I started this seam with the ric rac braid held on with herringbone stitch and the colonial knots…I then went looking for beads that weren’t a circle and came up with bugle beads, when I tried the red ones the seam looked christmassy so I used the irridescent ones (left hand side) but they looked a bit dull so I added the red beads to them anyway, it still looks a bit christmassy but that is OK because there is many family christmasses to be remembered.
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May 12th, 2007 at 9:21 am
Hi again –
I pop in now and again and look at your wonderful stitches. I always find inspiration here but I dont always leave a message.I have a question regarding Detail 260 and here it s: how do you hold down the rickrack while you sew the herringbone stitches? Glue? Can I assume that you make the knots AFTER the heringbone stitches are applied, and that the beads go on last?
I would appreciate some more info – if you canre to share – thank you
Vianna (in Florida)