DIY Mint Blue Sunburst Necklace

These days I am really enjoying working on multiple projects at once. While these projects take a chunk of time, they’re so fulfilling by the time I am done with them. It all starts with taking a little visit to the craft shop or the trim shops in the fashion district, gathering supplies, and then spending time just pondering what to do with the supplies. Sitting on the train deciding what colors to put together, running in the park thinking of the fabric to use, or just looking at the cool details of what people are wearing on the street.

♥Some of the time consuming statement necklaces I’ve made previously: sparkly one, this earthy one, and this one from For the Makers…)

Some of my inspiration for this necklace. This Everjade necklace from Anthropologie, and this bib necklace from this Etsy shop. (The necklace isn’t listed anymore.)

To make a statement necklace like this, you need:
-Some gemstones to glue for the middle of your sunburst
–Dome studs (I used blue studs I found in a trimming shop, but you can always paint the dome studs whatever color you’d like.)
-Some clear glass seed beads
-And some rhinestone chain

I started by making the bib shape that I wanted with fabric. Then I put the gemstone in the middle, surrounded it with the dome studs, and then stitched the rhinestone chain around that.

I continued adding sunbursts…

Added some more rhinestone chain…

And then stitched in the seed beads to fill everything in. I noticed that the necklace started to curl up a little bit, so I hot-glued a leather backing to keep everything flat.

I used leather from an old leather jacket that I bought at a Goodwill Outlet store in Indianapolis. 🙂

I wore the necklace for the first time when I went to Brooklyn last weekend to visit a friend. 🙂

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