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Montauk Rock Necklace

April 16, 2013
Montauk Rock Necklace
A few weeks back I took a little trip out to Montauk where I spent a lot of time on the rocky beach picking up cool stuff on the beach. Shells, sea glass, driftwood, strange pieces of metal… My pockets were pretty full. I knew that I wanted to make a necklace of some kind, but I didn’t know exactly what I would want to make. After some arranging and rearranging, I settled on the four perfect rocks and got to work on the Montauk Rock Necklace.
Montauk Rock Necklace
I am so addicted to these necklace projects that take a lot of thought, time, and tedious work. Every night after work or on Sunday afternoons it is so nice to multi-task witha little sewing project and watch things come together. I also love the idea of making something with items that remind me of a special weekend or time. πŸ™‚

What you need to make this necklace:
Leather scraps (I used pieces of a leather jacket that I bought at the Goodwill Outlet in Indianapolis.)
Aleene’s 7800 Adhesive
-Rocks
Gold and silver seed beads. I also used some clear beads that I got at Michaels.

Montauk Rock Necklace
Begin by laying out your rocks and arranging them in a way that you like. Then you can draw a shape for the leather base of your necklace and then cut it out. After you have your leather shape, you need to add quite a bit of super glue to the bottom of the rock. Add just enough so that the rocks are secure, but don’t add too much that it oozes everywhere.

Montauk Rock Necklace
After I let the rocks dry for 24 hours, I stitched my 1/2 inch strips of leather to the top of the necklace to be the ties. Then I did a blanket stitch around the whole necklace to make the edges look finished. I also stitched my gold embroidery thread over the tops of the rocks so they’d look like they were being held in place by the thread. Then I started to fill in the blank spaces with the seed beads.

Montauk Rock Necklace
Continue to fill in the necklace with beads. Once you’re done, cut out another piece of leather and hot glue or superglue it to the back of the necklace to hide all of your stitching. πŸ™‚

Montauk Rock Necklace

Montauk Rock Necklace

I wore this necklace last weekend when Sean, Adele, and I had a little picnic in the northern section of Central Park. The necklace matched the bedrock of Manhattan. πŸ™‚

Montauk Rock Necklace

Montauk Rock Necklace

Montauk Rock Necklace
It was such a perfect afternoon in the park. We read, we chatted, we climbed the rocks a bit, and I worked on another necklace I’m making. One thing’s for certain, though. Moving to NYC sure hasn’t made us into ladies. πŸ˜‰

Montauk Rock Necklace

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  • Nahe April 16, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Great idea and a very nice necklace !

  • Lydia April 19, 2013 at 9:36 pm

    That's a really creative idea for a necklace! πŸ™‚
    ~Lydia
    http://eternal-simplicity.blogspot.com

  • TG April 20, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    Awwwi have everything but leather the sew and beads

  • Elizabeth Marsden April 23, 2013 at 5:47 pm

    LOVE the final picture, reminds me of fun family holidays at the beach climbing rocks or going on walks. I think this is my favourite of the statement necklaces you've made so far, love the natural colours and textures, it feels very 'stone age' but in a really good way.