Faucet Handle Pin

by Joan Williams
(Springfield, MO)

When I came across some old water spigot handles with chippy paint on them I just knew I had to come up with a design idea!

I've been saving a handful of millefiori beads that a friend brought back from Italy, and I found that they fit in the handle spaces just right. I used small diameter(1mm)leather cord to hold the beads in place by wrapping it around each bar between the "petals" of the handle, then tied it tightly and snipped the ends. To finish I glued a pinback to the middle section that protrudes from the back of the handle.

The pin is just the right size to pin onto a hat or a jean jacket!

Joan Williams
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