Making leather and cloth jewelry by: John The Jeweler
You can use spray glue to attach the material to a wood or plastic base.. You could also use paper mache as a base. For found earrings, fabric stores have blank buttons which snap apart so you can mount fabric to make custom buttons. You can then hot glue on a earring back.
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The best cloth to use for making jewelry by: Anonymous
The best thing to use in this case might be some wire cloth. This is strong material, that is also easily bent and shaped. Easy to work with and great for all kinds of jewelry.
http://www.bwire.com/
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BOOK by: The Glass Chef
Check out the book Stitched Jewels by Marthe Le Van. There are leather backed fabric earrings in there.
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Wire Cloth is suitable for it by: Anonymous
Stainless Steel Wire Cloth and Brass Wire Cloth is suitable for your requirements.
http://www.generalmesh.com