Making embroidered necklaces for my booth at a local shop in my city is one of my favorite things. I recently found these super fun wooden necklace bezels on Amazon and they make the coolest landscape style, hand embroidered necklaces. They are lightweight and reasonably priced. They come in a pack of 10, so you can make a bunch on necklaces and the cords come already attached.
When I make my necklaces, I embroider the scenes first onto a piece of hooped fabric. Then I cut out the stitched circles, with enough of an edge to do a running stitch around. I cut out a small circular piece of cardboard to insert into the bezel. You can also use a button. Next, stitch a running stitch around the outside of your fabric circle and cinch it closed around the back of the cardboard or button.
Add a dab of glue to the inside of the bezel and glue your embroidered landscape to the inside of your bezel. My favorite glue is E6000 clear odorless glue .
I use clothes pins to hold the embroidery in place for 12-24 hours until the glue has set completely.
I get most of my embroidery supplies on Amazon. Here are some of my favorites:
Let me know if you are a fan of hand embroidery and what your favorite things to embroider are!
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