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Mod 70s Style Hexagon Fuse Bead Coasters Tutorial
Make these great coasters in a variety of colors to spice up your living space. Fun project that is quick and easy.
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Step 1Here's our materials.
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Step 2Pour some beads into the smaller container to more easily sort for colors.
Decide on a color scheme, choosing 5 colors.
Starting at the center, place rows of color in the following order:
Row 1: Color A
Row 2: Color B
Row 3: Color C
Row 4: Color A
Row 5: Color D
Row 6: Color E
Row 7: Color B
Row 8: Color A -
Step 3Here's a tip that I found works well for me when I am sorting colors.
When you exhaust the supply of the colors you are using, pour the remaining beads from the smaller container into the bigger container.
This allows you to pour more from the source container without diluting down your color selection further, and makes it so you can work with less to dig around in.
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Step 4Carefully move the pegboard onto parchment paper. Usually a package of fuse beads will come with a square, but you can also use parchment paper from a roll. I have some around for polymer clay and crafting, so this is just another excuse for me to keep it on hand.
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Step 5Heat iron to medium temperature, and apply medium pressure while moving iron constantly. Heat for 15 to 20 seconds until all beads are evenly melted.
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Step 6Carefully peel up one side of parchment paper, allowing coaster to stick to ironed side. Remove pegboard.
Place opposite side up and iron next side.
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Step 7Here's what a properly ironed coaster will look like: slightly melted and flattened on both sides, but not distorted. You should see the definition of the individual beads on the sides and have still-round circles.
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Step 8Lay a coaster on a scrap piece of paper and trace around it with a pencil. Cut straight, just inside the lines.
Place pattern on top of a piece of felt and cut around the edges. Cut one for each coaster.
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Step 9Apply hot glue between rows of beads, trying to keep glue out of the holes.
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Step 10Quickly place felt hexagon on top of glue, center, and press down lightly but evenly. Let cool facing up.
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Step 11When I decided to make coasters, Mark decided to make drinks :)
Recipe:
1 part pomegranate schnapps
2 parts Kettle One vodka
3 parts cranberry juice
Shake with ice and pour into a martini glass.
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