Powertex and Jewelry Resin - Part Two The Collar

Here is the first of two projects I created so that I could show off my new Powertex bezels.

 Yesterday's blog told you how I made these two interesting pieces with Powertex and Jewelry Resin.

 I gathered some felt and wool roving.  

I hand felted the first round of fibers.

 My collar was starting to come together.  

Hand felting is for me a temporary fix.

 When I really want my felt to be secured I use my felting machine.

 After my first round of machine felting was completed I noticed this gorgeous crocheted sample I received from Nancy Donaldson.  I wondered how my bezel might look nestled into this.

 Of course, I just loved it.  My felted collar colours however no longer worked for me.  So I pulled out green sari ribbons and more felt.  I did some additional sewing and felting.

 Now it definitely looked better, but I felt that I needed to bring out the pink in my bezel more.

 I sewed on bright pink sari yarn and was very happy.

 My final step was to hand-sew some rhinestone chain and buttons to the collar.

 The pink totally changed my collar!

 Here is the back of the collar.

The front is soft and gorgeous!