Thread brushes are a beautiful decoration that is used in various types of decoration. These are knitted hats and scarves, trimmings or ropes for curtains, edgings for plaids or bedspreads. Tassels adorn the locks of bags and purses, make earrings and beads. The material for manufacturing is also different. These are thin sewing threads, and thick woolen for knitting, leather strips and thin twisted ropes. In this article we will look at how to make a brush from threads.
Material for manufacturing
In order to make this decoration, you must have:
- a spool or skein of thread from which the brush will be wound;
- template for winding (from thick cardboard or you can use a plastic card);
- scissors;
- cotton threads of the same color for bundling;
- awl;
- needle;
- a pot of boiling water or an electric kettle.
Step-by-step instruction
Step number 1. You need to take the template, cutting it in length a little more than necessary for the brush. It should be very dense, not bent, especially if the brushes of thread with your own hands will not be performed in a single copy. That they were identical, the template should not be deformed.
Step number 2. This is followed by the process of winding threads. Here you need to take into account the thickness and splendor of the future product. If you need a thin and flat brush, for example, on a bag, then you need to wind several layers of threads. The more magnificent the brush, the more layers are wound on the template. And you need to pull them tight so that the rings do not hang, but tightly wrap around cardboard.
Step number 3. The most crucial step is linking the layers. When the desired thickness is reached, the edge is trimmed with scissors. It is taken separately or the same thread, or a dense cotton matched in color (for strength and greater reliability), and for a start, a knot is pulled that tightens all layers (in any place, you can even in the middle of the cardboard).
Step number 4. Then all layers are removed from the template. The diagram shows how to make a brush of thread with a needle. For sewing, the main thread is already taken, from which the decoration was made. It turns out a dense head through which the ends pass.
Step number 5. The formed brush still looks very untidy, all the threads are wrinkled and round. The next step is to align them. There are several methods to do this. You can use an iron, an iron for hair. This article describes a steam leveling method.
Step number 6. To do this, boil a pot or kettle to form steam. A brush is put on an awl or a long knitting needle (so as not to get burned with hot air) and hold it over the pan for 5 minutes.
Finishing touch
Now you know how to make a thread brush. But it is still important and difficult to evenly trim the edges so that all the threads are the same length. There is one method that makes this process much easier and more efficient.
After aligning the threads, you need to take a thick sheet of paper and roll a brush into it. It remains only with sharp scissors to cut the threads together with the paper.
The result was an even beautiful brush, which can only be sewn to the finished product.
The use of such jewelry
Nowadays, such decorative elements as brushes are very widely used in various products. Fashionable designers have long been decorating the interiors of rooms with curtains with the addition of such elements on the bottom or sides of the curtains. Beautiful ropes with huge bright satin threads adorn the curtain holders.
Often, tassels are used by craftswomen when knitting things: hats, berets, shawls, rugs, sweaters, etc.
The latest fashion trends are the manufacture of earrings and other jewelry from tassels made of bright thin ropes or leather. You can perfectly do this work yourself at home. To do this, buy shiny thin twisted threads.
Before you make a brush of thread for earrings, you need to make two identical elements and put them on metal rings that are attached to purchased ear arches. They can be bought at any store selling these kinds of goods. Learning how to make such gizmos, you can make a number of jewelry for any color of dress. You can make combined multi-colored brushes by adding threads from different skeins.