Tuestorials: Fabric Chain Necklace

This week it's all about how to re-use fabric! Yesterday was the Fabmo SF Etsy Exclusive event...so Katy asked Stephanie of SinceSass to guest blog for us and teach us all how to make her awesome Fabric Chain Necklaces with fabric scraps so we can all be inspired and use some of our new fabric! Stephanie makes unique gifts & accessories such as wallets, wine bags and small purses. Her work can be found all over San Francisco - you can find her in Urban Bazaar and RAG. Here's her awesome Tuestorial! 

HOW TO: Fabric Chain Necklace with SinceSass

If you are a sewer like me, you probably find yourself with remnants of fabric from various projects. There is just enough left to make something or it’s too pretty to throw away. Or you find that swatch of fabric sitting in the free bin at S.C.R.A.P (www.scrap-sf.org) or FabMo (www.fabmo.org) that you know you have to take home to do something with. It’s calling your name!

Before your family submits an application to be on A&E’s Hoarders, here is an easy and fun solution to use those pieces of fabric that aren’t meant for the trash bin!

Materials Needed:

●      Various pieces of scrap fabric, at least 4.5 x 1” each in size

●      Scissors

●      Ruler

●      Fabric glue - Tacky Glue works well!

●      Ribbon or string (or metal jewelry chain) to tie it all together

supplies

Step One:

Use a ruler to cut out 10, 4.5 x 1 inch pieces (for the chain) and 10, .5 x 1 inch pieces (for the link). It can be any color or different patterns you want. Be warned that if the fabric is too thick (like some upholstery fabric) or stain-treated, it might not glue and hold well. Tears have been shed, lots of glue wasted on these awesome, but unusable fabrics.

Step Two:

Take one piece of the large fabric (chain) and turn it front-side down. Use fabric glue along the bottom of the piece of fabric and fold half way. Press down to ensure glue is in place and fabric is holding.

Then glue a line along the top of the fabric and fold the rest of the way. Your fabric should now look like this:

Take small piece of fabric (link) and glue all of the backside. Attached to the ends of your chain and secure. As you hold it in place, you can adjust shape of the chain to look more like a chain.

Step 3:

Take another piece of large fabric and glue. Before attaching the link piece, insert through your first chain. Then attach link.

Step 4:

Once you have all your desired chains, it’s time to add your ribbon or string to officially make it a necklace! And - once you do, you have a finished product!

Finished Product!

Here's Katy and her necklace!

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If you're an Etsy seller in the San Francisco Bay Area, contact Katy or Steph about joining SFEtsy!

Guest Blog Post with Teammate doubleparlour

Ernie and Cassandra of doubleparlour spent the weekend of March 16th - 18th at WonderCon 2012 in Anaheim, CA. This is their adventure.

Thursday:

Left San Francisco at 4am for the 7 hour drive south towards Los Angeles. The car is packed with sculptures and fair supplies. After light rain and minimal traffic, we arrive at the Anaheim Convention Center. This is our second WonderCon event as a vendor, and since it was a good experience for us last year.....we thought it was worth the travel expenses to participate again, this time down in Los Angeles.

Friday:

On our first day of the convention, our booth is in the Artist's Alley section. We find our selves surrounded by some cool neighbors....including Frankenfactory and Unpossible Cuts. Great to see some of our fair friends here also.....Sawdust Bear, ColorInk Book, Cody Vrosh and Emonic Art.

Saturday:

Arrive at the Convention Center early....lots of activity here.....there is also a volleyball and cheerleading contest in the other halls. The fair is packed by mid-morning....high energy and lots of costumes....very entertaining for people watching. After an action packed day, we head to an art opening at WWA Gallery....group show, great artwork!

Sunday:

Third day of fair....we have met some great people, both attendees and fellow vendors. Sales are pretty good overall, we have sold mostly sculptures (we also brought prints and t-shirts). We sold a few of the pieces we brought to WonderCon on-line....we had posted some teaser photos of the new pieces we made for WonderCon on Facebook and Twitter. It is WonderCon, so of course the crowd is sci-fi oriented.....definitely more exhibitors at this con. Some vendors have traveled from out of state quite a distance to participate in WonderCon. Some of the vendors we spoke to were just as interested in the experience of meeting people and enjoying the convention as they were in trying to sell their art. We are tired, but having an awesome time. Convention ends at 5pm and we pack up. Then dinner at Mo Ran Gak...best Korean food I think I have ever had....then back to SF tomorrow morning....home, sweet home.

Tallulah & Bugsie Milou with strange pet

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If you're an Etsy seller in the San Francisco Bay Area, contact Katy or Steph about joining SFEtsy!