The spring 2021 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine had a project by Susan Brubaker Knapp for beads made from strips of sari silk wrapped into balls and secured with thread. How could I resist?
I strung the beads on beading cord (not easy to do; I bent one needle and almost wrecked another) with pony beads between each, and finished it with size 6 beads for the part that would hang around my neck.
This was a fun project, and it could be easily adapted to scraps of leftover fabric, yarn, or novelty thread. I kept my beads "plain," but you could also sew on seed beads or small sequins for a little sparkle.
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