Making Window Valances: Threading First String with Beads

Video Transcript

"Now you're going to string on your next cluster. And it's nice to before each strand, you set up your clusters in a line and you think about the color and how big they are and what the focal point is going to be on that line before you start stringing them. It's nice to set them up ahead of time. Then you want to measure about four inches between each cluster; three and a half to four inches. You don't have to do it exactly precise, but about four inches is a good amount. And I'm going to pull this one back up a little bit. And then put your next crimp bead on. Okay. And then again, you take your needle-nosed pliers and you give that crimp bead a really good squeeze. Now the beads will go slide up, but they will not go past the crimp bead. And then move on to your next cluster and continue on down until you get to the end cluster and the end bead. Okay, and then after you come up through the bead, you want to tie it off here. You can push these other beads up out of the way and then just tie that with a couple of simple knots and you can even touch it with a little bit of glue, to make sure, a nice clear glue just to make sure that it's secure. Okay. And then just trim off the extra. And then we're finished with our first bead strand and we'll do our next bead strand."