Ask the Experts Seed Beading Q&A

I recently purchased a copy of the bead embroidery handbook and am learning the different stitches. Can you tell me which goes best for each type of stitch? I was trying the tubular peyote with the Czech seed beads but it's not coming out right. I read somewhere that the Delica beads are better for this. What can I use my Czech beads for instead?

Different seed beads have different levels of uniformity. Delica seed beads are very uniform and would be great for a stitch requiring strictly uniform beads, like peyote stitch. Spiral rope stitch requires much less uniformity and would be well suited to your Czech beads. And it’s a lot of fun!