this little lovely took quite a bit longer than i had anticipated...
good news?
SUPER CHEAP!
these seed beads were 50 cents a bag and i might have used 4 little bags, the felt is 25 cents a sheet and the entire spool of ribbon was a dollar...
a $3 necklace!!! woo hoo!
i took one sheet of grey felt and folded it in half long ways and trimmed until i found a shape i liked.. i sewed the beads on sort of imperfectly so the necklace would look a little less fussy...
the straight stitch is pretty simple it just sounds complicated because i sort of suck at explaining things...
you just want to do three beads at a time
stitch straight down into the fabric and come back up behind the beads you stitched and thread through them again... when you come out the other end thread 3 more and do it again...
sort of a loop 3 beads at a time to anchor them down...
the little piles of beads are just clusters of 3 you just want to put the needle back in right next to the first bead so the center bead pops up...
like this...
i just filled in every other section like big stripes
to attach the ribbon pin the ribbon to the end of the necklace right sides together and stitch...
flip it over and hot glue the flap down
to cover and protect all those stitches i like to back the entire necklace with more felt...
just a little hot glue (ok... a lot) and cut it out!
all done! so pretty...
simple... but not a quick project...
a good one to work on if you have a lot of shows backed up on your DVR ;)
( my hubby and i are currently watching 3 or 4 episodes of Without a Trace everynight and we still have like 20 to go... sheesh!)
~selina
if you make one please send us a pic or a link!!!
