Make a Fabric Beaded Necklace

January 13, 2010 22081 Views 9 Comments

By Heather

I guess I’m into pretty jewelry this week! Check out this necklace found at Pretty Ditty. You can use any scrap fabric and beads you happen to have on hand to make this necklace. I love this black, white, and red combination! It’s classic and fun, with a dash of romance but not TOO girly. You could wear it with a little black dress or a little black tee and jeans. [click here for beaded fabric flower necklace tutorial] [via]

Project Estimate:

Long strip of scrap fabric for necklace part, on hand
Coordinating scrap fabric for flowers, on hand
Beads, on hand or $1
Needle & thread, on hand

Total: FREE and up

Tags: bead, easy, fabric, jewelry, mod, necklace, no-sew, stashbusting

Heather

Heather Mann is chief editor of Dollar Store Crafts, and specializes in transforming inexpensive materials into stylish and simple craft projects. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, in Reader’s Digest and the New York Times. DSC has been recognized as named one of Babble.com’s Top 10 Best Overall Craft Blogs (2011 & 2012) and Apartment Therapy’s 10 Crafty Blogs We Love (2010). Her work has been viewed by millions on the cover of FamilyFun magazine and on top websites such as RealSimple, Huffington Post, ABCNews.com, and others.

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9 Comments

Jessica H

January 13, 2010 at 7:02 am

Love this! I haven’t made any jewelry but my fave thrift store just put out a ginormous basket of costume jewelry for $2 and under. This looks like a nice way to ease into making some jewelry!
Kathy V.

January 13, 2010 at 10:07 am

super cute!
Melia

January 13, 2010 at 4:22 pm

Love this!
Eri Attebery

January 14, 2010 at 6:36 pm

I love that design! Very elegant looking but inexpensive to make.
pam

January 18, 2010 at 12:09 pm

Striking! You are right classic, fun and romantic! Perfect choice of words from one of my favorite wordsmiths! Such a simple idea but it turned out to be so pretty didn’t it?
Cassie

February 5, 2010 at 8:01 pm

I just finished making my first necklace a few minutes ago. I love it so much. If you have any other ideas please post!!
Andrea

June 25, 2010 at 4:14 am

I made mine last night. I love it! I’m not much of a sewing person, but i was able to hand stitch it while sitting in front of the TV. Very cool project.