D.I.Y. Ruffle Necklace by Rebekah
For day six of our 18 Day Series, lovely jewelry designer Rebekah put together this great tutorial showing us how to make these fabulous ruffled necklaces. Make one for yourself and/or as gifts for your girlfriends. Perfect!
Here's more from Rebekah: These fun ruffle necklaces are a super great way to use up any vintage or extra fabric you have on hand as well as any old jewelry or buttons from your stash. I used chain on this particular necklace but feel free to experiment with ribbon instead, these pieces are all one of a kind and make such a fun statement especially for the holiday season! *For personal use only, please do not reproduce this project for profit..you're the best.
Supplies needed:
- a strip of three and a half inch wide fabric
- sewing machine
- 20 gauge wire
- chain jump rings and clasp for the closure
- any buttons, ribbon, brooches to embellish your piece
- needle and thread
Directions:
1. First you need to cut a strip of fabric approx. 3" wide, the length will vary depending on the weight and how "full" you want your ruffle to be. I usually just trim the strip down as I go.
2. Iron your strip in half with the right side facing out.
3. next your are going to sew a 1/4" straight stitch along the folded end of your fabric.
4. Make sure you sew along the folded side, you are creating a sleeve for the wire.
5. Now you need to get our your wire and cut a piece approx. 12" in length. You will need to make a wire wrapped loop with one end of the wire. If you do not know how to make a wire wrapped loop check out my friend Lindsay's amazing tutorial here on the Fusion Beads website.
6. after you have wire wrapped one end of your wire, begin feeding the other end into the sleeve of the strip of fabric you have created.
7. continue until you have reached the desired rufflyness trimming off any excess fabric.
8. wire wrap the second end of the wire.
9. your pendant is now complete! At this point go ahead and add any chain, beads or ribbon that you want for the closure.
10. On my pendant I added a 3" piece of red velvet ribbon and a cameo button to make it festive.
11. fold the ribbon in half and with your needle and thread sew it onto your ruffle pendant.
12. when you are finished sewing on the ribbon, add your button..
Congratulations your ruffle necklace is finished!! now wrap it up and give it to your BFF or maybe your Sister like I did with this one. Have a great time making these sweet pieces and Merry Christmas! xo
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful project with us Rebekah! To see more from Rebekah visit her:
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| by Ez Wednesday, December 9, 2009 
Reader Comments (28)
Loooove love love this idea! Super cute. Thanks for sharing!
This is totally awesome! I am going to have to try this when I am reunited with my sewing machine!
What a creative but simple idea, love it! I can see this working with so many patterns and different color combos. I have many old pieces of jewelry that would look great as a detail on this. The perfect diy xmas gift! Thanks for sharing, Ez!
Oh that is fantastic! I love it.
I love this, how generous to share how to make it! I was stumped for a couple Christmas gifts, and I think this will be just the thing!
This is fabulous! Gotta try it :)
This is soooooo cute. It just gave me another idea for a Christmas present!.
what a gorgeous piece! and so femenine, i love it! tks!! x
Oh, pitter patter! I love this tutorial, how lovely is that black stripe and cameo! I'm super excited you can purchase them though since I'm not so crafty.
Oh, this is so beautiful! What a wonderful diy, thanks for sharing ladies!
xo
Melis
This is too fab!!! Thanks Rebekah + Ez1
Thank you for the tutorial:)
thank you thank you! i've been meaning to try and make one of these for some time now. i have another tut on my computer somewhere, but this one is much clearer - thanks again!
What a unique necklace. I love it, I want to make one for all my friends. Great tutorial. Thanks for the inspiration.
oh, that is really cute and creative!
just finished making this and not only to it beyond cute, but the tutorial was simple and easy to follow! thanks.
Thanks so much, I love this, really kind of you to create and share the tutorial.
http://ohsohappytogether.blogspot.com/2009/05/ruffle-necklace-tutorial.html
jessica from happy together made this back in may.
Hey, I simply love this, but could you give me an approximate as to how long the fabric should be? You only said the width was about 3 inches, so a clarification would be great! LOVE YA~
This necklace is so beautiful, makes me think of the beach! I've added it to my roundup today, and you can grab a badge "I've been featured badge" if you'd like.
Thanks for the great post!!! :)
Olá. Gostei muito do passo a passo. Abraços
Hi. I loved this tutorial very much. Bye
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Its really a creative idea and a unique necklace. nice tutorial really helpful.. easy to make after seeing this tutorial..thanks nice post..!! Gold Cameo Necklace ..
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