SOLD How cute is this guy? He was made by talented artist Shari Smith McDermott , and I added a raku leaf by my friend Amy Mealey of Xaz Bead Company . I wish you could see more of the detail on Shari's owl and more of the color flashes on Amy's leaf! I didn't want to lose any of the owl by bezeling over him, so I used epoxy to attach him to a deep felt backing: a thin piece of black felt over top of a cut out thick piece of felt so that he nestled in. To do the beaded surround, I followed the same procedure as for this heavy piece, Davy Jones's Lock . Here are some links to other tutorials you may find helpful: Square stitch bail Chapter 3 of Every Bead Has a Story Butterfly bail Open-center triangular bail Further instruction on making bead embroidered pieces can be found in Every Bead Has a Story , where the first chapter is free to download. Copyright 2020 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.