FEBRUARY FROG PRINCE!

Well, it is Valentine's month and you have to kiss a lot of frogs, don't you??

The thought processes behind this cuff are somewhat convoluted. February for me is dominated by visits to the dentist. Before Christmas I crunched on something rather hard in my breakfast cereal and broke a tooth and the filling dropped out - great! Repair involves root canal work and a crown. Bit of lateral thinking - dental crown....frog prince's crown! 

The green material represents a lily pad and I wanted it to show through and look 'organic' and crinkly (but maybe not that crinkly!) I had ideas of doing a separate froggy but then decided to embroider him in, peering over the top of his big crown. He's camouflaged as the main focus of the cuff is intended to be the deep green rivoli representing his pond. The rivoli is bezeled onto the material with peyote stitch and has rings of beads built up round it. The embroidery is wiggly backstitch, stop stitch and a leaf design to give the impression of weeds and greenery. I'm pleased with how the double picot edging to the whole cuff turned out.      

Nearly finished

His posh rivoli pond

Fun to wear and a great talking point