"Tickled Pink" - A Statement Necklace Tutorial

I recently made a "statement necklace"

& I thought I'd share how to make them.

You all know how I love the thrift store!

I started this project by picking out some sweaters 

{with colors that I thought look great together}

at D.I. Then I just basically made lots of little sweater

flowers. CLICK HERE for a detailed tutorial on

how to make them.  To make the rosette above, I just kept

wrapping the sweater strip around & stitching it into 

place until it was the size I desired.

I sewed beading or buttons in the centers of some of the flowers.

Then I placed the flowers on a piece of felt until I liked the

way they were arranged. 

I used a hot glue gun to affix the sweater flowers to the felt.

I also used various buttons in the design.

Once all the flowers & buttons were glued on, 

I cut off the excess felt around the flowers.

This is how it looks on the back. You can see the stitching where

I sewed some of the embellishments on & the silver necklace

that attaches to the ribbon. I usually hot glue another piece of

felt on the back to make the necklace stiffer & to hide the stitching.

I've made some others as well.

The one below has rosettes made from book pages in it . . .

I'm wearing this one in my profile photo . . .

Here's another look at the latest . . . 

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