BEAD BUCKLES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 139, 18 July 1914, Page 6

BEAD BUCKLES.

Brass rings covered with crochet and fastened together to form a buckle for the neck bow of tulle or velvet are pretty. The same rings may be. decorated with beads.

To make the bead buckle the rings must first of all be covered with close butonhole twist, and then, before the thread is broken, enough erystal beads to cover three-fourths of the edge must be strung on the thread. The thread must be fastened and carried over the beads, securing it between each bead to the buttonholed edge. The plain parts of the two rings are fastened together on the plain,sides, thus forming the buckle. If small steel or gold beads are used they can be made to stand out from the ring by stringing about five and then catching the thread into the buttonhole edge, so that they will stand out from the ring.

Bead buckles of his kind can be utilised on evening shoes, and if made in a large size, for frocks.