help on ideas for brooches

schoolhog · Beginning Beader Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 27

hi,

Been asked to make a few brooches, does anybody have any idead on making a few different ones, Thanks

Not too hard mind !!!!!

Schoolhog

silvermaid · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject:

You may find this topic useful. These type of pins aren't too hard to make. You start at the hook end and finish with the pin.

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I will see if I can find some pic's of different sorts that I have on my other Computer.

Melanie Rainbow

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kristina · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject:

Someone asked about brooches at our swedish beading forum not long ago and I gave some examples with these links:

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(bead embroidery)

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They're not using sieve/mesh findings as she didn't mistakingly had bought the wrong kind of brooch backs. More ideas can be found on these japanese sites (using sieves or filigree etc):

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Some are perhaps more complex than what you are looking for, but inspirational.

In the forum gallery we have you can find these exemples:

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(hope the link works)

I do realise you might not be able to read the texts, but maybe it can give you inspiration as it gave me? Wink

Good luck! Daisy

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