Recycling Art Bangle

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You Will Need (3 things)

Steps (11 steps, 20 minutes)

1. 1

   you need:
   - empty tape roll
   made of board or
   plastic
   - waste fabric (2
   different types,
   one piece 35 x
   15cm, one or two
   pieces 35 x 2-4cm,
   fabric with
   structured surface
   looks better than
   smooth fabric)
   - sewing machine /
   needle and thread
   - useful, but not
   neccesary: glue /
   hot glue/ double
   faced adhesive
   tape, felting needle
   /embellisher
   (needlefelting
   machine), beads
   and other stuff for
   further decoration

2. 2

   First sew the narrow
   nd of fabric onto the
   larger one, criss-crossing
   with an irregular
   decoration-stich. If you
   like, you can punch the
   two fabrics together with
   a felting needle or an
   embellisher before
   sewing, this looks very
   good with organza for
   example.

3. 3

   Now wind the fabric
   around the roll to see
   where to sew the ends
   together.
   

4. 4

   Join the ends on the
   wrong side to create a
   tube. Cut off the
   overlapping material close
   to the seam.

5. 5

   Turn the tube inside
   out and see if it fits to the
   roll. If it does not, make it
   tighter or open the seam
   again to make wider.

6. 6

   Fold the overlapping
   fabric to the inside and
   secure it there. For
   fixation I have tried these
   three methods: glue,
   double faced adhesive
   tape or sewing. All three
   work well.

7. 7

   Method A – glue
   Applicate the glue inside
   the tape roll or on the
   edge of the fabric and
   press thogether. You can
   stick it on a bottle or a can
   if you don’t want to hold
   it in your hands while it is
   hardening.

8. 8

   Method B - double faced
   adhesive tape
   This ist the fastest
   method: just fix some tape
   on the inside of the roll,
   flap the fabric around on
   one side. Now fix a strip
   of tape onto the fabric that
   is now inside, and flap in
   the other side of the fabric
   to attach it to the first.

9. 9

   Method C – Sewing
   Sewing inside the roll is
   kind of tricky, but it
   works. Go around twice to
   have a nicer seam.

10. 10

    Note: If you sew the
    fabric together on the
    inside it usually gets quite
    tight around the role, esp.
    at the corners (right
    bangle), if you glue or
    tape it, it is more loose
    (left bangle).

11. 11

    Decoration
    Now, you can decorate
    the bangle with anything
    you like. And then: go out
    and wear it!