“A” Initial Pendant

There’s still time to vote in the Sew-vivor competition at Family Ever After – polls remain open until Friday 3/22 at midnight PST.

I said I’d show you how I made the “A” initial pendant.  I can’t even justify calling it a tutorial, because it was super easy!

I started with this pendant I found at Michael’s.  I looked for one with a plain bezel and a medallion which looked like I’d be able to easily pry off.  I also have some smaller blanks that I grabbed at Pick Your Plum, but I wanted something a little bigger for this project.

Well looky there!  One little wiggle with a butter knife and off it came.  It was basically a sticker.  
Gather up your supplies.  I used DMC pearl cotton embroidery floss and a scrap of linen cut larger than the bezel.  Sketch the letter or trace a font you like and backstitch over the line.  For the French knots, I drew dots out so I could be sure they were evenly spaced.
I had initially planned to add some batting and cut some cardboard to stretch the piece over, but I tried putting it back over the rounded medallion and it worked very nicely!  I just used my trusty glue gun to adhere the whole thing back into the bezel.  Then I added a jump ring and a chain.  Easy peasy!
I’ll be linking to many of these great parties:

Mondays Making the World Cuter Monday – Making the World Cuter Made By You Monday – Skip to My Lou Craftastic Monday – Sew Can Do FUNday Mondays – C.R.A.F.T. et al. Market Yourself Monday – Sumo’s Sweet Stuff Creative Me Monday – The Southern Institute Tuesdays I Made It Without My Hubby – Shanty 2 Chic Sew Cute Tuesdays – Better Off Thread Take a Look Tuesdays – Sugar Bee Craft Edition Shwin&Shwin Nap Time Creations How To Tuesday – Housewife How To’s Wednesdays We Did It Wednesdays – Sew Much Ado Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice – Seven Thirty Three Show & Tell – Blue Cricket Design Show Me What Ya Got – Not Just a Housewife Your Whims Wednesdays – My Girlish Whims Thursdays Strut-Your-Stuff – Somewhat Simple Make It, Wear It – The Train to Crazy It’s Stinkin’ Cute – Sew Stinkin’ Cute Show Off Your Stuff – Fireflies and Jellybeans Making It With Allie – What Allie’s Making Now Pinspirational Thursdays – The ArtsyGirl Connection All Things Thursday – All Things With Purpose Fridays Furniture Feature Friday – Miss Mustard Seed Weekend Wrap Up Party – Tatertots and Jello Feature Yourself Friday – Fingerprints on the Fridge Friday Fun Finds – KojoDesigns Weekends Check Me Out Saturday – A Vision to Remember Show and Tell Saturday – Be Different Act Normal Sunday Scoop – I Heart Naptime Sunday Showcase Party – Under the Table and Dreaming A Pinteresting Party – Tutus & Tea Parties Sunday Roundup – A Rosie Sweet Home Just Something I Whipped Up – Project Inspire

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