Tassels live on
As I was organizing and cutting up strands of stones for storage, I noticed how pretty some of the tassels were that came at the end of the gemstone strands. That’s when I thought to myself, how neat would it be to incorporate tassels into a few of my pieces?
I’ve already made a pendant component with one of the tassels. This mother of pearl black shell disc was selected specifically for it’s yellowish tones. Around it, I created a secure frame accented with gold-filled rounds, to which I attached the tassel. It came out quite nice. I’m just waiting for my order of chain to come in this month to finish of the piece.
However, I have these other tassels that aren’t all nice and straight like the first one I used. I don’t want to throw them away because they are rather nice and can be much more so if tamed. Does anyone know how I would go about straightening tassels?
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A fabulous design idea! The red color is a particularly good match with the gold tone… About the not-so-straight tassels: hanging them in a shower would do the trick, maybe? :-)
You know, I think someone mentioned something similar on my flickr about hanging them in the shower. I think I’m going to try that and see what comes of it.
Thanks Rae!
Hold them over the steam from a pot of boiling water (carefully!) The steam will dampen them quickly – give them a shake and then hang them to dry – in an hour they’ll be ready to use!