Melinda has photographic evidence, too!
http://melindaslivingthegoodlife.blogspot.com/2012/04/sunflower-and-berries-class-at-in.html
UPDATE: Vicky was there. She goes to all the best stitching parties!
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/05/02/stitching-at-in-stitches/
Doesn't this all look like great fun?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Atlanta is a Stitching Town UPDATED
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6 comments:
It looks like so much fun! I want to learn how to do the stacked beads (is it a wire run up, thread the beads, and then go back down through all the beads except the top?).
BTW, I love the dapple grey horse canvas today!:-)
Goldy, it looks to me as if you stack beads with the larger on the bottom, then run a thread through them all, then double back through all the beads except the top out which acts as a stopper. But only Robin (and her students) knows for sure.
Glad you like the Cooper Oaks Dappled Gray. I thought it was charming and different. Here's the link since it will vanish off Blog tomorrow morning when I pick a new Canvas of the Day.
http://store.needlenook.com/Cooper-Oaks-Dappled-Grey-Horse-p22928.html
Hi, Jane - Yes, we had great fun at In Stitches over the past weekend. Robin is a great teacher and this canvas was a perfect classroom project. The stacked beads are very effective on this canvas. Your explanation of the technique is spot on!
Melinda
Thanks, Melinda. Did you hear that, Goldy? The beads are easy to do and look great. That's the best part of NP. It looks a LOT harder than it really is.
Sounds like you can use thread and don't need the wire. I hadn't thought about using different sizes. I really like that!
The only thing that has me wondering about the technique is the bead on the top. Normally, when I put a bead on a sequin or something, run a thread up through them and double back, the bead on top turns on its side (which is intentional and desired in that technique). But, in the photos of the stacked beads, the top bead is lying flat on top of the others. Technique? A second pass with thread? Inquiring minds (or those that overanalyze everything) want to know. ;-)
I can't tell from the photos how the top beads are turned. I would assume they lay on their sides but a French knot on top might hold them in a row with the holes all in the same direction. Or it might not--depends on the thickness of the thread. Glue would also work.
I have no idea how it is done but I'd try these things if I wanted to attempt it.
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