Fancy Beaded Watch Tutorial

 I started making these beaded watches a couple of years ago, they are fun to make but a little time consuming but when you are finished with the first one and it has turned out the way you wanted  happy ! happy ! happy  I know that there are probably other beaded watches around the web but I thought I would post the way that I make mine.so maybe you can make your own. Mine have been with a lot of trial and error like getting the right size elastic cord that fit into the holes on the watch and finding easier ways for threading and beading that would be efficient but yet quick and for me this was my way.

Since learning how to make them I have sold quite a few of them, lots of compliments and men like and wear them also !

These are a few of them that I have done

So here's what you will need :

watch face for beading
seed beads
1 mm elastic beading cord
safety pins size - 1
flexible beading needles
pliers

 These are what I use and I also bought a bunch of plastic containers to put all my assortment of seed beads, assorted safety pins and finished pins that I have done .

This is what your pins will look like once you have the beads on them. After you have the beads on  the safety pins then I take a pair of small pliers and pinch the end so it doesn't come open, 

Then after I have a lot of pins beaded and the ends pinched on the  I string the elastic through the hole on the  watch face.( I use about two and a half three feet of elastic you won't use it all but it's better to be safe then sorry so you don't come up short when your done and have to restring the whole thing again )  When you string the string in the holes you go in one hole then the other hole, make sure the elastic strings are even on both sides  after you pull them through.

 When you put the beaded pins on the string you put the pins on just the opposite of each other ( like in the picture )

You keep on stringing the beaded pins on until you have the size you want . Remember you need to have it  stretch a little bit so when you put it on your wrist it will fit nicely.  After you make your first one the next few will get easier and easier.

This is how the front of the strung watch band should look

This is how the back of the watch band should look

This is how the watch will look when you have it ready to tie off to finish it .

  You tie off the back of the watch face just like you did in the first step.  Basically fit it to your wrist  then you insert your elastic string through the holes on the watch face  and then tie them off with a couple of knots and as you can see in the picture above the strings are tied off and hidden. I have put approximately 78 beaded pins on this one but it all depends on the size you need to make.

Yes you are done ! I sure hope that this tutorial might inspire you to make your own !  I have made all sorts of them with designs made from mixing up the beads ,you can  make two tone ones . Just have fun with them !

 

Until The Next Time,