Recycling ideas: jewelry making

DIY rosette necklace

Snow Day everyone! We have a snowy day! That means no school for us Texans (don't laugh!) ^_^
I could have slept late but instead I got up and found things to do. I wish waking up early was as easy when I have to go to work, hmmm...

Today I have a tutorial for this rosette necklace, I told you I would put every inch of this vintage blazer to good use.

Ahh! Look at that lining!? Doesn't it just scream to you "Make me into a beautiful rosette necklace!"? It did to me.

Here is what you need:

lining material or old lining from an old jacket

needle & thread

glue gun

felt fabric

old pearl necklace (again you can substitute for ribbon)

pearl beads

candle, lighter or stove burner

scissors

I started by removing the lining from the blazer and then cutting many little circles 2-3 inches in diameter. You'll need about 5-7 lining circles for each rosette.

Use a candle to burn the borders (it's easier then the lighter), this will prevent the lining fabric from fraying and will also give the rosette an antiqued look.

Here I have all the petals I made...

With needle and thread make small stitches in the middle of the petals.

They will look like this from the front.

After you have a few petals done stack them in order from largest to smallest and sew them together like so.

Once they are all bound...

sew a pearl bead in the middle.

Place the rosettes on top of your felt fabric to calculate how large to cut the felt fabric.

Trace the shape of the bib necklace, I used gray felt because I like the contrast of the colors.

Cut a banana shape or a U shape bib (U shape looks better I later had to make a few stitches to make this bib more of a U shape, but it depends on the size of your necklace (measure first to see how you prefer it).