REVAMP your old bathroom and embrace your creative side with Do It Yourself (DIY) towel rings. The supplies you need are:
n5″ metal ring;
nwire cutter or tile nipper;
* unfinished wood beads;
* Rit dye in your choice of colour;
nLeather;
nRuler;
nScissors for cutting leather, or an exacto knife;
nScrew punch;
nGlue;
nlarge glass bowl or whatever you have that won’t stain from the dye, and is microwave safe;
nmetal spoon;
nrubber gloves; and
npaper towels.
Website spoonforkbacon.com reports steps below in carrying this out:
1. Snip the ring with wire cutters/tile nippers;
2. Pull apart and put the beads through, and
3. Get ready to dye: Line your work surface with plastic or several sheets of newspaper or paper towels, have a few paper towels laid out nearby to wipe up any spills and/or blot your gloved hands before you touch things. Put on your gloves.
To mix, I used two overflowing tablespoon of dye to about three cups of hot water. You can either microwave, covered with plastic wrap, for a couple minutes (check after one min) or use a tea kettle and measure out with a glass measuring cup.
Stir thoroughly with a metal spoon.
4. Take the beaded ring and submerge it in the dye, hold under and agitate gently. Take it out and let the excess dye drip back into the bowl;
5. Rinse the ring thoroughly in a sink under cold running water;
6. Hang to dry for a couple of hours. You don’t want to beads to be wet or they will rub off colouring onto the leather;
7. Measure your leather strips, and mark on the back side for easy cutting;
8. After you have cut your strips, mark about half an inch up on each end and in the middle. This is where you will use the screw punch to make a hole;
9. Thread the strips of leather through the opening on the wire rings, and put two beads in between the strip;
10. Find the opening in the ring and pop out a bead, this will be the one that covers the opening. Wiggle beads if need be, to make even. You’ll want the opening to sit inside the middle of the bead when you put it back on. Put a small, thin layer of gorilla glue over the metal opening; and
Be careful, this stuff expands! Pop the bead back on and let the ring dry. The glue should be dry in about an hour.
11. Hang, and look at the pretty towel ring you just created!
