Making My Mark
In 2013 I wrote an article about custom sewing markers and I remember looking at all these favorite options, sewing markers felt like porn. At that time I used a plastic marker that was sold freely. I never liked these markers because I found them too ugly, but I didn't like their brittleness. They look like little padlocks, but they break so easily that I avoid locking and opening them, and I've often seen padlocks break without holding anything to keep a sign of where the lover is. . I never dropped points but they were so split that initially I fell from two tiers to the last eight or ninth place. Then it's time to think of something new - and I can't apologize for replacing the old set. I finally needed a good sewing marker!
Rereading this old KNDD article to get an idea of which goalscorer to buy, my own research reminded me that I could make my own goalscorer. I work with beads and already have the tools and research and it's all about finding the right beads.
For this project I looked for medium sized fine beads that would not stick to the thread I was planning to use. I've tried to keep costs down, and if you have some basic bidding tools handy, it's totally possible to do this simple project at very low cost. I also know that I want a different colored sewing marker that I can color code when I see different things (e.g. a separate marker for the start of a row or a matching set of top-down sleeves for a sweater project).
When I bought my grandson's 10th birthday necklace and earrings in January , I bought the orange plaid glass bead necklace you see above as a free necklace for sale at Michel's "Buy 1 String Beads, Get 1 Free ". I found two red beads and two colored jasper beads which you can see in the beading supply box above - these are just mine. The ivory pearl necklace in the picture is a necklace I bought from Value Village for $2 using the "2$ off" coupon I received from them to fill out an online survey to fill out. made a sewing marker and found the ivory beading holes too large for this project. Ah I wrapped these beads in ivory and put them in a bead box for later use. Then I bought another necklace at a thrift store for $2.25 and this time I checked the holes to make sure the beads fit before buying the necklace.
To make your own sewing markers, you'll need a safety pin, earrings, and some basic beading tools: cookie cutters, needle-nosed and snub-nosed pliers or pliers. Place the bead on your head pin, attach the earring back, then twist the end of the pin around the needle nose pliers until a small loop forms. Trim the excess length of the pinhead with the cutter, press the loop you made with straight needle nose pliers or curling tweezers and... you're done.
This is a ready made sewing marker. Since twenty is a lot of sewing markers for me (I rarely work on multiple knitting projects at once) they are less likely to break and I won't lose anything, they should last a while. If they look like earrings to you, it's because although I'm trying to design the earrings a bit more than this sewing marker, I like to keep my threads simple to avoid twisting them. As much as possible.
I once picked up two orange checkered beads with the idea of making my own earrings ...I dreaded getting my two sewing markers for a special occasion in an orange dress. .
