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Folk Art Eyeglass Holder Necklace
Project N649
Designer: Julie Bean
Olivine green, mustard yellow, and deep red combine to make a very folk art inspired necklace. Various
shaped beads have been aranged to add interest and the focal pendant doubles as a discreet eyeglass
holder.
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Instructions:
NOTE: Before beginning this necklace, decide how long you want it to be. Since this necklace is meant to hold eyeglasses, you will most likely want it to be on the longer side (since glasses up near your neck might be uncomfortable). The necklace in this project is 30" long and would be good for a person who is around a size 4. I would suggest adding at least one to two inches per dress size.
- After you have decided how long you want your necklace to be, take that number and add 8 inches. So for the necklace pictured, you would take 30" + 8" and arrive at 38". Cut a 38" length of Beadalon bronze color beading wire.
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Place a bead stopper on one end of the wire, leaving a 4" tail.
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First string on a brass crimp bead.
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String your beads onto your beading wire in a pleasing manner. Have fun! Use the photo as reference, but also let your creativity flow.
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Here are a couple tips on how I strung mine:
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I strung half of the necklace and then made the second half a mirror image of the first.
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I chose to use a Vintaj brass gear flower spacer bead down near the brass eye glass holder flower to accent the metal. Then for the remaining spacers, I placed them at approximately 4 inch intervals throughout the necklace.
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The Czech glass cathedral beads are so pretty, I wanted them spread throughout the necklace. I placed them about every 3 inches along the necklace.
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For the Czech glass 3 petal flowers in mustard, I chose to sometimes have them facing forward, sometimes facing backwards. Whenever I had them facing forward with a red bead in the middle (see photo), I would bracket the red bead with a Toho seed bead on each side.
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When you have strung all the beads that you want for eyeglass holder necklace, make sure you end with a crimp bead.
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Now take the wire and thread it through one of the loops on the side of your eyeglass holder flower. Bring that wire back around and through the crimp bead and several beads adjacent to it.
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and cut off excess wire with flush cutters.
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Go to other side of your necklace, remove the bead stopper, and repeat the previous two steps. Make sure that you pull your beads snug before crimping the bead.
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All done! Enjoy!
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Variations
There are many lovely eyeglass holders to choose from and other colors of all the beads in this necklace.
When substituting in items, pay attention to sizes and styles to make sure all your pieces will fit together.
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