This post is my contribution to #needleworkmonday challenge founded by @crosheille and hosted by @muscara, and @marblely .
In this post I want to show you my rose quartz crystals mask. It is a therapeutic mask, it makes me feel energized and rejuvenated. I am one of those persons that believe in the metaphysical and healing properties of crystals. Those types of masks are used in the high end spas, and when I say "high end" I mean "very expensive". I've seen rose crystal masks selling on the internet for $500 a piece!
Anyways... I am a creative person who likes beading. I had some flat rose crystals beads in my crafts boxes, so... let's do it!
Look at me! I am soooo relaxed with my crystal mask on! I like to meditate while I am having it on my face.
Here it is laying flat on my couch. Looks cool, right?
It has a fluid feeling. It is heavy and cold. Crystals are always cold. So it has a cooling effect on the face. Imagine is you keep it for a few minutes in the fridge! That's how they do it in the spa!
But let me tell you how I made it. First, I gathered all my beads and figured out that I have enough. Then, I stitched them on a piece of cloth, I used green color thread so I can see it when I remove my work form the base cloth.
It took me a while to do this, as my beads were irregular. Imagine how easy it can be with flat rectangular beads! You can use a peyote or even brick stitch with no problems. But in my case, with repurposed beads, I had to improvise!
As you can imagine, my beads are strung on a thin thread, so I can attach them to the cloth!
After securing the beads to the cloth, I used a thin and strong thread (fireline) to secure the beads, meaning to connect each other. I used very thin beading needles, threading back and fourth through the beads, as the beads holes were not too big! So I broke a few needles. :(
Time to take my work off the cloth! Green thread out! That was exciting!
My mask is almost ready. The last step is to do some re-enforcement. It took me a few hours, because I had to go through every single bead again, to make sure everything stays in place. I also had to add a few rows on the top, to cover the forehead better.
I hope you like my idea, and maybe someone wants to try to replicate it. The mask is fabulous and makes me feel so good!
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