Fabric tube necklace

Since I made a thousand 200 of these fabric tube necklaces last week, I thought I'd show off the one I kept for ME :)

Disclosure: I'm pretty sure these have been done before in Blogland somewhere, but I actually snagged the idea assignment from my pal Jan, the YW president I serve with in my church.  RaNdOm side note: Does anyone ever go a smidge overboard for girls camp prep?!  Yep, us too!  

So anyway, they are SUPER DUPER easy to make and SUPER DUPER cute.  

Let's get started...

You'll need fabric*, a surger and/or sewing machine and beads.  

*Measurements: 70" long x 3" wide strip

Yep, that's it.

Directions:

1. Cut fabric into 70" x 3" strip, fold in half lengthwise. 

(Make sure you place it inside out before you surge!)

2. Surge fabric strip, trim ends.

3. Turn fabric right way... much prettier!

4. Insert a bead into the tube.

(Tip: It's a bit easier if you tie a knot in the center of the tube first)

5. Tie knots on either side of the bead and repeat knot/bead pattern until the entire necklace is beaded.

(Note: Leave about 7-9" end fabric un-beaded to tie a pretty knot or bow)

6. Stitch ends closed.

Now wasn't that easy peasy?

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