DIY Chevron Fringe Necklace

It’s a popular pattern showing up in home décor and fashion – now you can
hang a little chevron around your neck!

Blogger Alison Faulkner explains how to make a DIY Chevron Fringe
Necklace.


I’m super excited about this tutorial and I hope it rocks your world, like the
fringe has rocked mine.

This DIY Chevron Fringe Necklace will take you less than one hour, and cost
you less than $10. Everything you need can be found in a big box craft store
and on this blog (like so many things in life).

So, let’s get crafty.

You will need:

1. 4-5″ (length) synthetic fringe in your choice of colors
(I used 4-6″ in width of each color, but buy a little extra fringe to allow for
unraveling.)

**This can be found by the ribbon and other trims in the craft store, or
online. I did have success dying some white fringe, so if you can’t find it in a
color you like, you can go this route. I used “RIT” dye, and followed the stove
top instructions.

2. 20-26″ of wide metal cable or loop chain (here’s a picture of the two kinds
I used) or a pre-made necklace chain (just make sure the loops are large)

3. A clasp of some kind and an “O” ring (I prefer a lobster claw clasp)

4. Embroidery floss in colors that match your fringe

5. A hand sewing needle

OTHER TOOLS:

Wire cutters/Needle nose pliers
A rotary cutter or sharp scissors
A ruler
The will to go on when your fringe gets sassy

HOW TO MAKE YOUR NECKLACE:

1. Cut the fringe to your desired width

For the pink/gold necklace the fringe is 6″ wide and the chain is 26″ long. For
the 3-color necklace, the fringe is 5″ wide and the chain is 22″ long. Let that
be your guide, then decide how fringy you’d like to be.

The fringe has little loops on top, trim the fringe between two of the loops.
Refer to pictures below.

2. Remove the bottom thread from the fringe.

To do this: hold the top of the fringe, then gently remove the thread that is
strung along the bottom.

3. Secure the ends of the fringe.

Like so many of us, I find the fringe is just dying to unravel. To keep it from
doing so, you must secure the ends. Embroidery floss has 6 strands, you just
need two. Remove two strands by gently pulling them away from your floss,
like so:

Then, knot the end of the strands and thread your needle. Count three lines
in up by your loop tops, and make stitches that whip around the side edges
of your fringe, up where the horizontal lines that secure the fringe are. See
picture:

Tie a knot in the back when you feel your fringe is secure. If any threads stick
out, trim them off. The reason you count three lines in is so the end of the
fringe is secure to the body of the fringe. If it’s still pulling out, count 4 lines
in. Here is a finished end.

Repeat this for ALL of your edges of all of your fringe, using the coordinating
colors. Do this step BEFORE you attach your fringe. Trust me, it sucks the
other way around.

4. Cut your chain.

5. Attach your top layer of fringe.

Color wise, you want to attach your fringe from front to back. So if you’d like
pink on top, attach it first, then work your way back. Center your fringe in the
middle of your chain. You might have to do some math…for that, you’re on
your own.

When attaching your fringe you will always use thread that matches the TOP
color. So thread your needle in your top color fringe (with 2 threads of
embroidery floss.)

Next, place your fringe on top of your chain. Take your needle through the
chain, then through a top loop of your fringe, like so:

Pull the thread through, then take your needle back again, through the chain,
and fringe loop. This is the basic stitch you will do to secure the rest of the
fringe. But on your first chain link, do this step 4 times.

Continue attaching the fringe like this, and try to keep your chain as flat as
possible along the back. You want to catch EVERY loop along the top of the
fringe, and secure it to a link in the chain. Every fourth chain link or so, do
four stitches (like you did at the start). This will help make the fringe SUPER
secure.

Here is the finished top layer from the back.

6. Trim the fringe.

A rotary cutter will make life easier in this step, but if you don’t have one
(WHY DON’T YOU HAVE ONE?) I suggest using a marker to make your line,
then with the fringe lying flat, make your cuts. I just eyeball this step. If you
are doing three layers keep in mind that you’ll want this top one pretty short.

7. Attach your next layer of fringe.

Remember, even though you are attaching a different color of fringe, you still
want your thread to match the top color.

Place the next layer of fringe behind the chain.

Attach the fringe the same way you attached the top layer. (Secure each back
layer fringe loop to the chain AND a front layer fringe loop)

8. Trim that fringe!

Add as many layers as you like!

9. Attach the clasp.

Attach the clasp to the chain with an “O” ring. An “O” ring is just that plain
metal circle that is easy to bend. This will be easier with needle nose pliers,
but O rings bend pretty easily, so you can manage with your fingers and
some grit if needs be.

Your necklace is complete!!! Take awkward pictures of yourself (see below) or
awesome pictures of yourself in your necklace, and email them to
thelittletinyshop [at] gmail [com] and I will post them here on the blog! Or,
drop them in my
flickr group
, or put them on my facebook page!



Alison loves crafts, sugar, her little girl Gigi and Diet Dr. Pepper. She shares
her love, and a lot of tutorials, videos and sassy commentary on her blog:
www.sheblogssheblogs.com

thealisonshow.com.

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