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    This document provides instructions for beading a pair of shoes. It lists the materials needed, which include beads, needles, thread, cloth, glue and tools for tracing and cutting patterns. It then outlines an 11-step process for sketching and transferring a pattern onto cloth using tracing paper, and then beading the design using various stitching techniques. Finally, it describes applying the beaded cloth to the shoes using glue.

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    This document provides instructions for beading a pair of shoes. It lists the materials needed, which include beads, needles, thread, cloth, glue and tools for tracing and cutting patterns. It then outlines an 11-step process for sketching and transferring a pattern onto cloth using tracing paper, and then beading the design using various stitching techniques. Finally, it describes applying the beaded cloth to the shoes using glue.

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    This document provides instructions for beading a pair of shoes. It lists the materials needed, which include beads, needles, thread, cloth, glue and tools for tracing and cutting patterns. It then outlines an 11-step process for sketching and transferring a pattern onto cloth using tracing paper, and then beading the design using various stitching techniques. Finally, it describes applying the beaded cloth to the shoes using glue.

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    This document provides instructions for beading a pair of shoes. It lists the materials needed, which include beads, needles, thread, cloth, glue and tools for tracing and cutting patterns. It then outlines an 11-step process for sketching and transferring a pattern onto cloth using tracing paper, and then beading the design using various stitching techniques. Finally, it describes applying the beaded cloth to the shoes using glue.

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    The instructions provide a detailed process for beading shoe designs including preparing templates, transferring patterns to cloth, and applying different stitches for borders and inner designs.

    The materials needed include cloth, beads, needles, thread, templates, pencil, and glue.

    The beading pattern is transferred to cloth by tracing shaded template papers placed face down on the cloth to outline the design.

    You will need:

    1. Clothes measuring tape.

    2. A pair of plain coloured covered, peep-toe or cross-front shoes.

    3. White A4 paper or a harder art card.

    4. 4B sharpened pencil or thin marker.

    5. A thin piece of plain cloth (the colour closest to your shoe) OR a cross stitch cloth.

    6. Rectangle wooden sewing frame.

    7. Tracing paper.

    8. Proper cloth scissors.

    9. Colourful seed beads – size depends on you and the design you have in mind.

    10. Thin embroidery needles.

    11. Threads – colours that matches the beads you would want to use. Or just use plain

    white threads.

    12. Strong shoe glue.

    Alternative method (i.e. fast and lazy)

    1. Pre-printed template (bought online from here).

    2. A thin cloth that matches the colour of your shoe.

    3. Colourful seed beads – again depending on the size that you want.

    4. Small and fine tipped paintbrush.

    5. Superglue or shoe glue.

    6. Old ceramic plate.

    7. Long and thin tweezers.


     

    Right! Now on with the steps…

    THE SKETCH PREP


     

    #1

    Using a tracing paper, place it on the front area of the shoe (single band) where you
    would want the beaded patterns on. Dot along  the perimeter of the area you want to cut.
    Remove from shoe and connect the dots to form the outline.

     
     

    #2      
    Take a scissors and snip, snip away along the lines. You would have 2 pieces of the
    “flap” tracing. Place the cut papers onto an art card and trace the outlines. And snip, snip
    away again along the drawn lines on the art card.

    **Keep the cut tracing papers for later**

    #3

    Prepare the cloth on the frame and put the cut pieces of art card (top and bottom) onto
    the cloth. Trace the outline of the art card pieces on the cloth. Now, let’s prepare the
    patterns!

     
     

    #4

    Choose the pattern of your choice online or from a pattern book. Take the cut tracing
    papers and trace the patterns on the paper with a pencil. Flip the papers over on the
    untraced side. With your razor sharp 4B pencil, shade the areas where the patterns are.
    Make it as dark as possible, like Batman. So that it’s easier to transfer the patterns onto
    the cloth.

     
     

    #5

    The slightly tricky part – place the shaded area of both patterned papers face down onto
    the cloth (top and bottom of cloth).      Carefully align the borders of the paper with the
    drawn outline. Once aligned, hold the paper down firmly and use a sharp pencil to trace
    the patterns so that it will stick to the cloth. Repeat for the other single band. If you
    prefer, you can use a marker with a fine tip and retrace the design on the cloth to make it
    clearer.
     

     
    MATERALISE THE DESIGN
     

    #6

    Now, let’s bead it! (ok, ok the pun was intentional). Start with the Border Beading, just
    the top and bottom outlines – leave the sides unbeaded. Select the bead size and
    colours that you want or you can just follow the colours of the pattern that you selected.
    Then, identify your border starting point before you begin the magic of beading.

     
     

    #7
    With a long, double-threaded thin needle, start by poking through from under the cloth
    within the border. Pull up until there is tension and thread through 2 beads of your choice
    colour. Secure the beads by backstitching (so the sewing pattern is backstitch… 2
    beads… backstitch… 2 beads). If you’re clueless at sewing, here are a couple of videos
    that explains it in detail.

     
     
     

    Basic Backstitch

    Backstitch with Beads

    #8

    And we have the borders completed, folks! On to the inner design, where the diagonal ½
    stitch method applies and the direction is from left to right. Check out the chart and video
    below for a clearer visual guide.

     
     

     
     

     
     

    #9

    Keep on going until the design is complete. Repeat on the other mirrored pattern. Once
    both are completed, remove from the frame and cut it out. It’s now ready to add pizzazz
    to your monotone shoe.

     
     

    TRENDSETTING FINALE
     

    #10
    Take your shoe and lather shoe glue with a brush on the targeted areas. Working
    quickly, glue on your beaded patterns carefully onto your shoe. Leave it to dry,
    preferably overnight. If you want it more secure, thread single stitches across some of
    the beaded stitches.

     
     

    #11

    And it’s DONE! (After days of squinting, with needle-poked fingers to boot).

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