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. Green Bangle - 1. Fix a length of double-sided tape on the inside of a medium width bangle and remove the backing paper. Cut three 50cm lengths of co-ordinating embroidery thread and hold one end of each piece against the tape.
   
   2. Begin tightly wrapping the coloured cottons around the bangle, covering the ends as you go. Ensure that you hold the threads so they fall in the correct order each time, forming a neat, striped design.
   
   3. Tie new lengths of thread to the ends of the wrapped ones as necessary, making sure the knots fall inside the bracelet and the loose ends can be hidden by the next few wraps. Continue until the entire bracelet is covered and secure the tails with a dot of glue smoothed into the threads with a fingertip.
   

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.