Abstract: A handicraft guide is provided for locating in a specific array a plurality of members such as sequins, on a surface such as a layer of fabric. A thin sheet material has inscribed thereon a pattern which is to be reproduced as a design on the mounting surface. The pattern is made up of rows of symbols which indicate proper placement of the members onto the mounting surface. Separating lines run between adjacent rows, permitting each row of symbols to be peeled away from the mounting base to expose the edge of a next adjacent row of symbols. Each symbol corresponds to a specific member that is to be fixedly mounted onto the mounting base directly adjacent the symbol. In utilizing the handicraft guide, a member is fixed to the mounting base adjacent to each symbol provided on the first row of the guide. That first row is peeled away and the process is repeated for the second row and so forth until the desired design has been reproduced. The guide is then removed from the mounting base.

Abstract: A pair of spaced-apart, parallel rings is provided, with each ring provided with a plurality of semicircular loop portions pivotally connected to the respective ring about its circumference. Each ring has two sets of a plurality of semicircular loops, a first outer set that is pivotal in a first direction away from the other ring, and a second inner set that is pivotally connected to the first set of loops of the other ring. The loops of each set are arranged in an overlapping manner, so that when one of the loops is rotated, all of the loops of that set are concurrently rotated. Since the inner sets of loops of the two rings are pivotally interconnected, rotation of any loop of either of the two second inner sets will concurrently rotate the other loops of the second inner sets. Rotation of these loops of the second inner sets is achieved by drawing closer the two rings or by pulling them apart. The two first outer sets of loops are free to rotate in either direction.