This bottle was a gift to my father for his 55th birthday. He turned 70 this year. It took me about 30 hours to make it. I covered the whole bottle using single needle right angle weave stitch, yellow size B Nymo thread and light green transparent size 11 seedbeads (oh and yellow ones at the top). I picked the beads and thread color to match the color of the wine in the bottle and the color of the glass.
It is a joy to be fondling and working with this old friend. This project has a comfy spot in my heart. I have done maybe 3 or 4 projects like this....ones that have taken a nice big chunk of time. This particular one is my favorite, especially since it is so loved and sits on my dad's desk. I remember loving working on this bottle. It was very zen. There wasn't much to distract the mind, it was more engineering than design. No crazy thread path or color variation, just the same bead and the same stitch for hours. It was a bit of a challenge though, to decrease the stitch to fit the beadwork snug on the bottle.Fifteen years later, I still have the beads and I still have the thread. Time to stitch this bad boy back up :)
