The designer loves finding antique objects and turning them into something special. Like the flashy bracelets you see here, which are made from antique shoe buckles! You can find your own buckles at thrift or antique stores, on eBay, or put your friends out on the hunt for them like I did with this marcasite buckle.
Required Materials: Delicas, seed beads, shoe buckle, beading thread, marcasite button, adhesive. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Metal cutters, file, tape measure, beading needle, scissors. See project for complete list.
Techniques Used: Peyote Stitch
Originally Published: Beadwork, February/March 2004