GOT SOME FREE TIME ON YOUR HANDS?? PRINT OUT THESE FREE TEMPLATES FOR SOME DIY EMBELLISHMENTS!

Templates for DIY sequin embellishment (tutorial video on Instagram @wearcarbs)

Upcycle old garments with simple sequin embellishments! 

You will need:

-Templates (printed out or hand drawn and designed by you!)

-Needle & thread

-Scissors

-A pen or pencil

-Seed beads

-Sequins!!!

1. Firstly, cut around your paper templates. (Free A4 downloads at the bottom of this page).

2. I recommend using a non-stretch garment (for the Instagram tutorial I used an old denim jacket). Draw around your templates with pen/pencil wherever you would like your garment to sparkle.

3. Thread your needle and tie the two ends in a secure knot. Use seed beads (very small beads!) to stitch a neat outline along your drawn lines. To save time thread 3 or 4 beads at a time.

4. Fill with sequins! To do this, thread a sequin, then a bead, then sew back through the sequin. Overlap your sequins slightly when you sew them on to your garment. Get creative and use a mixture of different coloured sequins!

I use these sequins:

https://www.josyrose.com/p-104/cup-sequins

(10% discount with code: JRW10)