QuoteReplyTopic: Close up photos of Clip-Ons Posted: May 22 2005 at 5:17pm
I think it was Amethystkat who was trying to make some clip ons.
I've never made them myself but I do have a set that I bought some 10 years ago from Jose Eber. The hair is so so but the construction is great. It's like the hair is individually looped into a fabric and then sewn on the clips.
Anyway, here's some close up shots, Amethyst, so you can get an idea how they're put together. I whipped out the big ol' Canon 8 megapixel for this one. Hope it helps.
As an addition to a clip on, has anyone else made themselves a crown piece? This is for people who have bangs or can wair the front of their hair in a side sweep.
Take fishing line (I used 6 lb line I stole from the hubby's tackle box) and thread your needle with it. Don't have double ends to the line. Tie it so there's only a single strand to work with.
Now cut your weft so it's about 7-10" long and then hand sew the line through the top of the weft from end to end.
When finished, measure your head and tie the ends of the line together so the circle of line is the same circumfrence of your head. It looks like this when finished (pardon the crappy hair pictured here.)
This piece is put on over the forehead and the hair adds fullness on the crown and in the back. Your own hair is placed over the top of the thin line and hides it. Additional length to the weft will allow the hair to come forward more and fill in the sides, too.
hey amm, those are great pics. But the orientation of the clip
seems backwords. I'm not sure which way I'd want to put them
in. so the hair hangs down or so the clip 'grips' down...
kat, dont worry making clip ons is a lot easier than it looks, even i made some clip ons, in fact the only reason why i decided not to do clip ons was because i decided i was entirely too lazy to section my hair everytime i wanted to put them in i am INCREDIBLY lazy
p.s. what hair is that on that string amm? the same as on the clip ons?
Mocha, you're right. I never even noticed that before. They're still
really comfy and snug. I turned them both ways and put them in and
they grip just as well upside down and rightside up. Hmmm.
LD - Yes, that's the same hair as the clips. It's pretty scruffy after 10
years but I couldn't find the one I made with the WaWa bodywave.
It's buried somewhere in my hair cache. It looks just like this.
Yeah, the clip is upside down- or at least, upside-down from the other
clip-ins I've seen. How well does that set stay in, Amm? Does the
different orientation seem to make a difference?
I just did a Google check and it looks like the Jose Eber clips that I
found all have the prongs pointing up. How weird. I would never
make my own that way but these really do wear nice and they feel
good. No difference, Rae. They don't slip at all. At least these don't.
They are slightly concave when they snap in so they're bending the
correct way as well when applied.
You are the picture queen Amm (amoung other things). I had to laugh about the one picture with the fising line to display the hairpiece - you sure do thing of everything.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
Topic Options
Post Options
Thanks(0)
i am INCREDIBLY lazy
). I had to laugh about the one picture with the fising line to display the hairpiece - you sure do thing of everything.
