Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Tutorial - How to Make a Coin Necklace

This Necklace using brass discs or washers for coins

Coin Necklace Tutorial at Jewels of Sayuri Blog

"My design collection at college was based on Indian saree borders. As ornamentation I wanted to use metallic discs. At first I bought brass discs then I realised the acrylic ones were much lighter and easy to sew on. So the brass discs were completely forgotten for 5 years, until now, when I rediscovered and decided to make jewelry out of them. I made a set - Necklace, bracelet and earrings, using the coins, some wool (again college supplies) and chain. Here is the tutorial to make the basic necklace/bracelet design.For some of you, it might bring a sense of  Deja'vu for it looks a lot like the washer necklaces doing rounds on the internet. However in my version, because the hole size is normal I have used wool and so the knotting pattern is very different and there is no overlap of coins in my design".... Read more

2 comments:

  1. Great tutorial! But I guess it would look more stunning if a thread is used instead of yarn. :)

    Annabella MErlin
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  2. Learning how to handle your coins is of vital importance. A fingerprint can ruin a valuable rare coin’s worth. Proper care will pay for itself, and not just in preservation of value, a hundred times over.

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