Beaded Gold Brindle Borzoi Portrait

Dear friends, lately I have been obsessed with the Borzoi aka. Russian Wolfhound, so I decided to make a framed portrait of one..

I started by cutting out several layers of felt and stitched them together. Then, I chose my seed beads - 15/o matte brown seed beads and tiny 13/o gold charlottes and started beading!

After I finished beading the entire piece of felt, I layered even more seed beads and beaded fringe to create the dogs flowing hair. And lastly, I stitched the beadwork to a dark blue piece of Ultrasuede.

How does this dog breed look in a shadowbox frame?

This piece is currently available and ready to ship! Please click the pics to view more photos on Etsy. Also, for a limited time only, enter coupon code SAVE2016 to save 10% on any order now through October 31, 2016. Thanks for looking! :)