Five Leaves Adjustable Necklace

A free necklace project featuring leaf charms, sliding cord adjusters and Greek leather from Rings & Things.

Created by: Cindy Morris

Suggested Materials:
5 each #49-950-13-5 Charm, Cast, Leaf, 32x13mm (Antiqued Silver Plated)
30" #61-132-20-39 Leather, Greek, 2mm, 20 Meter (Olive)
2 each #48-162-5 Necklace Adjuster, 2mm I.D. (Antiqued Silver Plated)

Tools and Supplies:
Scissors
#69-271-08 Tool, Glitter, Flat-Nose Pliers
#60-288 Adhesive, EcoGlue™, 2oz

Designer Tips:

This easy leather necklace design uses sliding cord adjusters that simply glue on to the ends of the cord. Push the ends closer together to shorten the necklace. Pull the ends away from each other to lengthen it.
To determine how much cord to use, take your desired finished length and add 12".
To keep the leaves in place, Use flat-nose pliers to flattened their loops slightly.
Slide a necklace adjuster onto each end. Make sure that the bottoms of the closed tubes are pointing towards the center of your necklace.
Glue the cord ends into the opposite open adjuster tubes, making sure the cord touches the bottom of each tube.

For more how to make a sliding adjustable necklace, see the June 23, 2011 Rings & Things blog post.

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