Monday, 21 April 2014

Chapter 8 – Bead Sampler

I decided to do my bead sampler on a plain white cotton (with some interfacing on the reverse to strengthen it) instead of on a dyed piece of fabric so that the beads/sequins are clear.

Image 1 – Bead sampler:

Bead Sampler

Image 2 – dyed melon seeds are easy to puncture holes in with a needle (securing with a cross stitch is not satisfactory – they keep falling out!):

Bead Sampler - dyed seeds

Image 3 – Sequins and seed beads:

Bead Sampler - close 1

Image 4 – Sequins sown on in different ways:

Bead Sampler - close 2

Image 5 – Trying to get objects such as keys or bits of round earrings can be awkward to secure:

Bead Sampler - close 3

Image 6 – Edging/beaded tassels:

Bead edging - 1

Image 7 - Edging/beaded tassels:

Bead edging - 2

Image 8 – Dyed melon seed tassel:

Bead edging - 3

Image 9 – Edging:

Bead edging -4

Image 10 – Keeping the beads tight and inserting the needle into the edge from front to back creates a spiral effect (not very clear in the image:

Bead edging - 4 close up

Image 11 – Edging with different beads:

Bead edging 5

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