Flower loom jewellery can be made of ribbon straw, yarn or a combination of both. It can be a simple and elegant as a pair of tiny earrings or as over the top as a necklace with a large flower for a pendant.
All of the flowers for this tutorial were made on a Studio Twelve Mini-Fleur loom
Earrings
To make this style of earrings you will need
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To make the earrings with only one flower begin by opening up a jump ring and putting it through the top petal of your flower.
Close it, using your pliers. |
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Thread on a second jump ring through the first and onto the earring finding.
If your earring finding has a hole that faces forwards instead of sideways (as it does on a shepherd’s hook finding), you can use any odd number of jump rings. |
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To make dangly earrings simply add more flowers with an odd number of jump rings between. | |
If you want to make sure the stitching on the back of the earrings cannot be seen you can glue a circle of felt over the back. | |
Bracelets and necklaces
To make this style of bracelet and necklace you will need:
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The flowers are joined together using jump rings in the same way as the dangly earrings. | |
Finish the ends with a jump ring on one end | |
Add a lobster clasp on the other end by joining it to a petal with a jump ring | |
Rings
To make a ring you will need a loomed flower and a scrap of shirring elastic. |
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Thread the elastic through the back of the ring and tie a knot. It should fit snugly on your finger without being too tight. |
Copyright Sarah Bradberry, April 28th 2011. All rights reserved.