Queen of Hearts ❤ ❥

    
     
        A new necklace that follows in the "neck"steps of my Exuberance Necklace! Introducing new shapes, fabric painting, zardozi metal embroidery and beads!

    
  Lots of creative ways in which it can be worn! Featuring:

• little embroidered scallops pink-on-pink
• pearl olive painted edges
• a pattern that melts curves and corners
• 4 different types of metal chains that are traditionally used for a special type of embroidery called zardozi
• stitched and glued olive beads
• the heart which has the same design mirrored on both faces

And 2 pictures from the making of:

 

        I hope you like it, I definitely enjoyed working on this and experimenting with all the new elements!

        Painting the edges was quite challenging, I had to take many breaks and let the paint dry before I move to another segment - so that the wet paint doesn't touch more than the edges...

       It's also the first time I try to use these metal chains for zardozi embroidery - they come in long strings that can easily be cut into desired length - I used nylon thread for stitching. For spacing the points that create the design on the heart I used the sewing machine - maybe that's a trick that's worth a post in itself, so about that some other time...