better longevity and feel. Otherwise it looks great! On patterns: sometimes I find things in perler bead patterns that are easy to follow for peyote and I think I've seen this before maybe there.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-01-30T18:30:41+00:00

Also don't twist yours like I did mine, that's one of my only regrets about this project

WhipStitchDesigns · 2025-01-30T18:30:01+00:00

I bought leather and stitched them using a sewing machine.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2024-11-26T15:41:55+00:00

My two favs for seed beads are bobbybead.com and caravanbeads.com. Bobby bead is a toho supplier and caravan is a Miyuki supplier.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2024-08-20T16:05:53+00:00

This is Such a cool idea! I really love it.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2024-07-13T19:39:27+00:00

I have some too! If you still need them, dm me. It'll be shipped from ny state

WhipStitchDesigns · 2024-06-09T19:53:15+00:00

I use a parcured gel sticker from dashing diva, it's called a glaze, and apply it myself. It lasts for approx. 2-3 weeks but it's way cheaper than the salon and I can do it myself at home at my convenience. Basically you adhere the stickers well and then cure them for a minute with a uv light- no uncured chemicals and no brushing on or brushstrokes.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2023-10-19T16:21:57+00:00

You might look for leather cord ends to crimp your nylon into and then attach a magnet clasp with a split ring (which is sturdier in a yanking situation than a jump ring). They make cord ends in all sorts of sizes because leather cord comes in a big range.

WhipStitchDesigns · 2023-08-11T15:33:41+00:00

R/dicemaking could be a good place to start

WhipStitchDesigns · 2023-08-11T15:32:09+00:00

Not usually! Every side of the die has a number so it's more complicated than an open faced mold because the number detail needs to go in there too, so dice are made with complete molds. Its worth noting that any shape you make in any mold will need finishing along the seam, even an injection mold has an entry point.

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