How to make a necklace with a natural stone – jewellery making tutorial for beginners
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Designed by: Paula Ziemska
Difficulty: Beginner
What crafter doesn't like semi-precious? Sometimes, they are so beautiful that we must buy them and make wonderful pieces with them. Paula has got a brilliant idea and she will show you how to make a necklace with a natural stone. It’s really easy to make it and due to the pendants unique, extraordinary, beautiful shape/colour we are sure that it will turn heads. See for yourselves.
Supplies used in this project:
- SuperLon-Fine thread
- A big stone with a hole longwise
- Scissors
- Glue or a lighter
- Various tiny beads and stones; I used:
- 3 and 4mm agates,
- 3mm Fire Polish
- TOHO Treasure beads (they make perfect spacers between the beads)
- Mother-of-pearl
- Hematite
- And 30-45 minutes of your free time
Let’s begin! Ready, set, go!
Step 1
Cut a long piece of thread. The idea is that the stone is placed in the middle of bridge + 50 cm extra thread (trimming the rope endings may take some of it).
If you prefer shorter necklace you may take a shorter thread – just remember, that you will need the necklace to pass over your head with ease.
Step 2
Tie a double knot on one of the endings and string the 1st sequence:
Step 3
Pass the thread through the stone.
Step 4
Now we will string a sequence for the whole necklace.
Step 5
The way you string the beads is up to you. I recommend to separate the bigger stones with TOHO Treasure beads. They are perfect for it and their colours (especially the new ones) rock.
But, let’s get down to work.
Step 6
String and string….
Step 7
We’re halfway! Now we need to string a mirror image of the sequence already strung.
Step 8
I’ve reached the end. Pass the rope through the stone and finish your work making the 2nd tail (I’ve made it a bit different than the 1st one).
Step 9
Tie a double knot.
Step 10
Cut off the excess thread.
Step 11
You may secure the endings with a lighter or glue.
Step 12
It’s finished!
That was fast, wasn’t it?
Step 13
As you can see, it’s really fast and pleasant to make a necklace with a natural stone. We’re sure you'll make your very own ones. Maybe they will be very colourful or quite the opposite – with subdued colours. We can’t wait to see your versions of this necklace so let us know the result of your work on our Facebook group.
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