Good Enough To Eat Necklace

Pretty bows with a punky kilt pin give feminine style with a touch of attitude!

Posted by Beads Unlimited

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This jewellery set is light and delicate, try using satin ribbon instead of organza ribbon for a bolder set. It was inspired by my favourite food (pasta bows), why not look at different foods for your inspiration?

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You Will Need (15 things)

  • 11 x 5mm Glass Beads leaf green
  • 10 x 6mm Wooden Beads dusty pink
  • 1 x 8mm Wooden Bead dusty pink
  • 2 m Organza Ribbon white
  • 10 Plain Cup(s)
  • 11 x Eyepins silver plated
  • 11 x Headpins silver plated
  • 46 x 5mm Jump Rings silver plated
  • 1 m Trace Chain silver plated
  • 2 x long ball Earring Wires silver plated
  • 1 x Trigger Clasp silver plated
  • 1 x Kilt Pin nickel coloured
  • 1 x Multi Tool pliers
  • 1 x Needle
  • 1 x Thread

Steps (8 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    Necklace
    Measure and cut 10cm of ribbon.
    Fold the ribbon into three and stitch
    in place in the centre. Pinch the
    centre of the bow together and
    stitch into place.

  2. 2

    Open a 5mm jump ring and
    place over the centre of the bow.
    Close the jump ring. Repeat for two
    more and stitch into place at the
    back. Trim the thread. Add a jump
    ring to each side through the three
    jump rings. Make four more.

  3. 3

    Measure and cut 50cm of trace
    chain. Add a 5mm jump ring to one
    end of the chain and a 5mm jump
    ring with a trigger clasp to the other.

  4. 4

    Thread a plain cup onto a
    headpin. Add a 6mm pink bead and
    another plain cup. Trim the headpin
    1cm above the bead, bend into a
    loop add an eyepin and close.
    Thread on an 8mm pink bead, trim
    1cm above the bead, bend into a
    loop and attach to a jump ring on
    attached to a bow.

  5. 5

    Attach an eyepin to the free jump
    ring on your bow. Thread on a 6mm
    pink bead. Trim 1cm above the bead,
    bend into a loop and attach to the
    centre of your chain.

  6. 6

    Make two more pink beaded bows
    without the 8mm bead and two green
    beaded bows (you only need to use
    the plain cups with the 6mm pink
    beads on the headpins). Attach to the
    chain in the same way with 3cm gaps
    as shown.

  7. 7

    Matching earrings
    Make the bows and add the beads in the same way as the
    necklace, except the beads should be green at the bottom, then
    pink and green on the top eyepin. Add long ballwires to the top
    loop of the eyepin.

  8. 8

    Kilt Pin Brooch
    Add a green beaded headpin, a pink with plain cups, a green
    beaded eyepin, a pink with plain cups and a green beaded
    headpin to the loops of the kilt pin. Add a bow with a jump ring
    to the beaded eyepin. Cut a 12cm and a 9cm length of chain.
    Attach the chain to the end loops of the kilt pin with 5mm jump
    rings.