Ironing NABBI-beads

You start by dhosing a pattern and placing beads on a pegboard.
If you have a transparent pegboard, you can see through how to place the pearls.
If yoy use a white or colored pegboard, you have to count the pegs in order to place the beads right.

Round transparent pin plate with a dragonfly
If you have a white pegboard, be sure you place it in the right direction.
So shall the round pegboard look like at the top
Round white pegboard with a dragonfly
Put a greaseproof paper on the motif and let an adult iron the pearls together with an iron set at cotton.

Iron
You can see through the paper when the beads are melted together.

Ironed dragonfly with paper
Then you turn the pin plate with the paper around....

Ironed dragonfly with pegboard
.....take away the pin plate....

Ironed dragonfly without the pegboard
.... remove the paper with the figure and losen it with a semisharp knife.



Trollslända och kniv
If you want a flat figure, place it under a book and let it be cold there.

If you want a formed figure, you can form it while it still is warm.


Dragonfly with bended wings