Cut Out + Keep

Recycled Mini Blind Jewelry

Turn your broken mini blinds into funky jewelry

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/recycled-mini-blind-jewelry • Posted by Mark Montano

Use the slats to create bangles in any size and cover them with everything from fabric to duct tape.

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

Use the slats to create bangles in any size and cover them with everything from fabric to duct tape.

Instructions

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    Broken mini blind slats E-6000 Glue Scrap fabric Tape Bias maker Decorative buttons Iron Clothespins

  2. Watch how I made mine here:

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    1. Roll the slats into bangle shapes and tape them to the size you need. 2. & 3. Measure and cut 2" wide strips of fabric cut on the exact diagonal of the fabric 4. & 5. Iron the cut 2" fabric (bias strips) as you pull it through the bias maker 6. & 7. Glue the end to the inside of a mini blind bangle and start wrapping at a diagonal 8. Using a dot of glue at the end of the strip, use clothes pins to hold in place until dry. 9. Use clothespins to hold your glued decorative buttons in place while they dry ROPE WRAPPED VERSION 10. Knot two 1/2" wide strips of fabric together and twist one clockwise and the other counter-clockwise as you twist them together *Sounds confusing but you'll get the hang of it! 11. Make different color combinations 12. Using E-6000, glue the end to the inside of the mini blind base and wrap the bangle gluing the end of the fabric twine to the inside and securing it with a clothespin while it dries.