This morning I was trying SO, SO hard to complete Aliza (yes, I named her!) which means "joyful or cheerful" but was constantly interrupted by phone calls, household chores and cat throwing up a hairball. So it took longer than expected but I'm done!
Here she is, folks, introducing ALIZA!
In total I spent 55 hours of actually embroidery time. I think it took so long because I kept breaking the needles until I switched to a slightly thicker and shorter needle. Hopefully my next collar will take under 40 hours to complete!
I had a lot of fun selecting the beads and colours. I wanted something cheerful but not too loud. The necklace itself was made from Delica beads and beaded with a plastic tube inside for support since the collar part is quite substantial and heavier than normal.
This is the back of the necklace. I used my new camel ultrasuede from the US. It was soft and easy to manage. I glued the collar to the ultrasuede and sewed an overlay of beads to secure it even further and give it a nicer finish.
Here is the collar on my model. It looks much better on a person since this model is a little smaller than a human.
Now I'm off to design another embroidery collar but this time the theme and colours will be totally different. Check back often to see what I'm doing!
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