2 DIY Beaded Wallets In Under 30 Minutes

These pouches are the perfect size for cash and cards, makeup, or your tech accessories.

Materials:

- small wallets or zippered pouches

- colored seed beads

- beading needles

- fabric glue

- toothpicks

- marker or pencil

1. Mark out your pattern on the wallet or pouch. You’ll be covering it with beads, so it’s okay to use a marker, but use a pencil if you think your design might change.

2. Using a toothpick put down a fine line of glue on the first line of your design. Make sure you cap the glue between each use, and grab a fresh toothpick often. You don’t want dried glue getting in the way.

3. Fill your beading needle with enough seed beads to cover the line. You can hold up the needle to measure the line as you go.

4. Press the line of beads—still on the needle—into the line of glue, and press down to secure. Make any adjustments to the positioning of the beads at this stage.

5. Slowly slide the needle out of the beads.

6. Repeat with each row of your design.

Instructions:

Double Chevron

 

For the black pouch we really wanted to amp up the color. These double chevrons are on point.

A black pen is faint, but still shows up on a black bag. Remember you can also use a pencil.

 

Dip your toothpick into the glue to apply it to the bag. Make sure you cap the glue between each use to prevent it from drying out.

 

Carefully cover the line of your design with the glue

Load up on blue beads! Once you know how many it will take you can count the beads instead of measuring against your design.

 Carefully position the needle of beads onto the glue line

 

Repeat the process for the rest of your design!