I have had a few requests asking for a tutorial to show how I make these cross stitch necklaces, so here we are!
Materials required
Silver Cabochon Base 1" wide (2.5 cms) - available from Etsy or Ebay
Silver Chain 18" long (48cms) including closures - you can buy them without the fasteners but it is easier to buy them already attached.
Piece of thin cardboard for mounting embroidery.
Needle
DMC cross stitch thread
32 count cross stitch fabric.
Small teapot pattern from The Sampler Girls Blog ( If you can't see the pattern on her blog just copy the teapot from the photo but make sure you credit the sampler girl for the design.)
Fabric Glue.
Stitch your design
Draw around your cabochon circle, at this point I wish I had a 1" punch!
This is the cabochon, you can get lots of different shapes and designs, this is 1" in size.
Cut your circle of thin card and place your cross stitched piece over the top with a 1 cm margin.
Like this, and then put fabric glue on the back
Fold over and hold in place, this is quite fiddly to get it straight on the other side, just keep pressing the glue onto the fabric and it will fold over eventually.
It should now look like this.
Put glue onto the cabochon.
Press down into the cabochon, manipulate at the edges if it is not straight, I used a needle to help with this.
I purchased these chains from ebay, I think there were 10 in the pack and they were not expensive.
Thread the chain through the top of the cabochon.
I purchased my chains already made up like this.
Attach your necklace to a piece of card wrapped in a cellophane wrapper and
Tah Da! There you have it, a lovely little gift made in an hour!
Until next time - Happy Stitching!
7 comments
Thank you for your wonderful tutorial! I will try to make some necklaces as gifts!
Hugs,
Thank you so much for another great tutorial....lots of love from holland..Bianca
Hi Lynn!
This is Chrissy from Florida. Thank you so much for posting this. I can't wait to get the supplies and make some of these. So simple and delightful! I'm having a friend come visit from California and she'll love one of these. But I think I'll make hers a frig magnet.
xoxo,
Chrissy
Very beatiful!!!
Amazing :)
So Nice !
Hello Lynn :) thank you for this nice tutorial. What is that round yellow thing you wrapped with the fabric?
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