Ruffle necklace tutorial

Ruffle Necklace

Materials:

11 x 4 piece of fabric

23 inch long chain

safety pin

Fold the piece of fabric in half and sew along the folded edge wide enough for the chain to fit through.

Thread the chain through the folded edge and pull it until you have the look you want. I just held mine together with a saftey pin and it worked great!

For the flower:


cut out three circles and cut them all in half

fold the half circles wrong side out and sew along the raw edges
turn the little cones right side out and whip stitch alog the bottom edges and pull them tight

add a button fabric covered or whatever and then hot glue it on the necklace

Then your done!

Shabby Apples 2nd Dare to Design contest

Heres the rules from the rules website:

Requirements:

1. Design a dress. (You do not need to be a professional designer.)
2. Put a sketch, computer drawing or photograph of your design on your personal blog with the words “Dress design for Shabby Apple dresses”. The words, “Shabby Apple Dresses” should be a link to www.shabbyapple.com. You must provide a link in your post to www.shabbyapple.com. Posts without this caption will not be considered.
3. Post should include ideas of fabric and colors and design inspiration.
4. Email daretodesign@shabbyapple.com with the DIRECT link to the posting of the design on your blog.
5. Dress must adhere to Shabby Apple design standards. Dresses must have sleeves, hemline to the knee, no cleavage.
6. Dress should be appropriate for Spring season.
7. If your dress is chosen, you are responsible for getting a sample and pattern made. Not to worry, if you are not a seamstress, Shabby Apple will provide you contact info for patternmakers and samplemaking.

Parameters:

1. Contest begins August 15, 2010.
2. Contestants must submit their entries by October 15, 2010 by 11:59 p.m.EST.
3. The top 15 entries will be posted on the Shabby Apple blog by October 22, 2010.
4. Blog readers will vote on their favorite entry. The contestant whose design receives the most votes by November 15, 2010 will win. Winner will be announced on the Shabby Apple blog by November 22, 2010.

Winner Receives:

1. Winner’s design will be featured as part of the Shabby Apple spring collection.

Winner will receive a 3% royalty on every dress sold of his or her design.

I Think Im going to enter. I will post my design here soon. If your a crafty person I definitely recommend trying. Leave a comment telling if you've entered. We would love to see your design!