Birthday gift - a Dalek

[dieastra]

I got a wonderful and unique birthday gift from my brother. I have to explain it. Back in Eastern Germany days, we used to do coasters made from beads. NOT like the kids do it now, with putting them onto a frame and then ironing them together - like in this picture . No, we would use a needle and thread to sew them together, like this picture The

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[chesshiress]

Haha! That is too cool! Thank you for sharing this with us. It's awesome!

[dieastra]

You mean the first picture I posted, this one? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FvUwKlXqz1g/UZd-FM97OeI/AAAAAAAABBQ/2a_f7MN_2c4/s1600/IMG_6311.jpg... )

[dieastra]

Back in Eastern Germany days, we also used to melt them but differently. We didn't have those plates, we just stuck them into the lids of creme tins and then put the whole thing into the oven. Made nice little round coasters as well.

I also used to weave with bast, which would look like this: http://www.peppiclip.de/BastelnHaushaltshelfer/assets/images/Bastuntersetzer.jpg

Ah, childhood memories!

[gigs_83]

Very awesome! When I was a kid, I had the tray-and-iron version. I've never seen a thread version to my knowledge.

[shadowkitty22]

That's freaking AMAZING!!!

[captain91]

so very cool, i used to do the iron ones, but this is a step above

and you just broke my heart
This is something you can buy nowhere!
i was about to ask if you knew where to get kits to start out

[dieastra]

Aw, despair not! My brother made the pattern with his computer, I''m sure he would be willing to share. I think he even has counted how many beads you need of each color. So you only would need to go to a handicraft shop and try to find fitting beads. Once you have understood how the technique works it really is quite easy. I have just drawn a picture for you to make it understood better. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask! Greetings from Germany and good luck!