Tag: Embroidered Necklace

Ocean & Desert Hand Embroidered Necklaces

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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:

embroidery hoops

embroidery thread

heat erasable pens

Let me know if you are a fan of hand embroidery and what your favorite things to embroider are!

St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Shamrock Necklaces

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St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and you may be thinking about what you have in your closet with a pop of green so that you don’t get pinched. Well look no further! Add a whimsical touch of green to any outfit with a gorgeous hand embroidered shamrock necklace, now available in my Etsy Shop.

If you are familiar with embroidery, and want to make your own, I’ll include links to all of the products I used. You can also find tips on how to make embroidered necklaces in my previous post Vintage Style Embroidered Floral Necklaces.

Embroidering a shamrock is easier than I thought. I always use a heat erasable pen or a water soluble marker when drawing patterns on fabric. I just picked up this set by Pilot and they work really well for small details like these tiny shamrocks. For the leaves of the shamrock, I used a fly stitch, and for the stem I used a straight stitch. #commissionsearned

You can find these beautiful square gold bezels here and the gold chains here. They are both high quality and look amazing! I use E 6000 plus glue and white cotton fabric that you can find at your local fabric store. Any green embroidery floss will work for your tiny shamrocks. Just pick a color that you love and stitch away. #commissionsearned

I made a small collection of these necklaces, so here is what my little shamrocks looked like before I made them into necklaces.

And here’s the finished product! You can purchase one of these tiny clover necklaces in my Etsy Shop.