This week I decided to try and make some of those cute little fabric covered stud earrings that you see on etsy lately. Here's an example of a really well done pair by Fluffington. They were on the front page the other day.
I didn't succeed in making my pair as clean looking but they're still kinda cute.
First things first: materials.
stud earrings with flat front
scrap of cool fabric
fimo clay
super glue
scissors
I got the glue at a jewelry supply shop on 6th Ave. It's a multi-purpose super glue.
First I made little circular disks out of the fimo clay. I made mine just slightly bigger than the flat part of the earrings.
Next I baked them. Apparently too long because they burned! : 0 haha Fortunately that doesn't matter because they're just getting covered with fabric anyway. I think they were in for about 15min so I guess you should try 5min or so.
After letting my poor burnt-beyond-recognition fimo disks cool I cut a little square of my fabric scrap that fit the whole fimo disk. I glued the front part first and let that dry by placing it face down on the table for a couple minutes. after the front was securely glued I started folding the rest of my little fabric square around the fimo clay disk. I continued gluing bit by bit, holding each fold in place for a couple minutes to let the glue set.
After the fimo clay disk was completely covered I glued the stud to the back. I held that in place for a few minutes too. I then let them sit overnight before I starte playing with them, just to make sure the glue was really strong.
And that's it!
I have some ideas for
improvements, so maybe next week I'll post an update on this one.
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