Plaited Fabric Necklace....

Now the holidays are with us, I find it really relaxing to have a little play with pretty fabrics and get round to making some little things for myself. I always like to wear something handmade on Christmas day so thought I would get round to making a fabric necklace. I needed it to be a quick easy make, so opted for a simple plait design. I gathered some pretty fabric strips, 9 in total about 35" long and around 1-1.5" wide, though really I wanted this to be almost thrown together so didn't really stick to proper measurements....

I simply started by plaiting the first 3 strips together ( I enlisted the help of a child to hold the end whilst I plaited the the strips, makes it much easier and quicker to plait )....

As I wanted the edges as frayed as possible, I gave them a little fray as I went along....

Soon, after I had plaited each of the three strips together I was left with 3 long and very pretty fabric plaits....

After each of the 3 strips had been plaited I sewed both ends of each one securely on the sewing machine ( though of course this can be done just as easily by hand ).....

Then I sewed all 3 finished plaits together.... 

And simply sewed altogether to form my necklace....

And voila, a pretty necklace to wear on Christmas Day....

I really like the pinkness of it and perfect for this lovely sunny day....

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