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The other day I was threading yarn through eyelets..Drove me nutso. So I dipped the ends of the yard in white glue and then twirled it in between my fingers, let it dry and it was so easy to thread...I have also tried embossing fluid and heating but the gun is too hot and melts the yarn. I am still working on that idea...
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On the topic of threading * yarn through eyelets, or beads on fiber, even ribbon through tiny punched holes * get a package of dental floss threaders at the drugstore. I think you get 20 or something in a pack for 2.99. Not necessarily cheap, but they're a kind of sheer blue plastic, very fine and easy to lose! Anyway, they are a terrific assist for all your threading needs. Well, not sewing...
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Add a bit of whimsy to your art projects with one simple, easy, and fun technique---put brads inside of your eyelets. Set your eyelets as usual and then insert a coordinating brad into the eyelet (on the right side) and bend the prongs apart (on the wrong side). It's that easy!! Using a big eyelet? Great---that calls for a big brad which can be found at office supply or discount stores. Cheap too!! Smaller eyelets call for the smaller brads generally used in artistic applications.
Eyelets suddenly take on a different look with a brad inside of them. Vary the look by using different colors, shapes and sizes of eyelets with different colors of brads. Don't have the brad color needed? Simple!! Change the color by embossing it with an embossing powder of your choice or use a permanent marker. Fun!!
Added tip---when embossing
a brad, the powders adhere better to the brad without applying pigment
ink or VersaMark. Here's how to get your powders to stick like glue----hold
your brad by the prongs with a pair of needle nose pliers. Heat the brad
with an embossing heat tool. Then, dip the brad into the embossing powder.
Heat again and repeat as many times as desired (check for coverage as
you heat).
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