I was browsing through the Spring & Summer 2010 collections from the runway at Milan’s Fashion Week when I came across this photo.
The embroidery on the shirts was what caught my eye, but then I took a closer look at the necklace.  At first I though the model was wearing a necklace made from beads or shells:

And then I realized that those beads are actually covered with fabric!
I’ve actually talked about fabric covered beads before (you can see a how-to here, and some different ideas for fabric jewelry here).
It looks like the necklace from designer Maheen Khan was made using …read more

I love making fabric jewelry.  It’s a great stash-buster, and you’re pretty much guaranteed to end up with a piece of jewelry that no one else will have.
Does your mom wear jewelry?  Why not make her a unique piece of jewelry for Mother’s Day?
Here are a few of my favorite fabric jewelry tutorials

I used fabric to cover wooden beads.
Girl Gone Thread has a great idea for using up all those little fabric trimmings that seem to accumulate.
Self-covered buttons can make great earrings.
Go bold with two different tutorials for making chunky fabric necklaces.

image: Stock.xchg

I wrote this tutorial for my bridal craft blog (which I have been sadly ignoring lately) but I wanted to share it with all of you here as well!
I used a heavy fabric mesh, buttons, yarn and thread to create a unique brooch that stays nice and firm as you wear it – no fabric stiffener needed here.
Here is part one (the materials)
Part two (the basic outline)
And last, but not least – part three, the finishing details.

Fabric jewelry is a great stash-buster!  It’s a fun way to use up those little scraps of fabric that seem to mysteriously multiply in sewing rooms.  And fabric jewelry is lightweight, easy to wear and trendy.
Funny Face shared a great tutorial for making a chain necklace out of fabric:

image: Funny Face
Martha Stewart has a free how-to using fabric and wooden beads to make this pretty necklace:

image: Martha Stewart
I also had fun using glue and fabric to cover wooden beads!  You can also wrap little pieces of fabric around a straw or knitting needle, and glue them in place – just …read more