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10 Jul 8
The Born Of “The Dazzles” Vintage Frame Clutch Bag

The Born Of “The Dazzles” Vintage Frame Clutch Bag

May be you were wondering why I just showed you only detailed depictions of “The Dazzle” in my previous post and did not write down the process…. Not my style huh~ you are right…. and I am doing it here!!!! About a month ago, I was having a chat with…

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21 Jun 10
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 2: Border Beading

Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 2: Border Beading

Continue from Part 1: Preparing The Frame & Canvas After having your frame and canvas prepared, shoes-face traced out, the next step is to sew a stretch of beads along the shoes-face outline like the picture shown below. You need: 1. Japanese seed beads size 15/0 for the border 2. Very fine needle so that…

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18 Jun 8
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 1: Preparing The Frame& Canvas

Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 1: Preparing The Frame& Canvas

Ever since I posted my Kasut Manek (beaded shoes) here, I received several emails from readers around the world asking me how to do beading for it. I decided to post some comprehensive tutorials in this area to cover all-you-need-to-know-how-to-bead-a-Kasut-Manek. These tutorials are going to split into 4 parts: Part 1 – Preparing the…

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8 Jan 11
Kasut Manek (Beaded Shoes)

Kasut Manek (Beaded Shoes)

Finally, I finished my second pair of Kasut Manek. It has been the most eye-straining project I have done. Average people take about 2 weeks, even months to complete but I took about 12 days (working throughtout day and night). I did my first pair about 9 years ago for…

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