Earn Your Fashion Stripes By Creating Corinne Bradd’s Pretty Fabric Bangle Designs

What you need...

• BEADS Round, gold, 4mm x 16, Rhinestones, sew on claw set, 6mm x 19, Seeds, pink, Studs, flat-backed, 'nail heads'
  
  FINDINGS Bangles: narrow; medium; wide, Thread: sewing; embroidery, six strand; three shades of green; mauve; variegated pink, DMC Color Variations, Ribbon: 25mm, pink gingham; striped; narrow, spotty, Crochet lace, wide, pink, Ricrac braid, mini, green, Fabric, cotton: printed; pastel floral
  
  TOOLS Tape, doublesided, Glue, PVA, Shears, pinking
  

instructions

1. Gingham Bangle - 1. Sew a length of gingham ribbon around a narrow bangle. Use slip stitch to secure the two sides of the ribbon together on the inside and fold under the raw edge where the ribbon
   
   2. Cut two lengths of crochet lace slightly longer than the circumference of the bangle. Over sew the two straight long sides together ensuring the picots on the outer edges line up with each other.
   
   3. Position the lace so the seam sits inside the bangle and sew the picots together around the bracelet using a 4mm gold bead on each stitch. Pull the thread tight to stretch the lace and give a neat finish. Tidy the ends by over sewing the gingham ribbon below.
   

2. Make it yours - Don’t hold back by covering the whole bracelet with the same materials. Divide the bangle into sections and mix and match fabrics