Ring it on — Pintested Fabric Beaded Necklace Part III

–five 3/4″ beads
–five rings
–1 piece of material 4″x 55″
–two split rings (see the pic below) that are .94 in/24 mm
–one closure

Just to give you an idea about the actual factual size of the clasp and the rings I included a quarter in the pic:

The ‘how-to’ part is pretty much the same as you will find here. 

Oh, and this is the magic formula for deciding which beads to use: it’s the size that would fit inside of the ring.

The 3/4″ bead will go inside of the fabric to the center of the material AND the center of the ring (which will be on the outside of the material).
Bead inside.  Ring outside.

Tie a knot on each side of the bead-ring combination, like this:

I used the same method for the remaining beads and rings.

Once everything was in place (beads, rings, and knots) I decided to secure the rings in place with a simple stitch.

[And found an excuse to use a heart in a photo.  Dreamy.]

Remember how I mentioned a clasp instead of tying the ends?  This is the point in the process where I figured that out.  The necklace was completely put together and I didn’t like the way it looked tied in the back. I did NOT want to take the necklace apart–so I turned the necklace ends right-side-in and sewed a tapered seam–as much as my machine would let me.  With the rings and beads in place, my zipper foot wouldn’t get any closer.