Tag: Beading

Stacked beads and Hidden Lace

Beading and Buttons / Creative Embroidery   / / 17 Comments

Playing with beads has to be one of my favourite ways to relax and I think stacked beads is my current obsession. I have recently started to experiment with stacking beads and folding sequins and thought I would share what is on the hoop. (Click on the images if you …

How I designed and stitched this encrusted highly textured embroidery sampler

Art and Design / Beading and Buttons / Creative Embroidery / Hand Embroidery / Samplers / Work in Progress   / / / / / / / / / / / 24 Comments

As you can see it is this encrusted highly textured sampler is fresh off the hoop and still to be blocked. Today I plan to share how I designed and stitched this sampler. This bone sampler is both surface embroidery, combined with textured stitches and beadwork. It is a contemporary …