Beaded door

[IAK]

I was thinking about making a door out of beads to separate 3rd floor bedroom in my Garfield from the bathroom. Has anybody done this and what did you use? I have a few ideas but looking for some suggestions from you creative people.

[heidiiiii]

Ooo! I never thought of doing that for dh. Nat has a old wooden beaded curtain that is threaded on a wooden frame at top. I just screwed it into the frame. Another yard sale find!

I want to give this some thought. You could use the teeny tiny beads that are used for jewelery making. They have very thin thread or you could use a very small weight of fishing line.

If you want to see a pic of Nat`s beaded curtain, Let me know!

[havanaholly]

Do you mean like this:

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Here's how I did it:

http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/uploads/gallery_8_305_112639.jpg

[heidiiiii]

Here is Nat`s door.

[Charlene]

I have nothing to add except what a clever idea -- wish I'd thought of it. and Holly's looks great

[IAK]

Here's how I did it:

http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/uploads/gallery_8_305_112639.jpg

[parisbabe]

wouldnt those small metallic bugle beads make gr8 curtains???

Ah oh theres another project on my list

Wen

[Rivalingparis]

I know this isn't exactly what you mean, but using those small "jewelry" beads glued onto transparency would make a really cool door or window. If you used larger clear plastic beads you could come up with a really cool opaque glass wall like the kind you see in fancy bathrooms. You could really make a cool window pattern if you planned it well - not stained glass, but cool and the design would be easier to manage for those of use who have trouble drawing stick figures.

[ilovecats]

that is such a neat idea! I found some teenie tiny beads at Michaels a couple of years ago in the sewing section. When i say tiny, i mean teennnniiieeee tiny! I bought them to make jewelry for my barbies. still have the barbies, still have the beads. no jewelry as of yet they come in a variety of pretty colors!

[havanaholly]

Although I clicked on the link and it only shows the picture no instructions

If you go to my McKinley gallery and click on the beadcurtain "thumbnail" in the photostrip the instructions are at the top of the picture. I'm sorry, it was late when I linked that. The buglebeads have silvered linings in their holes so they look metallic.

What I did, so you don't have to go look it up, was to cut a length of 1/8" diameter round dowel and paint it purple. I wrapped the very ends with strips of masking tape to keep the threads from slipping off so I wouldn't be tempted into sin (I've been known to turn the air around me into toxic indigo smog) and threaded a needle with sewing thread and knotted a metallic bead at the end. I then strung the beads on in a more-or-less random pattern of the same series of shapes & colors with more of the brass-colored beads for interest. When I had a long enough string I tied the end to the dowel & cut the thread. Every four or five threads I stopped and ran a bead of Elmer's across the knots. When it was dry I clipped the thread "tails". When the dowel was full of bead strings I removed the masking tape and glued it into the top of the door frame.