{"id":28650,"date":"2015-07-28T05:53:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T12:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=28650"},"modified":"2016-06-28T15:18:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:18:32","slug":"brainwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/brainwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Brainwave"},"content":{"rendered":"

I visited Britex a few weeks ago to check out their purse and bag hardware. Definitely awesome and definitely expensive. I bought a couple of things, but not much and still spent a small fortune.<\/p>\n

Time passes. Conference and annual meetings happen. I come home and hang my lanyards on the back of my closet door “until I figure out what to do with them.” At the meeting I attended last week, I saw some lanyards laying on the table of a vendor hospitality booth. My closet door flashed in my mind and I had a brainwave. I scooped up as many of the lanyards as I felt comfortable taking and put them in my bag.<\/p>\n

When I returned, I took all of them off of the door, removed the nametag portion and set to work.<\/p>\n

\"Conference<\/a>
Conference Lanyards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cut<\/a>
Cut off lanyards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I only wanted to keep the metal hardware, so I cut off the ribbons, because I didn’t want to sew over them, I wanted to use my own fabric. I felt like a scavenger, but I was just going to toss them anyway, so I fought down the feeling.<\/p>\n

\"Salvaged<\/a>
Salvaged Parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wasn’t able to salvage everything, but I salvaged several parts and pieces.<\/p>\n

Notice the different shapes and sizes used for the D Ring (or equivalent) parts.<\/p>\n

These aren’t the greatest pieces since sliced bread, but for lanyards, they will work fine, I think.<\/p>\n

I also was able to save some circle rings, which are not shown and will be useful, I am sure.<\/p>\n

\"Plastic<\/a>
Plastic ring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was not able to save the plastic loops. I didn’t want to toss them, thinking I might have another brainwave and figure out how to use them, such as covering the existing fabric with better fabric and quilting over it.<\/p>\n

Next I set aside what I wanted and put the rest of the hardware into the tin I use to store all of my hardware. I set to work making a test lanyard. I am pleased with how the lanyard came out, especially since I didn’t buy hardware. I am not sure it is perfect for me and I may make another, which makes me even happier than I used salvaged hardware.<\/p>\n

\"Lanyard<\/a>
Lanyard with Salvaged Hardware<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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