When I was organizing all of my ribbon and trimming, some vintage tan seam tape caught my eye. It got me thinking about a box of mother of pearl buttons I had stashed away. I got them all out, as well as some iridescent beads, and decided there had to be a way to make some jewelry out of all these pretty bits and pieces.
That’s how I turned a little of this into the fun statement necklace you see below.
Now, I realize it would be pretty tricky to re-create this necklace without finding the same buttons and trimmings I used, but I’m going to take you through the creation process to give you some ideas for repurposing your own vintage notions.
First, I took one of my buttons (don’t they remind you of snowflakes?) And sewed/tied it to the middle of a long length of seam tape.
I could have left things here and had a cute and simple necklace, but I decided I wanted to go for something more like the bib necklaces that are so popular right now. To bulk things up, I sewed another button on each side of the first button.
To give the necklace a little more shape, I sewed the seam tape to more of the decorative loops on the buttons. I also sewed the seam tape to itself in the center of the necklace to form a loop. This probably makes no sense unless you look at the picture!
I think the finished product has a nice vintage feel!
OK, now go have a look around your sewing drawer for some bits and baubles to turn into your own dainty necklace!
<3
Hattie
3 comments:
Wow...that's so pretty!
Nice work. What a great idea!
VERY cute!
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