What can you do with eyelets?
I have a lot of brads, and I have a lot of eyelets. Eyelets are a bit more high maintenance than brads because they actually require some tools for their use. I bought a whole kit but you would be fine with a hole punch and a hammer, both relatively small and easy to use. You may also want or need a crafting mat to ensure that you don’t dent your table during the process.
Setting an eyelet is easy; you can do it in three very short steps:
- Create a hole where you want your eyelet to appear.
- insert the eyelet right side up where you want it to be.
- Turn the paper over and using the hammer, bang down on the wrong side of the eyelet to set it.
And now what? Well you can use the pretty eyelet holes to thread ribbon and hang things from it. Two eyelets and a piece of ribbon long enough to be tied into a bow can be used as closures of paper bags. You can use eyelets to create neat and funky holes in your work that isn’t boring, or use eyelets as part of the design. Eyelets can reinforce holes.
How do you use eyelets?
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June 22nd, 2007 at 7:54 am
They work great for making kids’ fun things as well … practice lace up felt, foam or fabric books; “sewing” pages …
June 24th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Good ideas, Sally.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Jummy,
Did you say hammer? Please tell me you have a crop-o-dile. If not get one. Or else I will have nightmares of you banging a hammer around. LOL! Last time I used a hammer on eyelets I managed to break a table!
November 8th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
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