Beaded Cab Necklace - Page 2

After the glue has dried, you are ready to sew around the ultra suede and cab and string on your beads.

1. Thread your beading needle with thread to match your suede. This will help the stitches blend in.

2. Tie a knot on the end of your thread and bring the needle up and through some interfacing on the edge of your cab. This way you can hide the knot behind the suede.

3. Now whip stitch the interfacing and suede together moving all around the cab.

4. When you've gone completely around, finish with a few knots and thread the needle between the interfacing and suede.

5. Trim off the thread.

6. Now slip on your beads in the pattern of your choice. I used seed beads that matched my beaded cab and added 4mm tigers'-eye, 6mm gold stone, and some beaded beads.

7. To finish the ends of the necklace, slip on a crimp bead, and slip the end of the wire back down through the crimp. I also like to thread my wire through a few inches of beads.

8. Use crimping pliers to close the crimp beads.

9. Trim off excess wire.

10. I attached a clover clasp I made from copper wire. If you decide to use soldered jump rings or claps, you'll need to add them after you slip on the crimp bead but before you close up the crimp bead (described in step 8).

As I stated earlier, you have a number of options available when making this necklace. You can even add fringe. To do this, you will want to add fringe before you add your ultra suede to the back. Use the last row of beads around the cab (not including the ruffle) to attach the fringe. Then follow the basic fringe instructions I used in the Fringe Earrings 101 project.

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