***This tutorial was originally posted on Tatertots & Jello, but I realized this past week when I wore my necklace that I never shared it with you! So please enjoy one of my favorite projects I’ve made, my Anthropologie Inspired Pleated Bead Necklace!****
Pleated Bead Necklace
Fabric – Large Round Beads – Scissors – Thread – Needle
Cut a strip down the length of your fabric that is twice as wide as your beads. My beads were about 1/2 inch in diameter, so I cut my strip 1 inch thick.
Iron your strip in half.
Leaving a few inches at the end, fold strip into two pleats and stitch through. (My fabric was 42 inches, so I needed to leave a tail to attach another strip to tie off the necklace. If you are lucky enough to have a fabric from a longer bolt, you may want to leave more of a tail for tie off)
Feed bead onto needle and stitch through.
Add two more pleats to the other end of the bead and stitch through. Then stitch back through both sets of pleats and the bead.
Continue until you have desired number of beads. If you got lucky and have long enough fabric, you could stop here by simply tying off the ends. I was not so fortunate, so I had to add some on.
I simply knotted on additional strips of fabric to the tails of the beaded strip.
I LOVE my new Anthro necklace without the Anthro price tag! Perfect for dressing up a “getting stuff done today” outfit 
Super cute necklace! I need to make me one!
Love, love, love that! Thanks
Great necklace. You are so crafty! I could never do something like this, ok maybe, but youa re awesome!
LOVE IT!!!!!!
I LOVE this! It looked so pretty on you today
Great necklace looks great on you!
This would be a great post to my “I made it Monday”
This is actually the tutorial on TT&J that brought me to you in the first place:) I’m such a lurker, but you should know I love, love reading your blog…and making this necklace has been on my to do list for a while now. In fact, while I don’t post for RMRS, I do think about it on an almost daily basis…”Is this outfit interwebs worthy?” “This is colorblocking like Nina mentioned!” Yes, I’m a nerd. An awwkard nerd. I’m well aware.