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I've seen some pretty "mini" fringe belts at an event last year. I thought what a great way to
use up all the old little leftover pieces of yarn I had from when my daughter used to crotchet.
The belt base is a gift from a friend Diane who got it from a thift shop. It was practically
made for this project.
I still had some leftover yarn which I had already cut up for the previous project. So, I've
decided to make use of it for a similar belt for my daughter.
This bra is made to match the bright fringe belt on the belly dance belt page (See the navigation bar).
The bra is an old bathing suit top. The pink and silver beads came from two old necklaces and the iridescent blue butterflies
are leftovers from a previous project.
This belt base and some of the yarn came from thrift shops. The belts with loops in them are perfect
for utilizing as fringe belts.
I've mentioned before that my daughter still tears up the jeans. I made this denim belt from an
old pair of her jeans.
Full view of denim belt.
The base of the belt is denim from a pair of my daughter's old ripped up jeans. Yogurt foil is
used to make the backs of the glass pebbles brighter and some thrift shop yarn was added to the tassels. Medallion bases are
cardboard layers.
Medallions are made from cardboard layers covered with fabric and beads. The large pink beads
came from a rather strange old necklace I had purchased at a thrift shop just to take apart.
Close up of a medallion.
Belt was purchased at a thrift shop. It was shades of tan but I painted over them with metallic
paints and added the glass stones and buttons. Some of the yarn is also from a thrift shop.
The purple glass stones are backed with yogurt foil for added brightness.
I took another old belt from a thrift shop and cut it in two to make the base for this belt.
I'm really proud of these medallions. Cardboard layers, yogurt foil, and appliques from an old
vest were used to make these. The appliques were orignally cream but I soon fixed it with some silver and black paint. Unfortunately,
it didn't scan well.
The base of this belt is old shoestrings. I recommend gluing down the yarn or it will slide.
The medallions are added to a kuchi belt in which the original fabric has been replaced with fabric from an old jacket.
The two belts are worn together to make one.
These medallions were made from glued-together cereal box cardboard. A larger circle punch was used to cut
the back layer which was layered with a fabric yo-yo, glued on, and then beaded. The middle layer is a smaller
circle punch wrapped in ribbon and hot-glued on. The top silver metal discs came off an old belt.
Bra was covered with material from an old-stretched out blouse. The red fabric and black piping came from the
same jacket used on the belt above. The chain used to hold the kuchi pendants is an old tarnished necklace. Even
some of the beads were recycled for this project.
I used an old shell belt that I had bought at a department store a few years ago and hardly ever worn
to finish off the ends of these necklaces and turned them into a belt. It took some creative cutting, tying and gluing
but the large shell medallions on the ends and ties finishes them off perfectly.
Large Turquoise medallions are made from old earrings which I painted over. The metal backing
is my favorite yogurt foil glued and baked onto some clay.
The small turquoise pieces are taken from an old belt. I turned them sideways for better
impact.
An old earring was added to the turquoise headband. The headband was made from scraps leftover
from the top.
Sorry Donisha, I should have gotten a picture of your face! But at least everyone can see your
lovely belt. Donisha's boyfriend made this for her from tin cans - believe it or not! It makes a great sound and
I love the funky primitive look of it.
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