Beaded Cab Necklace

After you bead around a cab, incorporate the cab into a finished piece of jewelry. Necklaces are one option, especially when dealing with large sized cabs.

You’ll need:

a beaded cab
ultra suede
E6000 glue
beading wire
choice of matching & accent beads
crimp beads
crimping pliers
scissors
wire cutters
beading needle
nymo or silamide to match ultra suede
pencil

A number of options are available to you when designing your necklace. Length, type of beads, choice of clasp are some of the items you’ll have to make decisions about. It all depends on personal preference. You can incorporate your preferences with the basic techniques I’m showing in my necklace.

1. Use scissors to carefully trim the interfacing around the cab leaving about 1/8th of an inch of interfacing. Be very careful not to accidentally cut any threads or beads.

2. Place the cab against the ultra suede, and use a pencil to trace around it.

3. Cut out the outline on the ultra suede, and double check it against your cab.

4. Cut 2 pieces beading wire the length you’d like the necklace plus 2 inches. In my case, I cut 2 pieces 26 inches long each.

5. Place the cab face down and squeeze a good layer of glue on the back.

6. Position your wire so both pieces are against the back of the cab and stuck in the glue. This is why you need the few extra inches of wire.

7. Now position your cut out piece of ultra suede over the back of the cab so the wire is covered.

8. Press the tow pieces firmly together, and push any lumps of glue down so the back is as smooth as possible.

9. Let dry for 24 hours before continuing.

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