Arab sets for my Julips

[george]

A while ago I got a new Julip arab mare and made her a beaded Bedouin-style halter and collar set - and found I really enjoyed making them, so I ended up starting a couple more. But of course I start far more things than I finish, so the bits got put aside and left, not just for a few days or weeks, but for a couple of years - oops! At the end of last year I got another arab Julip, a stallion this time, and decided to make him a set of his own - this reminded me that I'd got unfinished ones somewhere, so I've been completing those, and making a few other bits as well

You can see some examples of the style on real horses, here here and here

The first set I finished, for Echo, which some of you might have seen before :







The next two sets together, navy blue and yellow with extra beading :





The new rose grey (I can't decide whether he should be named Winter or December so at the moment he's not getting called either )





And older arab stallion Larkhill's yellow set :







While I was looking up photos for making these, I kept seeing this black and white patterny set one of the companies had made up as a special order, and ended up wanting to make that as well, so Galileo got a present



A purple halter (cos I didn't realise I didn't have enough thread for a whole set til halfway through making this much, heh)


And finally (for now!) a green set, another one I started aaaages ago then lost, but have now found and finished





I think this one's the most detailed yet, I did the fimo/beady decorations a different way cos they wouldn't stick together, and that's made them turn out a little bit smaller and neater

Modelled by Harvest Moon :





I have to stop now, though, cos I don't have any more arabs to make them for - I've got others in the various arab moulds Julip make, but not in true-arab colours, so til I buy more horses, I can have a rest from braiding and beading things

[Charlotte]

Wow!! Those are fabulous!! What sort of bead are the tiny gold ones on the tassels in the first picture?

[juliporiginals]

These are all absolutely stunning, the horses all look gorgeous with them on

[maisiemou]

They are fantastic, it must take ages to do just one!

[balayard]

Amazing skills! I love the yellow one

[george]

The teeny tiny beads are called microbeads, my gold ones came from a dolls house fair but you can find them in the crafts section of ebay, or check your local Poundland cos people use the same sort in nail art and you can get bargain packs of 12 different colours in there for £1

They DO take a very long time to make, yes! The braiding's quite time consuming cos it's done with more strands than usual, tassels take ages, and the Fimo/glued-bead decorations are really fiddly, each set's made over several days and I dread to think how many actual hours work were involved

[Charlotte]

I'll look out for microbeads, thanks! The amount of work you have put in is incredible!!

[thelonehick]

Beautiful! The details are just stunning!

I admit that one of the reasons I want a Julip Arab mare is so that I can make her a fancy costume.