Handmade Pendant Necklace Constructed From Recycled Fabric Samples

This tutorial is all about how you can make an easy DIY necklace pendant using fabric swatches or fabric samples.

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Materials Needed – DIY Necklace Pendant

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Create Fabric Swatch Beads

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Glue your Fabric Beads to the Pendant Backing

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Trim your Pendant Backing

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I simply put a dab of hot glue on the plate of the pendant base and pressed the back of my fabric swatch pendant down on top.

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I went pretty bright with my colour choices but there is no reason you couldn’t use a more muted colour palette to suit your style.

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Handmade Pendant Necklace Constructed From Recycled Fabric Samples

This tutorial is all about how you can make an easy DIY necklace pendant using fabric swatches or fabric samples.

Materials Needed – DIY Necklace Pendant

Create Fabric Swatch Beads

Create Fabric Swatch Beads

The first step in this project is turning your fabric swatch samples into bead shapes.

Glue your Fabric Beads to the Pendant Backing

Glue your Fabric Beads to the Pendant Backing

The basic idea for this DIY necklace pendant is to take four of these fabric swatch beads and combine them to make the pendants.

Trim your Pendant Backing

Trim your Pendant Backing

Once your beads feel secure, it is time to start trimming your backing fabric so that you can’t see it from the front. Some nice, sharp, thin scissors are perfect for this.

I simply put a dab of hot glue on the plate of the pendant base and pressed the back of my fabric swatch pendant down on top.

Attach your Pendant Base

Attach your Pendant Base

I went pretty bright with my colour choices but there is no reason you couldn’t use a more muted colour palette to suit your style.

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