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Fabric Ball Necklace

Use up your old fabric scraps to make a cute necklace.
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Take, or cut, a long strip of fabric.
Take it in your hand and crush it up, folding the tail of the fabric over and over.
Roll it up in to a ball.
Take a length of wire and wrap it around the ball, securing the fabric's shape. Snip off any excess wire and tuck the pointy edges down in to the fabric ball.
Make a big pile of fabric balls, about 10.
Thread a needle with some embroidery thread.
Take two balls and stitch them together. Snip off any excess thread.
Repeat this with the remaining balls.
Cut two lengths of ribbon and sew them to either end of your ball necklace.
Tie the two lengths of ribbon together and you've made a cute necklace.

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Fern R

Jun 7, 2007 12:30am ago

Very cool!

celeste

Jul 3, 2007 11:23am ago

ooooohh neato!

Lauren Shess

Jul 7, 2007 11:58pm ago

Really cute idea. Am going to def. try it this summer.

Silver_Duckie

Jul 16, 2007 3:31am

Cute idea...great for all that extra fabric scraps I have :)

Jaime is Crafty

Sep 9, 2007 6:45am

Oh. I want to make that!!

Megan A.

Sep 28, 2007 3:21am

I love it!!! I'm going to try :)

Robin Lynne

Nov 18, 2007 2:25pm

Love, love, love it. Definitely a do'er!

Enthusia

Nov 20, 2007 2:27pm

I love this idea! Using up scraps, check. Easy to embellish, check!

Methatsall™

Dec 17, 2007 11:48pm

i wish i had fabric scraps, only have felt scraps....but this is a really cool project!

Janet

Dec 30, 2007 3:14am

I love how this can go with any outfit

Cecille S.

Jan 3, 2008 7:15am

Yay! I love this. But I'm having a hard time making the balls properly round, though. When I try to make it, it ends up becoming more triangular than round. Any tips?

Hmm, your perhaps being a little too delicate with the fabric, scrunch it up at one end and then roll it up. The wire can help you reinforce it's shape, so don't worry too much about making the ball quite loose!

Anita G.

Jan 15, 2008 10:31pm

very funky

Bottamalin Z.

Apr 10, 2008 9:29am

really nice..i love it

euapap p.

Apr 12, 2008 5:15pm

Thank you for the tut.
I can't make the ball round. it comes out like a cylinder. hOw do you make it that round? It seems too delicate! and not just making it rolls in any way
Do you stitch it in place after you are finished with rolling?