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Water, Wind and Fire Crafts inspired by the elements From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-706

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Shell Chimes

There’s music in the air with these easy, elegant, seashell wind chimes.

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Shell Chimes

Materials:

16-oz. assortment of shells (154 shells)
28 shell beads
5 pieces of 36" waxed twine
1 piece of 48" waxed twine
1 piece of 18" waxed twine
length of waxed twine (to serve as a hanger; length determined by hanging length)
4 pieces of 36" nylon fishing line
9"x 5" oval or 7" circle embroidery hoop
Fiskar hand drill or power drill
1/8" drill bit or smaller
1 split ring
old work surface or piece of wood
raffia
Poster Tack reuseable adhesive (optional)

1. Working on an old work surface or a scrap piece of wood and using a Fiskar drill with a 1/8" drill bit, drill a hole in each of the shells (figure A). If necessary, brace the shell with a piece of Paper Tack reuseable adhesive before drilling.

2. Working with a 36" length of waxed twine, starting at the bottom of the twine, string a shell and double-knot it at both ends to keep it in place (figure B). Work up the string, stringing shells approximately 1-1/2" apart. Knot the twine at each end of each shell. String four 36" pieces of twine, using 10 shells on each piece.

Figure A

Figure B

3. Repeat step 2 with the 48" length of twine, stringing the remaining 14 shells.

4. Thread and knot the shell beads onto the 36" lengths of monofilament (figure C).

5. Drill 8 equally spaced holes through the embroidery hoop. String the twine and monofilament strands through the holes and tie to secure on each side of the hoop (figure D). Alternate shell strands with shell bead strands. Leave each strand with an extra 3" of twine at the top of the embroidery hoop.

Figure C

Figure D

6. Tie the fifth strand of waxed twine to the split ring. Tie an additional length of twine to serve as a hanger (figure E).

7. Fold the 18" length of twine in half to form a U-shape. Lay the loop of the U on the split ring, wrap the tails of the twine around the split ring and through the loop; pull to tighten (figure F).

Figure E

Figure F

Figure G

8. Position the last strand in the center, splay the tails of the U piece of twine and attach to opposite sides of the hoop.

9. Bend back the hardware clasp on the embroidery hoop to flatten it. Working with small lengths of raffia to avoid tangling, wrap the hoop with raffia to hide the holes (figure G). When one length of raffia runs out, tie it off, attach another and continue wrapping.

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