Monet Water Lily

Monet Water Lily Necklace
Learn to Make a 2-Loop Button Closure Necklace

Buttons are available throughout the world and have been adapted ingeniously by indigenous tribes for clasps on their jewelry primarily due to their abundance. Creating a necklace or bracelet with a button-loop closure instead of a clasp can also extend your design beyond “the edge of your canvas” and marry the closure with the necklace in a very creative way.

Having a double loop is even better than a single, because like fish, people don’t come in one size! With two loops, you have two lengths for the wearer. And for those allergic to metal, this button and loop can be adapted to any non-metal material like glass or wood.

* Skill Level: Intermediate * Project Time: 3+ hours * Prerequisite: Basic stinging experience helpful

* Tools Needed: Chain nose pliers
* Tape measure
* Scotch Tape
* Wire cutters
* Crimping Pliers
* Hypo-Tube Cement

* Ingredients
* 20 focal beads
* 20 faceted nuggets
* Assortment of crystals and glass 4-8mm
* 3mm fire polish or 8/0 seed beads
* 1 pair of long-neck cones
* 1 button with a loop shank
* 2 round metal beads 2mm in size
* Beadalon or Softflex wire
* Crimp Beads
* Crimp Covers


Software:
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