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Embroidering with Beads

I'm trying to become more proficient with beads. After devouring the libary's supply, I bought Embeadery and Designer Bead Embroidery from Amazon. Both are now on their way back; Embeadery had a lot of good information but I've gotten accustomed to seeing a picture of the design near the instructions. All the photographs are at the end of the book. IMNSHO, it helps to see the design in reality, not just as circles.

The other book had some good techniques but it was geared more towards a costumer than a casual sewer.

In words of one syllable or less, can someone explain why special 'threads' like nymo must/should be used to attach beads to non-heirloom pictures or dolls?

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anne
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Nymo wears well and is quite strong. The edges of glass bead holes can be quite sharp and cut the surface of the thread used to sew them to fabric. I've been told Japanese beads tend to have smoother bead holes than many other types - many third world countries manufacture beads and are not always particular about quality.

Other than that, I can't see a reason for using Nymo for objects which don't receive heavy wear. Dora

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bungadora

Ditto - strength. Also, you can wax it, and snap it before you string/embroider with it.

Yup - agree with Dora.

ellice

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ellice

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I use Coat and Clark hand quilting thread for most of my bead embroidery and I do lots of it and have done for years. Most of the time I don't even wax it or even double it. But you should double it. I use everything from cheap Chinese seed beads ($3.00 per half pound) to good Japanese beads.

I am currently reproducing a beaded pincushion (Victorian Grisaille work) that I found in an old BG&H cross stitch magazine.

IF I were making jewelery and doing an off loom stitch brick or peyote I would use the nymo.Bbut for what you are doing my fav will work well. ps I use this thread for all my hand sewing too.

Nancy

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njk

Thanks, all, for allowing me to live up to my name "frugalfingers' by using regular threads ;-)

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anne

Anne i always sew beads on with double regular sewing thread ,,, first probl;em i saw on a work was a work that came back after being shown in it`s 4th or 5th exhibition , and it looks like a child [ classe were given around objects, and this one stands on wood piles on the floor like a Bedouin tent] pulled one out , but since i knot each bead before mooving to next bead ,, no harm was done ,,,, i.e. i don`t cut the thread but make a knot before and after each bead !!!! mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

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